1663 in music

The year 1663 in music.

Opera

• Kaspar Förster – Der lobwürdige Cadmus^[1]

Births

• March 7 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali, violinist and composer (died 1745)
• March 16 – Jean-Baptiste Matho, composer (died 1743)
• July 1 – Franz Xaver Murschhauser, German composer and music theorist (died 1738)
• September 25 – Johann Nikolaus Hanff, composer (died 1711)
• November 14 – Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, teacher of Handel (died 1712)
• date unknown
  • Andrea Adami da Bolsena, papal choirmaster (died 1742)
  • Nicolas Siret, organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1754)
  • Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, composer (died 1722)

Deaths

• March 20 – Biagio Marini, violinist and composer (born 1594)
• July 2 – Thomas Selle, composer (born 1599)
• July 24 – Thomas Baltzar, violinist (born c.1631)
• December 5 – Severo Bonini, composer (born 1582)
• date unknown
  • Antoine de Beaulieu, ballet dancer
  • Nicolas Hotman, composer (born c.1610)
  • Heinrich Scheidemann, organist and composer (born c.1595)

References

1. ↑ Mara R. Wade (2000). "Politics and Performance: Saxon-Danish Court Festivals 1548-1709". Aurifex. Department of English & Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 16 October 2010.