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Publications
- Giovanni Battista GranataGiovanni Battista GranataGiovanni Battista Granata was an Italian classical guitarist and composer. By profession, Granata was a barber-surgeon.- Career :...
– Soavi concenti di sonate musicali per la chitarra spagnuola..., a collection of guitar music, published in BolognaBolognaBologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,... - Anthoni van NoordtAnthoni van NoordtAnthoni van Noordt was a Dutch composer and organist.Born in Amsterdam, where he lived throughout his life, he was the brother of Jacobus van Noordt...
– Tabulatuur-boeck van psalmen en fantasyen (Tablature-book of psalms and fantasies), a collection of organ music, published in AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
Births
- date unknown – Matteo GoffrillerMatteo GoffrillerMatteo Goffriller was an Venetian luthier, particularly noted for the quality of his cellos.Although it is known that Goffriller was born in Brixen, little else is known of him prior to his days in Venice before 1685...
, cello maker - Henry PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
, composer - January 17 – Antonio VeraciniAntonio VeraciniAntonio Veracini was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era.Antonio Veracini was born in Florence, Italy...
, violinist and composer
Deaths
- April 15 – Simon DachSimon DachSimon Dach was a Prussian German lyrical poet and writer of hymns, born in Memel in the Duchy of Prussia.-Early life:...
, hymn-writer (born 1605) - date unknown – Giovanni Francesco BusenelloGiovanni Francesco BusenelloGiovanni Francesco Busenello was an Italian lawyer, librettist and poet of the 17th century.Born to a high-class family of Venice, it is thought that he studied at the University of Padua, where according to himself he was taught by Paolo Sarpi and Cesare Cremonino...
, opera librettist