Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• date unknown:
• WILLIAM CHILD = English organist and composer = [died: 1697]
• JOHANNES KHUEN = German poet and composer = [died: 1675]
• URBÁN DE VARGAS = Spanish composer = [died: 1656]

Timeline of Events

• 5 January: The nuptial masque Hymenaei, with music by ALFONSO FERRABOSCO the younger, is performed in London.

Publications

• GIROLAMO MONTESARDO = Nuova inventione d'intavolatura per sonare li balletti sopra la chitarra spanuola, published in Florence, the first printed source of alfabeto notation for the guitar

Classical Music

• AGOSTINO AGAZZARI
• Eumelio (oratorio)
• JOHN COOPER
• Funeral Teares

Opera

• ANDREA CIMA
• La Gentile