1699 in music

• February – Richard Leveridge, Daniel Purcell and Jeremiah Clarke collaborate on the music for an adaptation of Fletcher's The Island Princess. • John Blow is appointed to the newly created post of Composer to the Chapel Royal in England. • Antonio Caldara appointed maestro di cappella da chiesa e del teatro to Ferdinando Carlo, the last Gonzaga Duke of Mantua. • Quirinus Blankenburg is appointed organist at the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague (however, he only started working there in 1702 after the new organ was completed). ==Classical music==

• Carlo Agostino Badia • Imeneo trionfante, serenata for the wedding of Joseph I and Wilhelmine Amalie of Braunschweig-Lüneburg • Tributi armonici, 12 chamber cantatas (published circa 1699) • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber – Sonata violino solo representativa • Giovanni Battista Brevi – La devotione canora: motetti, libro II, motets for voice and basso continuo • Antonio Caldara • Suonate da camera, op. 2; twelve trio sonatas • Cantate da camera a voce sola, op. 3; twelve cantatas • André Campra • Carnaval de Venise • ''Missa 'Ad majorem Dei gloriam''' • Motets, Livre 2 • Michel Richard Delalande – Confitebor tibi Domine in consilio, S.56 • Rocco Greco – 31 sinfonie, 10 passacaglie, 11 brani strumentali • Nicolas de Grigny – ''Premier livre d'orgue'', an organ Mass and hymn settings, comprising 42 pieces; second edition published in 1711 • George Frideric Handel – Trio Sonata in G minor, HWV 387 • Johann Pachelbel – Hexachordum Apollinis, six arias with variations for keyboard • Daniel Purcell – ''Ode for St Cecilia's Day'', the second of the three such pieces by the composer • Alessandro Scarlatti – Clori mia, Clori bella, H.129 ==Publications==

• The first issue of Mercurius Musicus: or, the Monthly Collection of New Teaching Songs, one of the earliest planned periodicals of music scores, was published in London ==Opera==

• Antonio Caldara – ''L'oracolo in sogno'' ==Theoretical writings==

• Johan Georg Ahlens musikalisches Herbst-Gespräche by Johann Georg Ahle, on consonance and dissonance. Third part of Ahle's Musikalische Gespräche series of treatises in form of dialogues. • Primi elementi di musica per li principianti by Giovanni Battista Brevi ==Births==

• January 14 – Jakob Adlung, musician (died 1762) • February 14 – Tobias Henrich Schubart librettist for Georg Telemann (died 1747) • March 25 – Johann Adolph Hasse, composer (died 1783) • May 4 – Giacomo Francesco Milano Franco d'Aragona, composer (died 1780) • November 13 – Jan Zach, violinist, organist and composer (died 1773) • December 17 – Charles-Louis Mion, composer (died 1775) • December 23 – Joseph Gibbs, composer (died 1788) • date unknown • René de Galard de Béarn, Marquis de Brassac, soldier and amateur composer (died 1771) • Johann Friedrich Ruhe, composer (died 1776) ==Deaths==

• June 1 – Jean Rousseau, viol player and composer (born 1644) • April 11 – Friedrich Christian Bressand, librettist (born 1670) • October 20 – Friedrich Funcke, composer (born 1642) • December 30 – Pierre Robert, composer (born c.1618) • December 31 – Andreas Armsdorff, composer and organist • date unknown • Mario Agatea, singer, composer and instrument maker (born c.1623–28) • Isaac Blackwell, composer and organist • José Marín, composer (born 1619) • Charles Mouton, composer and lutenist (born 1617) • Pierre Robert, composer (born 1618) ==References==