Mark's Music Circus
presents
Music Events of
Births
18 June:
ANTONIO DE LITERES
= Spanish composer of
zarzuelas
= [died: 1747]
26 October:
DIMITRIE CANTEMIR
= Moldavian composer, musicologist and polymath = [died: 1723]
date unknown:
JOHANNES KELPIUS
= German, "the first Pennsylvanian composer" = [died: 1708]
Timeline of Events
Undated:
JOHN BLOW
becomes organist of Westminster Abbey.
AGOSTINO STEFFANI
begins his studies in Rome under
ERCOLE BERNABEI
.
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH
becomes organist and town clerk of Gehren.
ROBERT CAMBERT
arrives in Britain.
GIOVANNI MARIA BONONCINI
publishes his treatise,
Musico prattico
.
HENRY PURCELL
is apprenticed to the organist
JOHN HINGESTON
.
Classical Music
GIOVANNI LEGRENZI
Violin Duo and continuo
La Cetra (Op. 10)
, a collection of sonatas
Opera
WOLFGANG CARL BRIEGEL
Das verliebte Gespenst
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
Cadmus et Hermione
ANTONIO SARTORIO
Orfeo
PIETRO ANDREA ZIANI
Marcello in Siracuse
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The Music Maestro
Mark Chard
BSc
Page created: 6th September 2014
Last edited: 18th May 2023