1694 in music

The year 1694 in music involved some significant events.

Events

 * October 23 – Marriage of Johann Christoph Bach (organist at Ohrdruf) to Dorothea von Hof. The guests include Johann Pachelbel, and his canon may have been composed for the occasion.
 * 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.

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)
 * Marc-Antoine Charpentier
 * Messe de minuit pour Noël, H. 9
 * Prélude pour le Domine salvum, H. 535
 * Giovanni Paolo Colonna – Psalmi ad Vesperas, Op. 12
 * Arcangelo Corelli – 12 trio sonatas, Op. 4
 * Francisco Guerau – Poema Harmonico
 * Henry Purcell
 * Te Deum and Jubilate Deo, Z. 232
 * Come, Ye Sons of Art Away, Z. 323
 * I Lov'd Fair Celia, Z. 381
 * Distressed Innocence, Z. 577
 * The Virtuous Wife, Z. 611
 * Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary for Mary II of England
 * Alessandro Scarlatti – Correa nel seno amato, H. 146
 * Antonio Veracini – 10 violin sonatas, Op. 2
 * Johann Paul von Westhoff – Sonate a Violino solo con basso continuo

Opera

 * Tomaso Albinoni – Zenobia, Regina de' Palmireni
 * Giovanni Bononcini – Xerse
 * Henri Desmarets – Circé
 * John Eccles – Macbeth
 * Francesco Gasparini – Il Roderico
 * Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre – Céphale et Procris
 * 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)