1700 in music

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The year 1700 in music involved some significant events.

Events

John Eccles is appointed Master of the King's Musick.
William Croft returns to the Chapel Royal, where he had been educated, as a "gentleman organist".
William Corbett becomes director of the New Theatre at Lincoln's Inn Fields.
Johann Sebastian Bach becomes a chorister at St. Michael's Church, Lüneburg.
Tomaso Albinoni is employed as a violinist by Fernando Carlo, Duke of Mantua.
An inventory of musical instruments kept by Prince Ferdinando de Medici provides the first evidence for the existence of the pianoforte.

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni – Sinfonie e concerti op. 2
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 549a
- Christ, der du bist der helle Tag, BWV 766
John Blow – Amphion Anglicus
Jacques Boyvin – Livre d'orgue II
Sébastien de Brossard – O miraculum!, SdB.006
Antonio Caldara
- La frode della castità
- Il trionfo dell'innocenza
Choice Collection of Ayres for the Harpsichord or Spinnet by John Blow, Jeremiah Clarke, Francis Piggott, John Barrett and William Croft
Jeremiah Clarke – Prince of Denmark's March (approximate date)
Arcangelo Corelli – XII Suonati a violino e violone o cimbalo (Op. 5), published in Rome
John Eccles – The Mad Lover
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer – Musicalischer Parnassus
Godfrey Keller
- The Royal Trumpett-Suite
- 8 Trio Sonatas
Johann Kuhnau – Musicalische Vorstellung einiger biblischer Historien (Biblical sonatas), published in Leipzig
Johann Sigismund Kusser
- 6 Overture Suites 'Apollon Enjoué'
- 6 Overture Suites 'Festin des Muses'
Isabella Leonarda – Motetti a voce sola con istromenti, Op.20
Alessandro Scarlatti – Il rosignolo se scioglie il volo, H.318

January 14 – Picander, librettist for Johann Sebastian Bach (died 1764)
March 13 – Michel Blavet, flautist (died 1768)
April 2 – Francesca Cuzzoni, opera singer (died 1770)
probable
- Sebastian Bodinus, composer (d. 1759)
- Jean-Baptiste Masse, cellist and composer (died c.1757)

January 16 – Antonio Draghi, opera composer (born c.1634)
February 8 – Filippo Acciaiuoli, opera composer, librettist and manager (born 1637)
June 6 – Wespazjan Kochowski, historian, poet and writer (born 1633)
probable
- August Kühnel, viola da gamba player and composer (b. 1645)
- Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, violist and composer (born c.1640)