en 1698 in music

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The year 1698 in music involved some significant events.

Events

Johann Sebastian Bach – Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen, BWV 770
Sébastien de Brossard – Retribue servo tuo, SdB.004
Antonio Caldara – Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Missa Assumpta est Maria, H.11
- In nativitatem Domini canticum, H.421
Daniel Danielis – Cœleste Convivium del Signor (Coll. Brossard)
Michel Richard Delalande – Regina Coeli, S.53
Sebastian Knüpfer – Ecce quam bonum et quam iucundum (Psalm 133), for 5 solo voices, 5-part choir, 2 violins, 3 violas, bassoon, and basso continuo^{[citation needed]}
Johann Krieger – Anmuthige Clavier-Übung (Nuremberg), a collection of 25 pieces for organ, including ricercars, fugues, preludes, etc.
August Kühnel – 14 Sonate ò Partite ad una o due viole da gamba, con il basso continuo (Kassel)
Isabella Leonarda – Salmi concertati a 4 voci con strumenti, Op. 19 (Bologna)
Christian Liebe – O Heiland aller Welt ich muß dir sehnlich klagen
Georg Muffat – Florilegium Secundum (Passau)^[1]
Daniel Purcell – 6 Sonatas or Solos
Johann Abraham Schmierer – Zodiaci musici
Giuseppe Torelli – Concerti musicali a quattro op.6

Richard Leveridge – The Island Princess
Luigi Manza – Tito Manlio; Partenope
Alessandro Scarlatti
- La donna ancora è fedele
- Il prigioniero fortunato, R.346.36

January 3 – Metastasio, born Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi, poet and opera librettist (died 1782)
July 24 – František Jiránek, composer (died 1778)
September 8 – François Francoeur, violinist and composer (died 1787)
date unknown
- Pietro Auletta, composer (died 1771)
- Antonio Bioni, composer (died 1739)
- Riccardo Broschi, composer (died 1756)
- Célestin Harst, priest, organist and composer (died 1778)
probable – Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer (died 1775)