1676 in music
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The year 1676 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- Construction of the Teatro San Angelo in Venice is completed.
- Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni arrives in Rieti.
Published popular music
Classical music
- Johann Jakob Walther – Scherzi da Violino solo con il basso continuo
Opera
Births
- January 19 - John Weldon, musician (died 1736)
- February 4 - Giacomo Facco, violinist, conductor and composer (died 1753)
- April 4 - Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, opera composer (died 1760)
- May 23 – Johann Bernhard Bach, composer, cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach (died 1749)
Deaths
- January 14 – Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (born 1602)
- June 7 – Paul Gerhardt, Germany's best-known hymn-writer (born 1606)
- October 6 - Claudia Rusca, singer, composer and organist (born 1593)
- October 10 - Sebastian Knüpfer, composer (born 1633)
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