1664 in music
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The year 1664 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- Following the disgrace of Jacques Champion de Chambonnières, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert assumes the position of harpsichordist to Louis XIV, King of France.
- Anthoni van Noordt becomes organist at the Nieuwe Kerk
Classical music
- Giovanni Legrenzi â 16 Sonatas, Op.8
- Heinrich Schütz â Weihnachts-Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio)
- Bernardo Storace â Selva di varie compositioni
- Johann Heinrich Schmelzer â Sonatae unarum fidium, seu a violino solo
- Barbara Strozzi â Arie, Op. 8[1]
Opera
- Antonio Maria Abbatini â Ione
- Antonio Bertali â Pazzo amor
Births
- January 17 â Antonio Salvi, Italian physician, court poet and librettist (died 1724)
- February 23 â Georg Dietrich Leyding, organist and composer (died 1710)
- March â Georg Ãsterreich, composer (died 1735)
- March 14 â Silvio Stampiglia, librettist (died 1725)
- June 28 â Nicolas Bernier, composer (died 1734)
- August 6 â Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer (d. 1728)
- September 9 â Johann Christoph Pez, composer (died 1716)
- November 9 â Johann Speth, organist and composer (died c. 1720)
- date unknown â Daniel Purcell, composer (died 1717)
Deaths
- January 1 â Charles Racquet, organist (born c. 1598)
- July 16 â Andreas Gryphius, librettist and playwright (born 1616)
- date unknown â Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, composer (born c.1590)