1665 in music
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The year 1665 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- May 27 â John Loosemore completes the construction of the organ at Exeter Cathedral.
- Francesco Cavalli becomes first organist of St Mark's Basilica in Venice.
Bands formed
- Band of the Grenadier Guards, under the terms of a Royal Warrant issued the previous year.[1]
Publications
- Christoph Bernhard â Geistliche Harmonien, Op.1
- Wojciech Bobowski â Mezmurlar, a collection of psalms in Turkish
- Giovanni Felice Sances â Missa Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae
- Christopher Simpson â The Principles of Practical Musick
Classical music
- John Blow â I will always give thanks
- Maurizio Cazzati
- Sonate a 2, 3, 4 e 5 con alcune per tromba, Op.35
- Messa e salmi a 5 voci con 4 istromenti, Op.36
- Jean Baptiste Lully â La naissance de Vénus, LWV 27 (ballet, premiered Jan. 26 in Paris)
- Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers â Livre d'orgue contenant cent pièces de tous les tons de l'église, the first organ collection that featured forms that became standard for the French Baroque organ school
Opera
- Antonio Bertali â L'Alcindo
- Andrea Mattioli â Ciro
Births
- February 21 (baptized) â Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter, Austrian Baroque composer (died 1742)
- March 17 â Ãlisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, harpsichordist and composer (died 1729)[2]
- date unknown
- Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter, composer (died 1742)
- Nicolaus Bruhns, organist and composer (died 1697)
- Johann Nikolaus Hanff, organist and composer (died 1712)
- José de Torres, composer, organist, music theorist and music publisher (died 1738)
- probable â Carlo Giuseppe Testore, luthier (died 1716)
Deaths
- January 21 â Domenico Mazzochi, Italian composer (born 1592)
- November 16 â João Lourenço Rebelo, Portuguese court composer (born 1610)
- December 10 â Tarquinio Merula, organist, violinist and composer (born c.1594)