1698 in music

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The year 1698 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• Henry Purcell's widow publishes the first volume of Orpheus Britannicus.
• Antonio Stradivari makes the "Cabriac" violin.

Published popular music

Classical music

• Johann Krieger - Anmuthige Clavier-Übung, a collection of 25 pieces for organ, including ricercars, fugues, preludes, etc.
• Giuseppe Torelli – Concerti musicali a quattro op.6

Opera

• Richard Leveridge – The Island Princess
• Luigi Manza – Tito Manlio; Partenope

Births

• January 3 – Metastasio, born Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi, poet and opera librettist (died 1782)
• September 8 - François Francoeur, violinist and composer (died 1787)
• date unknown
  • Antonio Bioni, composer (died 1739)
  • Riccardo Broschi, composer (died 1756)
  • Célestin Harst, priest, organist and composer (died 1778)
• probable – Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer (died 1775)

Deaths

• date unknown – Thomas Connellan, composer and harpist (born c.1640)
• probable - Nicola Matteis, violinist and composer (born c.1670)