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The year 1677 in music involved some significant events.
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Events
- Henry Purcell becomes a musician at the court of King Charles II of England.
- Charles Davenant's "semi-opera" Circe, with music by composer John Banister, is performed in London by the Duke's Company in May.
- Nikolay Diletsky publishes Grammatika musikiyskago peniya (Грамматика музикийского пения, "A grammar of musical song")
Published popular music
Classical music
- Jean-Baptiste Lully - Te Deum, first performed on September 9, for the baptism of Lully's son[1]
- Alessandro Poglietti - Rossignolo
Opera
- Carlo Grossi - La Giocasta, regina d'Armenia
Births
- February 4 - Johann Ludwig Bach, violinist and composer, second cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach (died 1731)
- June 18 - Antonio Maria Bononcini, cellist and composer, brother of Giovanni Bononcini (died 1726)
Deaths
- August - Matthew Locke (composer), composer (born 1621)
- November 11 - Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer (born 1619)
- date unknown - Robert Cambert, composer of opera (born 1628)
References
- ^ Palisca, Claude V. (1991) [1968]. Baroque Music. Prentice Hall History of Music (3rd ed.). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. p. 277. ISBN 0-13-058496-7.
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