1677 in music

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See also: 1676 in music, other events of 1677, 1678 in music and the list of years in music.

Contents 1 Events 2 Published popular music 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Henry Purcell becomes a musician at the court of King Charles II of England.

[edit] Published popular music

[edit] Classical music

• Jean-Baptiste Lully - Te Deum
• Alessandro Poglietti - Rossignolo

[edit] Opera

• Carlo Grossi - La Giocasta, regina d'Armenia

[edit] Births

• February 4 - Johann Ludwig Bach, violinist and composer, second cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach (died 1731)
• June 18 - Antonio Maria Bononcini, cellist and composer, brother of Giovanni Bononcini (died 1726)

[edit] Deaths

• August - Matthew Locke (composer), composer (born 1621)
• date unknown - Robert Cambert, composer of opera (born 1628)
• date unknown - Maurizio Cazzati, Italian composer (born c.1620)