1695 in music

The year 1695 in music involved some significant events.

Events March 5 – The funeral of Queen Mary II of England takes place, accompanied by music written for the occasion by Henry Purcell. Music publisher Henry Playford relocates his London shop to Temple Change. John Walsh and John Hare establish themselves as music printers at the "Golden Harp and Hautboy" in Catherine Street, off the Strand in London.HOASM: Music Printing in Britain Through 1695. Accessed 23 February 2013 The orphaned Johann Sebastian Bach is taken in by his cousin Johann Christoph Bach. Johann Pachelbel settles in Nuremberg, where he will remain for the rest of his life.

Published popular music The Compleat Flute-MasterDavid Lasocki, "The London Publisher John Walsh (1665 OR 1666–1736) and the Recorder". Accessed 23 February 2013 Henry Playford's compiled Deliciæ musicæ

Classical music Johann Sebastian Bach – Fugue in E minor, BWV 945 (authorship under debate) John Blow – An Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell Jean-Baptiste Drouart de Bousset – Airs sérieux et à boire Antonio Correa Braga – Batalha de No.6 Tom Sébastien de Brossard – Dialogus Poenitentis animae cum Deo Juan Cabanilles – Versets, tientos, gallardes, folies, etc., pera orgue Andre Campra Motets, Livre 1 Motets à voix seule Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Lauda Sion, H.268 Lambert Chaumont Pièces de clavecin Pièces d’orgue sur les 8 tons Pascal Collasse – Cantiques spirituels Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer – Le Journal du Printemps, Op.1 Francesco Gasparini – Cantate da camera a voce sola, Op.1 Giuseppe Maria Jacchini – Sonata No.5 in D major Johann Friedrich Meister – Il Giardino del Piacere Georg Muffat – Florilegium Primum Johann Pachelbel Compositionen zumeist Fugen uber das Magnificat Musikalische Ergötzung, vol. 2 Henry Purcell Who can from Joy Refrain?, Z.342 The Knotting Song, Z.371 Pausanius, Z.585 The Tempest, Z.631 (authorship under debate) John Ravenscroft – 12 Trio Sonatas, Op.1 Jean-Féry Rebel – 12 Trio Sonatas Romanus Weichlein – Encaenia musices, Op.1

Opera Tomaso Albinoni – Il prodigio dell'innocenza Henry Purcell The Indian Queen Bonduca, Z.574

Theoretical writings Johan Georg Ahlens musikalisches Frühlings-Gespräche by Johann Georg Ahle, on consonance and dissonance. First part of Ahle's Musikalische Gespräche series of treatises in form of dialogues. Historia Musica by Giovanni Andrea Bontempi

Births January 6 – Giuseppe Sammartini, oboist and composer (died 1750) August 26 – Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, singer and composer (died 1793) September 3 – Pietro Locatelli, composer (died 1764)

Deaths February 24 – Johann Ambrosius Bach, violinist (born 1645) April 20 – Georg Caspar Wecker, organist and composer (born 1632) November 21 – Henry Purcell, composer (born 1659) November 28 – Giovanni Paolo Colonna, composer (born c.1637) probable – Cataldo Amodei, Sicilian musician (born c. 1650)

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