1661 in music

1661 in music

The year 1661 in music involved some significant events.

Events

*November 4 - Samuel Pepys' diary records a visit to the opera.
*King Louis XIV of France creates the Académie Royale de Danse.
*Jean-Baptiste Lully becomes a French subject.

Classical music

*Heinrich Schütz - "Psalmen Davids"

Opera

*Antonio Bertali - "Il Ciro crescente"
*Jacopo Melani - "Ercole in Tebe"
*Antonio Sartorio - "Gl'amori infruttuosi di Pirro"

Births

*February - Henri Desmarets, composer (died 1741)
*June 6 - Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer (died 1756)
*September 2 - Georg Böhm, organist and composer (died 1733)
*"date unknown" - Francesco Gasparini, composer (died 1727)

Deaths

*"date unknown" - Louis Couperin, harpsichordist and composer (born c.1626)
*"date unknown" - Alberich Mazak, composer (born 1609)


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