1683 in music

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

Events

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

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)

^ Palisca, Claude V. (1991) [First published 1968]. Baroque Music. Prentice Hall History of Music (3rd ed.). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. p. 284. ISBN 0-13-058496-7.