1700 in music

See also: 1699 in music, other events of 1700, 1701 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• William Croft returns to the Chapel Royal, where he had been educated, as a "gentleman organist".
• William Corbett becomes director of the New Theatre at Lincoln's Inn Fields.
• Johann Sebastian Bach becomes a chorister at St. Michael's Church, Lüneburg.

Published popular music

Classical music

• Choice Collection of Ayres for the Harpsichord or Spinnet by John Blow, Jeremiah Clarke, Francis Piggott, John Barrett and William Croft

Opera

• Dido and Aeneas – Henry Purcell
• Eracles – Alessandro Scarlatti

Births

• unknown date – Francesca Cuzzoni, opera singer

Deaths