Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 29 April:   ESAIAS REUSNER = German lutenist and composer = [died: 1679]

Timeline of Events

• January: JOHANN ERASMUS KINDERMANN is ordered to return to Nuremberg to become second organist of Frauenkirche.
• 23 or 24 February: The masque, Triumphs of the Prince d'Amour, by WILLIAM DAVENANT, is performed, with music composed by brothers HENRY and WILLIAM LAWES.
• VITTORIA ALEOTTI becomes prioress of the Augustinian convent of St. Vito, Ferrara, Italy.
• King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria visit Oxford University in August. They are entertained with plays, two of which = WILLIAM STRODE's The Floating Island and WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT's The Royal Slave = feature music by HENRY LAWES.

Classical Music

• HEINRICH SCHÜTZ
• Kleine geistliche Konzerte (Small Sacred Concertos), part 1