Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 7 January:   ADAM KRIEGER = German composer = [died: 1666]
• 26 March:   DOMENICO FRESCHI = Italian composer = [died: 1710]


• date unknown:
• CLAMOR HEINRICH ABEL = German composer = [died: 1696]
• MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER = French composer = [died: 1704]


• probable:
• CARLO GROSSI = Italian composer = [died: 1688]
• ANTONIO DRAGHI = Italian composer [died: 1700]

Timeline of Events

• 3 February: JAMES SHIRLEY's spectacular masque The Triumph of Peace is performed in London. The work features music by WILLIAM LAWES, SIMON IVES, and BULSTRODE WHITELOCKE. It is repeated on 13 February.
• 29 September (Michaelmas): The masque Comus, by JOHN MILTON, is presented at Ludlow Castle, with music composed by HENRY LAWES.

Classical Music

• CHARLES d'AMBLEVILLE:
• Octonarium sacrum

Opera

• WILLIAM LAWES:
• The Triumph of Peace