1694 in music

The year 1694 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• Musician Johannes Kelpius and his group of "mystics" arrive at the Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bringing instruments that became an integral part of their church life.
• The semi-opera The Rape of Europa by Jupiter, with music by John Eccles and text by Peter Anthony Motteux, is staged in London.

Published popular music

It is hypothesised that Pachelbel's Canon was composed at this time for one of his students, Johann Christoph Bach, for his wedding day.

Classical music

• Tomaso Albinoni – 12 Sonata a tre (Op. 1)
• Dieterich Buxtehude – VII suonate, op. 1 (date of publication unknown, but the print is listed in book fair catalogues of 1694)
• Arcangelo Corelli – Op. 4, 12 trio sonatas
• Henry Purcell – Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary for Mary II of England
• Johann Paul von Westhoff – Sonate a Violino solo con basso continuo

Opera

• Tomaso Albinoni – Zenobia, Regina de' Palmireni
• John Eccles – Macbeth
• Francesco Gasparini – Il Roderico
• Johann Philipp Krieger – Hercules unter denen Amazonen
• Alessandro Scarlatti – Pirro e Demetrio, premièred in Naples

Births

• July 4 – Louis-Claude Daquin, composer (died 1772)
• August 5 – Leonardo Leo, composer (died 1744)
• September 5 – František Václav Míča, conductor and composer (died 1744)
• date unknown – Pierre-Claude Foucquet, organist and harpsichordist (died 1772)

Deaths

• March 11 – Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy, organist and harpsichordist (born 1633)
• May 1 – Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt, wife of Johann Ambrosius Bach and mother of Johann Sebastian Bach (born 1644)
• May 17 – Johann Michael Bach, composer, brother of Johann Christoph Bach (born 1648)
• October 12 – Delphin Strungk, organist and composer (born 1600/1601)
• December 20 – Erasmus Finx, hymn-writer (born 1627)
• date unknown - René Ouvrard, writer and composer (born 1624)