The year 1663 in music.
Opera Antonio Cesti – La Dori Venice premiere Kaspar Förster – Der lobwürdige Cadmus
Music
Johann Rudolf Ahle Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder Neugepflantzten Thüringischen Lustgarten Giovanni Arrigoni—Salmi, Op. 9 Andreas Hammerschmidt—16 Masses Bonifazio Graziani—Responsoria hebdomadæ sanctæ, Op.9 Giovanni Legrenzi – Sonate a due, tre, cinque, a sei stromenti. Libro 3. Op. 8 Jean-Baptiste Lully—Les noces de Village, LWV 19 John Playford -- Musick's Hand-maid Johann Adam Reincken – An Wasserflüssen Babylon
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)
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