The year 1664 in music involved some significant events.
Events Following the disgrace of Jacques Champion de Chambonnières, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert assumes the position of harpsichordist to Louis XIV, King of France. Anthoni van Noordt becomes organist at the Nieuwe Kerk
Classical music Giovanni Legrenzi – 16 Sonatas, Op.8 Heinrich Schütz – Weihnachts-Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio) Bernardo Storace – Selva di varie compositioni Johann Heinrich Schmelzer – Sonatae unarum fidium, seu a violino solo Barbara Strozzi – Arie, Op. 8
Opera Antonio Maria Abbatini – Ione Antonio Bertali – Pazzo amor
Births January 17 – Antonio Salvi, Italian physician, court poet and librettist (died 1724) February 23 – Georg Dietrich Leyding, organist and composer (died 1710) March – Georg Österreich, composer (died 1735) March 14 – Silvio Stampiglia, librettist (died 1725) June 28 – Nicolas Bernier, composer (died 1734) August 6 – Johann Christoph Schmidt, composer (d. 1728) September 9 – Johann Christoph Pez, composer (died 1716) November 9 – Johann Speth, organist and composer (died c. 1720) date unknown – Daniel Purcell, composer (died 1717)
Deaths January 1 – Charles Racquet, organist (born c. 1598) July 16 – Andreas Gryphius, librettist and playwright (born 1616) date unknown – Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla, composer (born c.1590)
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