1678 in music
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The year 1678 in music involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- John Blow becomes a doctor of music.
- Seventeen-year-old Giacomo Antonio Perti composes his first opera.
- The Teatro Grimani is constructed, the grandest opera house in Venice.
[edit] Published popular music
[edit] Classical music
- Albertus Bryne - 5 dance movements
[edit] Opera
- Johann Theile - Der erschaffene, gefallene und aufgerichtete Mensch
[edit] Births
- March 4 - Antonio Vivaldi, composer (died 1741)
- July 6 - Nicola Francesco Haym, opera librettist and composer (died 1727)
- December 30 - William Croft, organist and composer (died 1727)
[edit] Deaths
- August 5 - Juan García de Zéspedes, composer (born 1619)
- September 28 - Maurizio Cazzati, Italian composer (born 1616)
- November 18 - Giovanni Maria Bononcini, violinist and composer
- date unknown
- Leonora Duarte, composer
- John Jenkins, composer (born 1592)
