1673 in music
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The year 1673 in music involved some significant events.
Events[]
- John Blow becomes organist of Westminster Abbey.
- Agostino Steffani begins his studies in Rome under Ercole Bernabei.
- Johann Michael Bach becomes organist and town clerk of Gehren.
- Robert Cambert arrives in Britain.
- Giovanni Maria Bononcini publishes his treatise, Musico prattico.
- Henry Purcell is apprenticed to the organist .
Published popular music[]
Classical music[]
- Giovanni Legrenzi
- Violin Duo and continuo[clarification needed]
- La Cetra (Op. 10), a collection of sonatas
- Matthew Locke – Melothesia
- – 13 Sonatas, Op. 1
- Heinrich Biber – Battalia à 10
- Jean-Baptiste Lully – La pastorale comique, LWV 33
- Cristofaro Caresana – La Tarentella
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Ouverture et intermèdes, H.494
- Symphonie devant Regina, H.509
- Prélude, H.510
- Prélude, H.512
Opera[]
- Wolfgang Carl Briegel – Das verliebte Gespenst
- Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Cadmus et Hermione
- Alceste
- Antonio Sartorio – Orfeo
- Pietro Andrea Ziani – Marcello in Siracuse
- Matthew Locke – Psyche
Births[]
- June 18 – Antonio de Literes, composer of zarzuelas (d. 1747)
- October 26 – Dimitrie Cantemir, composer, musicologist and polymath (d. 1723)
- date unknown – Johannes Kelpius, the first Pennsylvanian composer (died 1708)
Deaths[]
- date unknown – Lemme Rossi, music theorist
Categories:
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