1655 in music

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The year 1655 in music involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Events
2 Publications
3 Classical music
4 Opera
5 Births
6 Deaths
7 References

Events

Composer Johann Rosenmüller is imprisoned as the result of a scandal concerning alleged homosexual activities.

Publications

Classical music

Giovanni Legrenzi – Op. 2, a collection of sonatas^[1]

Opera

Giuseppe Alfiero – La fedeltà trionfante (lost)

Births

May 4 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, inventor of the piano (died 1731)
August – Johann Christoph Denner, wind instrument maker (died 1707)
probable – Robert de Visée, lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and viol player (died c.1732)

Deaths

April 4 – Johann Erasmus Kindermann, organist and composer (born 1616)
July 30 – Sigmund Theophil Staden, German composer (born 1607)

References

^ Palisca, Claude V. (1991) [1968]. Baroque Music (3rd ed.). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. pp. 152. ISBN 0-13-058496-7.