1652 in music

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The year 1652 in music involved some significant events.

Events

Adam Drese becomes Kapellmeister to Duke Wilhelm IV of Saxe-Weimar.
Anthoni van Noordt becomes the organist of Nieuwezijdskapel.

Publications

Henry Du Mont – Cantica sacra, a collection of sacred music

Classical music

Denis Gaultier – Le Rhétorique des Dieux (the Eloquence of the Gods), a manuscript collection of 56 lute pieces^[1]

Opera

Antonio Bertali – Niobe
Francesco Cavalli - Eritrea

Births

April 28 - Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, composer of hymns (died 1712)
May 14 – Johann Philipp Förtsch, composer and doctor (died 1732)
date unknown - Diego Xaraba, composer (died 1715)

Deaths

February 17 – Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (born 1582)
April 21 - Pietro Della Valle, traveller, composer and writer on music (born 1586)
November – Charles Fleury, lutenist (born c.1605)
date unknown - Filipe de Magalhães, choirmaster and composer (born c.1571)

References

↑ Palisca, Claude V. (1991) [1968]. Baroque Music. Prentice Hall History of Music (3rd ed.). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. p. 190. ISBN 0-13-058496-7.