1655 in music
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This article contains information about the musical events and publications of 1655.
Events
- Composer Johann Rosenmüller is imprisoned as the result of accusations of homosexual activities with choirboys.
Classical music
- Giovanni Legrenzi â Op. 2, a collection of sonatas[1]
Opera
- Giuseppe Alfiero â La fedeltà trionfante (lost)
Births
- May 4 â Bartolomeo Cristofori, inventor of the piano (died 1731)
- August 13 â Johann Christoph Denner, wind instrument maker (died 1707)
- Probable â Robert de Visée, lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and violin player (died 1732)
Deaths
- April 4 â Johann Erasmus Kindermann, organist and composer (born 1616)
- July 30 â Sigmund Theophil Staden, German composer (born 1607)