1669 in music
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Events
- February 17 – Première of Alessandro MelaniAlessandro MelaniAlessandro Melani was an Italian composer and the brother of composer Jacopo Melani, and castrato singer Atto Melani. Along with Bernardo Pasquini and Alessandro Scarlatti, he was one of the leading composers active in Rome during the 17th century...
's opera L'empio punitoL'empio punitoL'empio punito is an opera by composer Alessandro Melani. Notably the first opera written on the subject of Don Juan, the work uses an Italian language libretto by Giovanni Filippo Apolloni and Filippo Acciaiuoli. The opera was commissioned by Marie Mancini for performance during Carnival of 1669...
at the Teatro di Palazzo Colonna in Rome. The work was commissioned by Marie ManciniMarie ManciniAnna Maria Mancini was the third of the five Mancini sisters; nieces to Cardinal Mazarin who were brought to France to marry advantageously...
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Classical music
- Giovanni Maria BononciniGiovanni Maria BononciniGiovanni Maria Bononcini was an Italian violinist composer, the father of a musical dynasty.In 1671 Bononcini the elder became a court musician at Modena. His treatise, Musico prattico, was published in 1673....
– Op. 3, a collection of sonatas in canon - Johann Kaspar KerllJohann Kaspar KerllJohann Kaspar Kerll was a German baroque composer and organist.Son of an organist, he showed outstanding musical abilities at an early age, and was taught by Giovanni Valentini, court Kapellmeister at Vienna. Kerll became one of the most acclaimed composers of his time, known both as a gifted...
– Delectus sacrarum cantionum, 26 motets for 2-5 voices, 2 violins and basso continuo
OperaOperaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
- 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...
– Coriolano - Antonio CestiAntonio CestiAntonio Cesti , known today primarily as an Italian composer of the Baroque era, he was also a singer , and organist. He was "the most celebrated Italian musician of his generation".- Biography :...
– Genserico - Antonio DraghiAntonio DraghiAntonio Draghi was a Baroque composer. He possibly was the brother of Giovanni Battista Draghi.Draghi was born at Rimini in Italy, and was one of the most prolific composers of his time. His contribution to the development of Italian opera was particularly significant...
– Achille in Sciro
Births
- February 2 – Louis MarchandLouis MarchandLouis Marchand was a French Baroque organist, harpsichordist, and composer. Born into an organist's family, Marchand was a child prodigy and quickly established himself as one of the best known French virtuosi of his time. He worked as organist of numerous churches and, for a few years, at the...
, organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1732) - August 24 – Alessandro MarcelloAlessandro MarcelloAlessandro Marcello was an Italian nobleman, poet, philosopher, mathematician and musician.-Biography:...
, composer (died 1747) - October 10 – Johann Nicolaus BachJohann Nicolaus BachJohann Nicolaus Bach was a German composer of the Baroque period.Johann Nicolaus was the eldest son of Johann Christoph Bach and the second cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was educated at the University of Jena, where he later became organist...
, composer (died 1753)
Deaths
- April 17 – 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...
, violinist and composer (born 1605) - October 14 – Antonio CestiAntonio CestiAntonio Cesti , known today primarily as an Italian composer of the Baroque era, he was also a singer , and organist. He was "the most celebrated Italian musician of his generation".- Biography :...
, opera composer (born 1623) - date unknown
- Richard AylewardRichard AylewardRichard Ayleward was an English composer and musician. He was born the son of a canon in Winchester Cathedral and, upon the English Restoration, was appointed organist and choir master of Norwich Cathedral....
, musician and composer (born 1626) - Etienne RichardEtienne RichardÉtienne Richard was a French composer, organist and harpsichordist. Very little is known about his life and work. He was born in Paris and came from a family of organists; apparently he lived and worked in Paris all his life. From 1645 he and his brother Charles were organists to Chancellor Séguier...
, composer, organist and harpsichordist (born c.1621) - Christopher SimpsonChristopher SimpsonChristopher Simpson was an English musician and composer, particularly associated with music for the viola da gamba.-Life:Simpson was born between 1602 and 1606, probably at Egton, Yorkshire...
, viola da gamba player and composer (born c.1605)
- Richard Ayleward
- probable – Étienne MouliniéÉtienne MouliniéÉtienne Moulinié was a French Baroque composer. He was born in Languedoc, and when he was a child he sang at the Narbonne Cathedral. Through the influence of his brother Antoine , Moulinié gained an appointment at court, as the director of music for Gaston d'Orléans, the younger brother of the king...
, composer (born c.1600)