The year 1664 in music involved some significant events.

Events [ edit ]

• Following the disgrace of Jacques Champion de Chambonnieres , Jean-Henri d'Anglebert assumes the position of harpsichordist to Louis XIV , King of France.
• Anthoni van Noordt becomes organist at the Nieuwe Kerk

Classical music [ edit ]

• Giovanni Legrenzi ? 16 Sonatas, Op.8
• Heinrich Schutz ? Weihnachts-Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio)
• Bernardo Storace ? Selva di varie compositioni
• Johann Heinrich Schmelzer ? Sonatae unarum fidium, seu a violino solo
• Barbara Strozzi ? Arie , Op. 8 ^[1]

Opera [ edit ]

• Antonio Maria Abbatini ? Ione
• Antonio Bertali ? Pazzo amor

Births [ edit ]

• January 17 ? Antonio Salvi , Italian physician, court poet and librettist (died 1724)
• February 23 ? Georg Dietrich Leyding , organist and composer (died 1710)
• March ? Georg Osterreich , composer (died 1735)
• March 14 ? Silvio Stampiglia , librettist (died 1725)
• June 28 ? Nicolas Bernier , composer (died 1734)
• August 6 ? Johann Christoph Schmidt , composer (d. 1728)
• September 9 ? Johann Christoph Pez , composer (died 1716)
• November 9 ? Johann Speth , organist and composer (died c. 1720)
• date unknown ? Daniel Purcell , composer (died 1717)

Deaths [ edit ]

• January 1 ? Charles Racquet , organist (born c. 1598)
• July 16 ? Andreas Gryphius , librettist and playwright (born 1616)
• date unknown ? Juan Gutierrez de Padilla , composer (born c.1590)

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