Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 12 August (baptized):   GIOVANNI LEGRENZI = Italian composer = [died: 1690]


• date unknown:
• WOLFGANG CARL BRIEGEL = German organist and composer = [died: 1712]


• probable:
• LOUIS COUPERIN = French harpsichordist and composer = [died: 1661]

Timeline of Events

• TARQUINIO MERULA returns to Cremona.
• PAOLO AGOSTINO succeeds VINCENZO UGOLINI as conductor of the pope's orchestra in St. Peter's Basilica.

Classical Music

• GIOVANNI BATTISTA BUONAMENTE
• Il quarto libro de varie de sonate, sinfonie, gagliarde, corrente, e brandi per sonar con due violini & un basso di viola, published in Venice
• CARLO FARINA
• Libro delle pavane, gagliarde, brand: mascharata, aria franzesa, volte, balletti, sonate, canzone
• JOHANNES HIERONYMUS KAPSBERGER
• Libro terzo d'intavolatura di chitarrone
• JOHANN HERMANN SCHEIN
• Opella nova (Little new works), volume 2, a collection of sacred concertos

Opera

• DOMENICO MAZZOCHI
• La catena d'Adone