1683 in music

The following events in the field of music occurred in the year 1683.

• Henry Purcell becomes organ maker and keeper of the king's instruments at the Chapel Royal.
• Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers publishes his Dissertation sur le chant grégorien
• Thomas D’Urfey publishes New Collection of Songs and Poems
• Michel Richard Delalande appointed Chapel Master for Versailles by King Louis XIV

• Giovanni Battista Bassani – 12 sinfonie, Op. 5
• Heinrich Biber – Fidicinium sacro-profanum
• Dietrich Buxtehude
  • Canite Jesu nostro, BuxWV 11
  • Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BuxWV 33
  • Ich bin die Auferstehung und das Leben, BuxWV 44
  • Ich halte es dafür, BuxWV 48
• Marc Antoine Charpentier
  • Pro omnibus festis B V M, H.333
  • Orphée descendant aux enfers, H.471
  • Ouverture pour l’église, H.524
• Michel Richard Delalande
  • Les fontaines de Versailles, S.133, premiered April 5 in Versailles
  • Concert d'Esculape, S.134, premiered in May in Versailles
  • De profundis, a grand motet, first performed in September, in the Saint Denis Basilica (burial site of French monarchs), for the repose of the soul of Queen Marie-Therèse^[1]
• Isabella Leonarda – 12 Sonatas, Op.16
• Johann Pachelbel – Musicalische Sterbens-Gedancken, which included:
  • Christus, der ist mein Leben, P.376
  • Alle Menschen müssen sterben, P.377a
  • Hertzlich tut mich verlangen, P.378
  • Was Gott thut, das ist wolgethan, P.379
  • Freu dich sehr o meine Seele
  • Various Suites for keyboard
• David Petersen – Speelstukken
• Henry Purcell
  • Fly, bold rebellion, Z.324
  • From hardy climes and dangerous toils of war, Z.325
  • Sonnata's of III. Parts (set of 12 trio sonatas, for two violins, bass, and basso continuo), published in London, Z.790-801
• Daniel Speer – Türkischer Vagant

• John Blow – Venus and Adonis
• Domenico Gabrielli – Il Gige in Lidia
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor – Der thöreichte Schaffer
• Jean-Baptiste Lully – Phaëton
• Alessandro Scarlatti – Pompeo

• January – Anthony Young, organist and composer (died 1747)
• January 14 – Gottfried Silbermann, German constructor of keyboard instruments (died 1753)
• April 17 – Johann David Heinichen, composer (died 1729)
• September 25 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer (died 1764)
• date unknown
  • Christoph Graupner, composer (died 1760)
  • Johann David Heinichen, composer and music theorist (died 1729)
  • Pierre-Charles Roy, librettist (died 1764)

• September 6 – Johann Melchior Gletle, organist and composer (born 1626)
• December 15 – Izaak Walton, librettist (born c. 1594)
• date unknown
  • Solomon Eccles, composer (born 1618)
  • John Hingston, organist, violist and composer
  • Nathaniel Ingelo, writer and musician (born c.1621)
  • Johann Sebastiani, composer (born 1622)
  • Jacob Stainer, luthier (born c.1617)
  • Alessandro Poglietti, organist and composer