1660 in music

1660 in music

The year 1660 in music involved some significant events.

Events

*Dieterich Buxtehude becomes organist at Helsingor in Denmark.
*Pelham Humphrey and John Blow become members of the Chapel Royal.

Classical music

*Giovanni Pandolfi - "Sonata for violin"

Opera

*Antonio Bertali - "La magia delusa"
*Juan Hidalgo - "Celos aun del aire matan"
*Francesco Manelli - "La filo"
*Francesco Rossi - "L'Arianna"
*Giuseppe Tricarico - "L'Oronie"
*Filippo Vismarri - "L'Orontea"
*Pietro Andrea Ziani - "L'Antigona delusa da Alceste"

Births

*May 2 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (died 1725)
*December 4 - André Campra, French composer (died 1744)
*"date unknown"
**Johann Fux, composer (died 1741)
**Johann Kuhnau, organist and composer (died 1722)

Deaths

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