1669 in music - Wikiwand

The year 1669 in music involved some significant events.

Events

February 17 â PremiÃ¨re of Alessandro Melani's opera L'empio punito at the Teatro di Palazzo Colonna in Rome. The work was commissioned by Marie Mancini.

Luigi Battiferri â Ricercari, Op.3
Giovanni Maria Bononcini â Op. 3, a collection of sonatas in canon
Henri Dumont â Cinq messes en plain-chant
Johann Caspar Kerll â Delectus sacrarum cantionum, 26 motets for 2â5 voices, 2 violins and basso continuo
Henry Lawes
- Select Ayres and Dialogues
- The Treasury of Musick
Samuel Capricornus
- Continuatio theatri musici
- Scelta musicale
- Theatrum musicum
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi â Sonate cioÃ¨ balletti, sarabande, correnti, passacagli, capricetti e una trombetta...
Maurizio Cazzati â Varii, e diversi capricci per camera, Op. 50

April 6 â Johann Christopf Faber, composer, organist, and organ builder (died 1742)
February 2 â Louis Marchand, organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1732)
August 24 â Alessandro Marcello, composer (died 1747)
October 10 â Johann Nicolaus Bach, composer (died 1753)
October 13 â Charles Desmazures, composer (died 1736)
date unknown
- Johann Samuel Beyer, composer (died 1744)
- Miquel LÃ³pez SebastiÃ¡n, composer (died 1723)

April 6 â Lars Wivallius, librettist (born 1605)
April 17 â Antonio Bertali, violinist and composer (born 1605)
May? â Ãtienne Richard, composer, organist and harpsichordist (born c.1621)
October 14 â Antonio Cesti, opera composer (born 1623)
October 28 â Agustin Moreto y Cavana, poet (born 1618)
date unknown
- Richard Ayleward, musician and composer (born 1626)
- Christopher Simpson, viola da gamba player and composer (born c.1605)