1665 in music
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Events
- May 27 – John LoosemoreJohn LoosemoreJohn Loosemore was an English builder of pipe organs. He is best known for his organ at Exeter Cathedral in Devon, which he completed in 1665.John Loosemore was born in Barnstaple where he was baptized on August 25, 1616...
completes the construction of the organ at Exeter CathedralExeter CathedralExeter Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter at Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon in South West England....
. - Francesco CavalliFrancesco CavalliFrancesco Cavalli was an Italian composer of the early Baroque period. His real name was Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni, but he is better known by that of Cavalli, the name of his patron Federico Cavalli, a Venetian nobleman.-Life:Cavalli was born at Crema, Lombardy...
becomes first organist of St Mark's BasilicaSt Mark's BasilicaThe Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, northern Italy. It is the most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of Byzantine architecture...
in Venice.
Bands formed
- Band of the Grenadier Guards, under the terms of a Royal Warrant issued the previous year.
Classical music
- John BlowJohn BlowJohn Blow was an English Baroque composer and organist, appointed to Westminster Abbey in 1669. His pupils included William Croft, Jeremiah Clarke and Henry Purcell. In 1685 he was named a private musician to James II. His only stage composition, Venus and Adonis John Blow (baptised 23 February...
– I will always give thanks - Guillaume-Gabriel NiversGuillaume-Gabriel NiversGuillaume-Gabriel Nivers was a French organist, composer and theorist. His first livre d'orgue is the earliest surviving collection with traditional French organ school forms...
– Livre d'orgue contenant cent pièces de tous les tons de l'église, the first organ collection that featured forms that became standard for the French Baroque organ school
Births
- March 17 – Élisabeth Jacquet de La GuerreÉlisabeth Jacquet de La GuerreÉlisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre was a French musician, harpsichordist and composer.-Life and works:...
, harpsichordist and composer (died 1729) - date unknown
- Benedikt Anton AufschnaiterBenedikt Anton AufschnaiterBenedikt Anton Aufschnaiter was an Austrian Baroque composer.Aufschnaiter got much of his musical education in Vienna, where he lived for several years. Later he got a post at the band near to the emperor's court...
, composer (died 1742) - Nicolaus BruhnsNicolaus BruhnsNicolaus Bruhns was a German organist, violinist, and composer. He was one of the most prominent organists and composers of his generation.-Life:...
, organist and composer (died 1697) - Johann Nikolaus HanffJohann Nikolaus HanffJohann Nikolaus Hanff was a North German organist and composer . Hanff was born in Wechmar in Thuringia and worked in Eutin, Hamburg and Schleswig....
, organist and composer (died 1712) - José de TorresJosé de TorresJosé de Torres y Martínez Bravo was a Spanish composer, organist, music theorist and music publisher.Torres was born in Madrid, where he served as organist of the capilla real from 1697. With the arrival of the Bourbons, Torres was expelled from the capilla, but avoided exile and was rehabilitated...
, composer, organist, music theorist and music publisher (died 1738)
- Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter
- probable – Carlo Giuseppe TestoreCarlo Giuseppe TestoreCarlo Giuseppe Testore was an Italian luthier, who worked in his later life in Milan. He was born at Novara.Testore, a student of Giovanni Grancino's, went to Milan in 1687 and had his workshop at the sign of the eagle in the Contrada larga...
, luthier (died 1716)
Deaths
- January 21 – Domenico Mazzochi, Italian composer (born 1592)
- November 16 – João Lourenço RebeloJoão Lourenço RebeloJoão Lourenço Rebelo, or João Soares Rebelo, was court composer to John IV of Portugal .-Life:Rebelo was born in Caminha in 1610. He entered the service of Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza in 1624 at the age of fourteen, then became music teacher to his son, who was to become João II, 8th Duke of...
, Portuguese court composer (born 1610) - December 10 – Tarquinio MerulaTarquinio MerulaTarquinio Merula was an Italian composer, organist, and violinist of the early Baroque era. Although mainly active in Cremona, stylistically he was a member of the Venetian school...
, organist, violinist and composer (born c.1594)