The year 1663 in music.
- Antonio Cesti – La Dori Venice premiere
- Kaspar Förster – Der lobwürdige Cadmus[1]
Music
- Johann Rudolf Ahle
- Giovanni Arrigoni—Salmi, Op. 9[4]
- Andreas Hammerschmidt—16 Masses[5]
- Bonifazio Graziani—Responsoria hebdomadæ sanctæ, Op.9[6]
- Giovanni Legrenzi – Sonate a due, tre, cinque, a sei stromenti. Libro 3. Op. 8
- Jean-Baptiste Lully—Les noces de Village, LWV 19[7]
- John Playford -- Musick's Hand-maid[8]
- 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)
References
- ^ Mara R. Wade (2000). "Politics and Performance: Saxon-Danish Court Festivals 1548–1709". Aurifex. Department of English & Comparative Literature, Goldsmiths, University of London. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
- ^ "Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder (Ahle, Johann Rudolf) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- ^ "Neugepflantzten Thüringischen Lustgarten (Ahle, Johann Rudolf) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- ^ "Salmi, Op.9 (Arrigoni, Giovanni Giacomo) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- ^ "16 Missae (Hammerschmidt, Andreas) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- ^ "Responsoria hebdomadæ sanctæ, Op.9 (Graziani, Bonifazio) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- ^ "Les noces de Village, LWV 19 (Lully, Jean-Baptiste) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- ^ "Musick's Hand-Maid (Playford, John) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org. Retrieved 2019-01-10.