1653. With other artists, Samuel Scheidt, Giacomo Carissimi and John George II, Elector of Saxony influenced their time (baroque era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “La Nuit” de Jean-Baptiste Lully, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1653 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 20 of these moments for 1653.
1653, from day to day
February
12
Birth of Giovanni Francesco GrossiThat year: 1653, Classical music, Italian opera singer (1653–1697) (dead in 1697)
16
Death of Johannes SchultzThat year: 1653, Classical music, German composer (born in 1582)
17
Birth of Arcangelo CorelliThat year: 1653, Classical music, Italian violinist and composer (dead in 1713)
20
Death of Luigi RossiThat year: 1653, Classical music, Italian opera composer (born in 1597)
March
24
Birth of Joseph SauveurThat year: 1653, Classical music, French mathematician (dead in 1716)
June
01
Birth of Georg MuffatThat year: 1653, Classical music, Baroque composer (dead in 1704)
September
01
Birth of Johann PachelbelThat year: 1653, Classical music, German composer, organist and teacher (dead in 1706)
This was also in 1653
Birth of Carlo Francesco PollaroloThat year: 1653, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1723). Death of Giuseppe Palazzoto e TagliaviaThat year: 1653, Classical music, composer (born in 1587). Birth of John AbellThat year: 1653, Classical music, Scottish countertenor, composer and lutenist (dead in 1724). Death of Samuel II BidermannThat year: 1653, Classical music, composer (born in 1600). Inauguration: Bavarian State OperaThat year: 1653, Classical music (Munich, Germany). Birth of Marc'Antonio ZianiThat year: 1653, Classical music, composer (dead in 1715). Birth of Thomas d'UrfeyThat year: 1653, Classical music, English writer and wit (dead in 1723). Death of LazarinThat year: 1653, Classical music, composer (born in 1590). Birth of Marc'Antonio ZianiThat year: 1653, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1715). Inception: Bavarian State OperaThat year: 1653, Classical music (Germany). Birth of Gilles JullienThat year: 1653, Classical music, French organist and composer (dead in 1703).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Jean-Baptiste Lully (age 21) -
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Johann Sebastian Bach (age -32) - Jesu, meine Freude (Work for choir), composed in 1735
