1655 in music

1655 in music

The year 1655 in music involved some significant events.

Events

Publications

Classical music

*Giovanni Legrenzi - Op. 2, a collection of sonatas [cite book |last=Palisca |first= Claude V. |title=Baroque Music |origyear=1968 |edition=3rd |year=1991 |publisher=Prentice Hall |location=Englewood Cliffs |isbn=0-13-058496-7 |pages=152 ]

Opera

*Giuseppe Alfiero - "La fedeltà trionfante" (lost)

Births

*May 4 - Bartolomeo Cristofori, inventor of the piano (died 1731)
*August - Johann Christoph Denner, wind instrument maker (died 1707)

Deaths

*April 4 - Johann Erasmus Kindermann, organist and composer (born 1616)
*July 30 - Sigmund Theophil Staden, German composer (born 1607)

References


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