1696 in music

The year 1696 in music involved some significant events.

Events

Giacomo Antonio Perti becomes maestro di cappella to S Petronio, Bologna, where he remains for the rest of his life.
Francesco Antonio Pistocchi becomes maestro di cappella to the Duke of Ansbach.

Henrico Albicastro – Il giardino armonico sacro-profano
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber – Harmonia artificioso-ariosa
John Blow – Ode on the Death of Purcell
Dieterich Buxtehude – VII suonate, op. 2
Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Ego mater agnitionis, H.371
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer – Les pièces de clavessin, Op.2
Johann Kuhnau – Frische Klavierfrüchte
Isabella Leonarda – Messe e motetti concertate, Op.18
Nicola Matteis – A Collection of New Songs^[1]
Franz Xaver Murschhauser – Octi-tonium novum organicum, octo tonis ecclesiasticis, ad Psalmos, & magnificat
Henry Purcell – A Choice Collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord or Spinnet (published posthumously)
Johann Paul von Westhoff – Six Partitas for solo violin

February 10 – Johann Melchior Molter, violinist and composer (died 1765)
February 17 – Ernst Gottlieb Baron, lutenist and composer (died 1760)
May 23 – Johann Caspar Vogler, organist and composer (died 1763)
August 12 – Maurice Greene, composer (died 1725)
November 11 – Andrea Zani, violinist and composer (died 1757)
December 25 – Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar, amateur composer (died 1715)
date unknown
- Pierre Février, organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1760)
- Marged ferch Ifan, harpist and wrestler (died 1793)

^ Fenlon, Iain (1999). Early Music History: Volume 17: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music. Cambridge University Press. p. 199. ISBN 9780521622424.
^ Don, Randel (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. p. 479. ISBN 9780674372993.