1652 in music
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The year 1652 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- Adam Drese becomes Kapellmeister to Duke Wilhelm IV of Saxe-Weimar.
- Anthoni van Noordt becomes the organist of Nieuwezijdskapel.
- Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1624-1687) becomes court musician at Innsbruck
Publications
- Henry Du Mont â Cantica sacra, a collection of sacred music
Classical music
- Denis Gaultier â Le Rhétorique des Dieux (the Eloquence of the Gods), a manuscript collection of 56 lute pieces[1]
Opera
- Antonio Bertali â Niobe
- Francesco Cavalli â Eritrea
Births
- April 28 â Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, composer of hymns (died 1712)
- May 14 â Johann Philipp Förtsch, composer and doctor (died 1732)
- date unknown â Diego Xaraba, composer (died 1715)
Deaths
- February 17 â Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (born 1582)
- April 21 â Pietro Della Valle, traveller, composer and writer on music (born 1586)
- July 24 â Johann Weichmann, composer (born 1620)
- November â Charles Fleury, lutenist (born c.1605)
- date unknown â Filipe de Magalhães, choirmaster and composer (born c.1571)