1670. With other artists, Francesco Cavalli, Barbara Strozzi and Samuel Pepys influenced their time (baroque era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, such as Antonio Caldara, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme” de Jean-Baptiste Lully, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1670 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists more than 40 of these moments for 1670.
1670, from day to day
January
18
Death of Cornelis Thymenszoon PadbruéThat year: 1670, Classical music, Dutch composer (born in 1592)
April
06
Death of Leonora BaroniThat year: 1670, Classical music, Italian lutenist and composer (born in 1611)
23
Death of Loreto VittoriThat year: 1670, Classical music, Italian singer and composer (born in 1600)
July
18
Birth of Giovanni BononciniThat year: 1670, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1747)
Death of Giuseppe AlleviThat year: 1670, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1603)
19
Birth of Richard LeveridgeThat year: 1670, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1758)
September
09
Birth of Andreas ArmsdorffThat year: 1670, Classical music, German Baroque composer and organist (dead in 1699)
October
14
Premiere of Le Bourgeois GentilhommeThat year: 1670, Classical music (Theatrical music), Jean-Baptiste Lully
This was also in 1670
Birth of Johann Christian JacobiThat year: 1670, Classical music, composer (dead in 1750). Birth of Vaughan RichardsonThat year: 1670, Classical music, composer (dead in 1729). Birth of David KellnerThat year: 1670, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1748). Birth of Quirino ColombaniThat year: 1670, Classical music, Italian musician, composer (dead in 1735). Birth of Johann Hugo von WildererThat year: 1670, Classical music, German Baroque composer (dead in 1724). Birth of Pietro Paolo BenciniThat year: 1670, Classical music, Italian Baroque composer (dead in 1755). Birth of Laurent GervaisThat year: 1670, Classical music, composer (dead in 1748). Birth of Pompeo CannicciariThat year: 1670, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1744). Inception: Choir of St John's College, CambridgeThat year: 1670, Classical music (United Kingdom). Birth of Vittoria TarquiniThat year: 1670, Classical music, Italian opera singer (dead in 1746). Birth of Raphael CourtevilleThat year: 1670, Classical music, English singer, organist and composer (dead in 1735). Birth of Giuseppe AmadoriThat year: 1670, Classical music, composer (dead in 1732). Birth of Angelo Michele BesseghiThat year: 1670, Classical music, composer (dead in 1744). Birth of Turlough O'CarolanThat year: 1670, Classical music, Irish harpist and composer (dead in 1738). Birth of José de TorresThat year: 1670, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1738). Birth of Arnold BrunckhorstThat year: 1670, Classical music, German Baroque organist and composer (dead in 1725). Birth of Antonio CaldaraThat year: 1670, Classical music, Italian cellist and composer (dead in 1736). Birth of Julie de d'AubignyThat year: 1670, Classical music, 17th-century French opera singer (dead in 1707). Birth of LiebholdThat year: 1670, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1729). Birth of Giuseppe Antonio AvitranoThat year: 1670, Classical music, composer (dead in 1756). Birth of Bartolomé FerriolThat year: 1670, Classical music, composer (dead in 1730). Birth of Francisco José de CastroThat year: 1670, Classical music, Spanish composer (dead in 1730). Death of Bartłomiej PękielThat year: 1670, Classical music, Polish composer (born in 1601). Death of Henry LoosemoreThat year: 1670, Classical music, composer (born in 1627). Birth of Henry EcclesThat year: 1670, Classical music, English composer (dead in 1742).
Works (composition or publishing)
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Jean-Baptiste Lully (age 38) - Monsieur de PourceaugnacThat year: 1670, Classical music (Ballet), composed in 1669
- Les Amants Magnifiques (Theatrical music)
- Les Jeux pythiens (Ballet)
- Marches et batteries de tambour (Work for orchestra)
