1652 in music
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- Adam DreseAdam DreseAdam Drese was a German composer and bass viol player. He was appointed Kapellmeister to Duke Wilhelm IV of Saxe-Weimar in 1652, but in 1662, after the death of the duke, the Capelle was disbanded and Drese sought a similar position with Duke Bernhard at Jena...
becomes Kapellmeister to Duke Wilhelm IV of Saxe-Weimar. - Anthoni van NoordtAnthoni van NoordtAnthoni van Noordt was a Dutch composer and organist.Born in Amsterdam, where he lived throughout his life, he was the brother of Jacobus van Noordt...
becomes the organist of Nieuwezijdskapel.
Classical music
- Denis GaultierDenis GaultierDenis Gaultier was a French lutenist and composer. He was a cousin of Ennemond Gaultier.-Life:...
– Le Rhétorique des Dieux (the Eloquence of the Gods), a manuscript collection of 56 lute pieces
Opera
- Antonio BertaliAntonio BertaliAntonio Bertali was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era.He was born in Verona and received early music education there from Stefano Bernardi. Probably from 1624, he was employed as court musician in Vienna by Emperor Ferdinand II. In 1649 Bertali succeeded Giovanni Valentini as...
– Niobe - Francesco CavalliFrancesco CavalliFrancesco Cavalli was an Italian composer of the early Baroque period. His real name was Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni, but he is better known by that of Cavalli, the name of his patron Federico Cavalli, a Venetian nobleman.-Life:Cavalli was born at Crema, Lombardy...
- EritreaEritrea (opera)Eritrea is an opera in three acts by the Italian composer Francesco Cavalli. The libretto is by Giovanni Faustini. It was premiered at the Teatro Sant'Apollinare, Venice on 17 January 1652 and revived in modern times at the Wexford Festival in 1975 under the conductor Jane...
Births
- April 28 - Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-DarmstadtMagdalena Sibylla of Hesse-DarmstadtLandgravine Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt was regent of the Duchy of Württemberg from 1677 to 1693, and was a prominent German composer of baroque hymns.- Life :...
, composer of hymns (died 1712) - May 14 – Johann Philipp FörtschJohann Philipp FörtschJohann Philipp Förtsch was a German baroque composer, statesman and doctor.-Life:Förtsch was born in Wertheim and possibly received his musical education from Johann Philipp Krieger. Moving to Hamburg in 1674 to write librettos he then became in the 1680s one of the main composers in the heyday of...
, composer and doctor (died 1732) - date unknown - Diego XarabaDiego XarabaDiego Xaraba was a Spanish organist and composer. A nephew of organist Pablo Bruna, Xaraba studied with him at Daroca. He is known to have been working as the organist of El Pilar in Zaragoza in around 1676; he was later employed in the chapel of Carlos II in Madrid, where he died...
, composer (died 1715)
Deaths
- February 17 – Gregorio AllegriGregorio AllegriGregorio Allegri was an Italian composer of the Roman School and brother of Domenico Allegri; he was also a priest and a singer. He lived mainly in Rome, where he would later die.-Life:...
, Italian composer (born 15821582 in music- Classical music :*Lodovico Agostini – Third book of madrigals, for six voices*Vittorio Baldini - Il lauro secco *Claudio Monteverdi – Sacrae Cantiunculae - Births :...
) - April 21 - Pietro Della VallePietro Della VallePietro della Valle was an Italian who traveled throughout Asia during the Renaissance period. His travels took him to the Holy Land, the Middle East, Northern Africa, and as Far as India.-Biography:...
, traveller, composer and writer on music (born 1586) - November – Charles FleuryCharles FleuryCharles Fleury, Sieur de Blancrocher was a French lutenist. Known principally under the name Blancrocher , he was one of the leading performers of his day, active in Paris. Whether he composed or not is unknown; a single dance movement survives, attributed to him, in the so-called Manuscrit Vaudry...
, lutenist (born c.1605) - date unknown - Filipe de MagalhãesFilipe de MagalhãesFilipe de Magalhães was a Portuguese composer of sacred polyphony.-Life:Filipe de Magalhães was born in Azeitão, Portugal, in 1571. He studied music at the Cathedral of Évora with Manuel Mendes where he was a colleague of the equally renowned polyphonists Duarte Lobo and Manuel Cardoso...
, choirmaster and composer (born c.1571)