Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of

Births

• 4 May:   BARTOLOMEO CRISTOFORI = Italian inventor of the piano = [died: 1731]
• August:   JOHANN CHRISTOPH DENNER = German wind instrument maker = [died: 1707]


• probable:
• ROBERT DE VISÉE = French lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and viol player = [died: c. 1732]

Timeline of Events

• Composer JOHANN ROSENMÜLLER is imprisoned as the result of a scandal concerning alleged homosexual activities.

Classical Music

• GIOVANNI LEGRENZI
• Op. 2, a collection of sonatas

Opera

• GIUSEPPE ALFIERO
• La fedeltà trionfante (lost)