1657 in music

none 1657 music The year 1657 in music involved some significant events. Events March 11 – Johann Adam Reincken becomes organist of the Bergkerk at Deventer. July 17 – Following the death of Tobias Michael in June, Sebastian Knüpfer is appointed Thomaskantor at Leipzig. Maurizio Cazzati becomes the Maestro di Cappella at San Petronio in Bologna and opens his violin school in Bologna.Palisca, Claude V. Baroque Music (1991), Prentice Hall:Englewood Cliffs, page 152 King Louis XIV of France engages Étienne Richard as royal harpsichord teacher, in place of Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. Popular music Gaspar de Verlit – Anthology of Christmas carols Classical music Henri Dumont – Meslanges à 2, 3, 4 et 5 parties Joannes Florentius a Kempis – Cantiones Natalitiae Giovanni Legrenzi – Salmi a cinque Heinrich Schütz 12 Geistliche Gesänge, Op.13 Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener, SWV 432-433 Barbara Strozzi – Ariette a voce sola, Op.6 Opera Francesco Cavalli – Artemisia Michel de La Guerre – Triomphe de l'Amour sur les Bergers et les Bergères (sung in 1655, but first staged as an opera in 1657)Authors and their Centuries, Page 116 'This abbreviated summary necessarily disregards other proto-operatic productions, such as the Triomphe de l'Amour sur les Bergers et les Bergères, of Michel de La Guerre and Charles de Beys (first sung in 1655, staged in 1657)... Births March 18 – Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, organist and composer (died 1743) July 25 – Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer (died 1714) December 15 – Michel Richard Delalande, French composer and organist (died 1726) probable – Gaetano Greco, composer (died c.1728) Deaths March – John Hilton the younger, lutenist and composer (born c.1599) March 26 – Jacob van Eyck, nobleman and musician (born c.1590) June 26 – Tobias Michael (born 1592) October 21 – Alessandro Costantini (born c. 1581) October 23 – Domenico Massenzio, Italian composer (born 1586) date unknown Franciszek Lilius, composer (born c. 1600) Pietro Paolo Sabbatini, composer (born 1600) References Category:17th century in music Category:Music by year