The year 1666 in classical music and in lyrical art
1666. With other artists, Athanasius Kircher, Heinrich Schütz 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 “Opus Ultimum - Schwanengesang: Königs und Propheten Davids hundert und neunzehender Psalm … nebenst dem Anhange des 100., Op. 13” de Heinrich Schütz, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1666 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists 20 of these moments for 1666.
1666, from day to day
January
24
Death of Johann Andreas HerbstThat year: 1666, Classical music, German composer (born in 1588)
Also in January
Death of Nicholas LanierThat year: 1666, Classical music, English composer, singer, lutenist and painter (1588-1666) (born in 1588) .
April
18
Birth of Jean-Féry RebelThat year: 1666, Classical music, French Baroque composer and violinist (dead in 1747)
25
Birth of Johann Heinrich ButtstettThat year: 1666, Classical music, German Baroque organist and composer (dead in 1727)
May
06
Death of Paul SiefertThat year: 1666, Classical music, German composer and organist (born in 1586)
June
19
Birth of Paris Francesco AlghisiThat year: 1666, Classical music, Organist, composer (dead in 1733)
30
Death of Adam KriegerThat year: 1666, Classical music, German composer (born in 1634)
October
Birth of Nicolaus VetterThat year: 1666, Classical music, German organist and composer (dead in 1734) .
November
05
Birth of Attilio AriostiThat year: 1666, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1729)
This was also in 1666
Birth of Michelangelo FaggioliThat year: 1666, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1733). Birth of Antonino BiffiThat year: 1666, Classical music, Italian composer and singer (dead in 1736). Birth of Carlo Francesco CesariniThat year: 1666, Classical music, Italian musician (dead in 1741). Birth of Johann Josef HofferThat year: 1666, Classical music, composer (dead in 1729). Inauguration: Opernhaus auf der CortinaThat year: 1666, Classical music (Vienna, Austria).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Heinrich Schütz (age 81) - Opus Ultimum - Schwanengesang: Königs und Propheten Davids hundert und neunzehender Psalm … nebenst dem Anhange des 100., Op. 13 (Work for choir), composed in 1671
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Jean-Baptiste Lully (age 34) - La langueur des beaux yeux de la belle Silvie (Song, lied)
- Le Triomphe de Bacchus dans les Indes (Ballet)
- Les Muses (Ballet)
- Que vous connaissez peu trop aimable Climène (Song, lied)
- Si je n'ai parlé de ma flamme (Song, lied)
