1661 in music
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The year 1661 in music involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- November 4 - Samuel Pepys' diary records a visit to the opera.
- King Louis XIV of France creates the Académie Royale de Danse.
- Jean-Baptiste Lully becomes a French subject.
[edit] Classical music
- Heinrich Schütz - Psalmen Davids
[edit] Opera
- Antonio Bertali - Il Ciro crescente
- Jacopo Melani - Ercole in Tebe
- Antonio Sartorio - Gl'amori infruttuosi di Pirro
[edit] Births
- February - Henri Desmarets, composer (died 1741)
- June 6 - Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer (died 1756)
- September 2 - Georg Böhm, organist and composer (died 1733)
- date unknown - Francesco Gasparini, composer (died 1727)
[edit] Deaths
- date unknown - Louis Couperin, harpsichordist and composer (born c.1626)
- date unknown - Alberich Mazak, composer (born 1609)
