1697 in music
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The year 1697 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- Antonio Stradivari makes the Castelbarco cello.
 - Giuseppe Torelli arrives at the court of Ansbach.
 - Daniel Purcell and Jeremiah Clarke collaborate on the music for Elkanah Settle's play, World in the Moon.
 - The Opéra du Quai au Foin in Brussels closes for the last time.
 
Published popular music
Classical music
- Johann Krieger - Sechs musicalische Partien
 - Henry Purcell – 10 Trio Sonatas, published posthumously
 - Johann Christoph Rothe - St Matthew Passion
 
Opera
- Hendrik Anders – Min- en wijn-strijd
 - Antonio Caldara – La promessa sebata al primo
 - André Campra – L'Europe galante (opera-ballet)
 - Sebastiano Cherici – Ildegonda
 - Henri Desmarets – Venus et Adonis
 - Louis de Lacoste – Aricie
 - Alessandro Scarlatti – La Caduta del Decemviri
 
Theoretical writings
- Johan Georg Ahlens musikalisches Sommer-Gespräche by Johann Georg Ahle, on cadences, rhetorical figures, and modes. Second part of Ahle's Musikalische Gespräche series of treatises in form of dialogues.
 
Births
- January 30 – Johann Joachim Quantz, flautist and composer (died 1773)
 - April 16 - Johann Gottlieb Görner, organist and composer (died 1778)
 - April 26 - Adam Falckenhagen, lutenist and composer (died 1754)
 - May 10 – Jean-Marie Leclair, violinist and composer (died 1764)
 - June 11 - Francesco Antonio Vallotti, organist, music theorist and composer (died 1780)
 - November 9 - Claudio Casciolini, composer (died 1760)
 - December 5 - Giuseppe de Majo, organist and composer (died 1771)
 
Deaths
- January 4 - Amalia Catharina, Countess of Erbach, poet and composer (born 1640)
 - January 6 – Carlo Mannelli, violinist, castrato and composer (born 1640)
 - March 23 - William Child, organist and composer (born 1606)
 - March 29 – Nicolaus Bruhns, organist and composer (born 1665)
 - May 29 – Giovanni Francesco Grossi, singer (born 1653)
 
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