- 1674 in music
The year 1674 in music involved some significant events.
Events
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Johannes Voorhout paints the only known portrait ofDieterich Buxtehude .
*Giovanni Paolo Colonna becomes chapelmaster at Bologna.
*" _fr. Ariane, ou Le Mariage de Bacchus", byRobert Cambert , is one of the first French operas to be sung in Britain.Published popular music
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Classical music
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber - 16 "Rosary" sonatas, never published
*Vejvanofsky (1633-1693) - "Sonata Natalis" (composed for the Christmas season)
*Ken - "Morning Hymn" (based upon Psalm 108.2)Opera *
Jean-Baptiste Lully - "Alceste"Births
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January 9 -Reinhard Keiser , opera composer (died1739 )
*July 17 -Isaac Watts , the "father of English hymnody" (died1748 )
*"probable" -Jeremiah Clarke , composer (died1707 )Deaths
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January 12 -Giacomo Carissimi , composer (born1605 )
*February 24 -Matthias Weckmann , composer (born c.1616 )
*July 14 -Pelham Humphrey , English composer and singer (born1647 )
*"date unknown" -Francisco Lopez Capillas , composer and chapelmaster of Mexico Cathedral (born1608 )
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