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The year 1699 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• John Blow is appointed composer to the Chapel Royal.
• Antonio Caldara settles in Mantua.
• Domenico Scarlatti arrives at the court of exiled Polish queen, Maria Casimira, in Rome.

Published popular music

Classical music

• Antonio Caldara - Trio Sonata, op. 2
• Nicolas de Grigny - Premier livre d’orgue
• Daniel Purcell - Ode for St Cecilia's Day

Opera

• Antonio Caldara - L'oracolo in sogno
• Francesco Gasparini - Mirena e Floro
• Johann Mattheson - Die Plejades
• Antonio Quintavalle, Antonio Caldara & Antonio Pollarolo - L'oracolo in sogno
• Alessandro Scarlatti - Gl'Inganni felici

Births

• March 25 - Johann Adolph Hasse, composer (died 1783)
• November 13 - Jan Zach, violinist, organist and composer (died 1773)

Deaths

• date unknown - Giovanni Francesco Grossi, singer, murdered by a jealous husband
• date unknown - Jean Rousseau, viol player and composer (born 1644)