1655 in music

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The year 1655 in music involved some significant events.

Events

  • Composer Johann Rosenmüller is imprisoned as the result of a scandal concerning alleged homosexual activities.

Publications

Classical music

  • Giovanni Legrenzi – Op. 2, a collection of sonatas[1]

Opera

  • Giuseppe Alfiero – La fedeltà trionfante (lost)

Births

  • May 4 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, inventor of the piano (died 1731)
  • August 13 – Johann Christoph Denner, wind instrument maker (died 1707)
  • probable – Robert de Visée, lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and violin player (died c.1732)

Deaths

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

References

  1. ↑ Palisca, Claude V. (1991) [1968]. Baroque Music (3rd ed.). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. p. 152. ISBN 0-13-058496-7.
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