church music (born 1620) April – Georg Christoph Strattner, friend and colleague of Bach at Lüneburg (born c. 1644) May 3 – Heinrich Ignaz Biber, violinist and composer (born 1644) September 6 – Francesco Provenzale, composer (born 1624) November 2 – Johann Jakob Walther, violinist and composer (born 1650) November 16 – Chikka Devaraja, ruler of Mysore, composer and music theorist (born 1673) December 14 Selim I Giray, Crimean khan, also known as a poet and musician (born 1631) Joseph-François Duché de Vancy, librettist (born 1668) References 18th century in music Music by year