Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 3 October:   SEBASTIAN ANTON SCHERER = German composer and organist = [died: 1712]
• 30 October:   PIERRE BEAUCHAMP = French choreographer, dancer and composer = [died: 1705]

Timeline of Events

• 9 January: The masque Love's Triumph Through Callipolis, written by BEN JONSON and designed by INIGO JONES, is performed at Whitehall Palace; the work features music by NICHOLAS LANIER


• Undated:
• In Venice, the plague outbreak of 1630–1631, after reducing the population by one third, comes to an end. CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI writes a mass for a service of thanksgiving, held at St Mark's Basilica.
• MARCO MARAZZOLI is one of several musicians who accompany Cardinal Antonio Barberini on a visit to Urbino.
• Earliest known bentside spinet, made by Hieronymus de Zentis.

Publications

• THOMAS MORLEY:
• an edition of his canzonets

Classical Music

• CORNELIS PADBRUÉ:
• Kusjes (collection of madrigals)

Opera

• STEFANO LANDI
• Sant'Alessio (with libretto by GIULIO ROSPIGLIOSI)