1655 in music

none 1655 music This article contains information about the musical events and publications of 1655. Events Composer Johann Rosenmüller is imprisoned as the result of accusations of homosexual activities with choirboys. Classical music Giovanni Legrenzi – Op. 2, a collection of sonatasPalisca Claude V. Baroque Music 1968 3rd 1991 Prentice Hall Englewood Cliffs 0-13-058496-7 152 Opera Giuseppe Alfiero – La fedeltà trionfante (lost) Births May 4 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, inventor of the piano (died 1731) August 13 – Johann Christoph Denner, wind instrument maker (died 1707) Probable – Robert de Visée, lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and violin player (died 1732) Deaths April 4 – Johann Erasmus Kindermann, organist and composer (born 1616) July 30 – Sigmund Theophil Staden, German composer (born 1607) References Category:17th century in music Category:Music by year