The year 1679 in music involved some significant events.

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  • Victims of the plague in Vienna include Anna Catharina, wife of Johann Caspar Kerll. Kerll later commemorates the event in his Modulatio organica.

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  • Stefano Pasino – Sonatas for 2, 3, & 4 instruments, Op. 8 (Venice: Francesco Magni for Gardano)

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