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1637 In Music
{{Year nav topic5, 1637, music The year 1637 in music involved some significant events. Events *The first public opera house, Teatro San Cassiano, opens in Venice. * Johann Jakob Froberger travels to Rome to study under Girolamo Frescobaldi. *Delphin Strungk becomes organist at the Marienkirche in Brunswick. * Robert Ramsey, organist of Trinity College, Cambridge, becomes Master of the Children at the college. * Antonio Cesti joins the Franciscan order. *The Westminster Musicians Guild attempts to assert control over the musicians of London, in competition with the Worshipful Company of Musicians. Classical music *Benedetto Ferrari – ''Musiche varier a voce sola'', volume 2, published in Venice * Girolamo Frescobaldi – ''Partite sopra l'aria della Romanesca'' *Tarquinio Merula – ''Canzoni overo Sonate concertate per chiesa e camera'' Opera *Benedetto Ferrari & Francesco Manelli – ''Andromeda'' (the first publicly shown opera, premièred at Teatro San Cassiano in Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgilio Mazzocchi
Virgilio Mazzocchi (22 July 1597 bapt. – 3 October 1646) was an Italian baroque composer. Biography He was born in Veja, near Civita Castellana, where he was baptized, as the younger brother of the more famous composer and learned lawyer Domenico Mazzocchi. Like his brother, who shared some features of his career, he was largely a composer of sacred vocal music. Mazzocchi is associated with providing music for the papal chapels. He died in Civita Castellana, where he had gone with his singers to celebrate the holy patrons, after a sudden illness. Works * ''Chi soffre, speri'', in collaboration with Marco Marazzoli - Rome (1637); * ''Vespro Della Beata Vergine'', vespers Vespers is a service of evening prayer, one of the canonical hours in Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Catholic (both Latin and Eastern), Lutheran, and Anglican liturgies. The word for this fixed prayer time comes from the Latin , meanin ... for the Holy Virgin. Recordings Virgilio Maz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles D'Ambleville
Charles d'Ambleville (died 6 July 1637 in Rouen) was a French composer. His ''Octonarium sacrum'' (1634) is a set of five-part verses for the ''Magnificat'', using all eight tones, in fugal style. He also composed the ''Messe des Jésuites à Pékin'' (Mass Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different eleme ... of the Beijing Jesuits). He died at Rouen. References * External links * (Messe des Jésuites à Pékin) * 1637 deaths French male classical composers French Baroque composers Year of birth unknown Place of birth unknown 17th-century classical composers 17th-century male musicians {{France-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 6
Events Pre-1600 * 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility. * 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt). *1253 – Mindaugas is crowned King of Lithuania. *1348 – Pope Clement VI issues a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death. *1411 – Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returns to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presents the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor. *1415 – Jan Hus is condemned by the assembly of the council in the Konstanz Cathedral as a heretic and sentenced to be burned at the stake. (See Deaths section.)Schaff, David Schley, ''John Huss: his life, teachings and death, after five hundred years'', (Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915), p. 257 *1438 – A temporary compromise between the rebellious Transylvanian peasants and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Třanovský
Jiří Třanovský ( pl, Jerzy Trzanowski, sk, Juraj Tranovský, la, Georgius Tranoscius; 9 April 1592 – 29 May 1637), was a Lutheran priest and hymnwriter from the Cieszyn Silesia. Sometimes called the father of Slovak hymnody and the "Luther of the Slavs," Třanovský's name is sometimes anglicized to ''George Tranoscius''. Both the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada remember his life and work annually, on the anniversary of his death. Life Třanovský was born in Teschen, and studied at Guben and Kolberg. In 1607, he was admitted to the University of Wittenberg where Martin Luther had taught less than a century earlier. Upon graduation, he traveled in Bohemia proper and Silesia and in 1612 and became a teacher at St. Nicholas Gymnasium in Prague. Later, he became rector of a school in Holešov, Moravia. In 1616 Třanovský was ordained a priest in Meziříčí and served as a pastor for four years. Persecution of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 29
Events Pre-1600 * 363 – The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city. * 1108 – Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez. *1167 – Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel. * 1176 – Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I. * 1233 – Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols entered Kaifeng after a successful siege and began looting in the fallen capital of the Jin dynasty. * 1328 – Philip VI is crowned King of France. * 1416 – Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetians under Pietro Loredan defeat a much larger Ottoman fleet off Gallipoli. *1453 – Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II capture Const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1707
In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – John V is crowned King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon. * January 16 – The Treaty (or Act) of Union, of the two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, is ratified by the Parliament of Scotland by a vote of 110 to 68. * February 4 – Eighteen months after losing the Battle of Warsaw while leading a cavalry charge for Saxony against the army of Sweden during the Great Northern War, General Otto von Paykull of Swedish Livonia is beheaded outside of Stockholm following his conviction for treason. * February 15 – As part of the process of the unification of Scotland and England as Great Britain, Scotland selects 16 members to sit in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster. * March 3 – Emperor Aurangzeb dies in Ahmednagar, Aurangabad. * March 19 &n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dieterich Buxtehude
Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal and instrumental idioms, Buxtehude's style greatly influenced other composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach. Buxtehude is considered one of the most important composers of the 17th century. Life Early years in Denmark He is thought to have been born with the name Diderich Buxtehude.Snyder, Kerala J. Dieterich Buxtehude: Organist in Lübeck. New York: Schirmer Books, 1987. His parents were Johannes (Hans Jensen) Buxtehude and Helle Jespersdatter. His father originated from Oldesloe in the Duchy of Holstein, which at that time was a part of the Danish realms in Northern Germany. Scholars dispute both the year and country of Dieterich's birth, although most now accept that he was born in 1637 in Helsingborg, Skåne at the time part of De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Grancino
Giovanni Grancino (1637–1709), son of Andrea Grancino, was one of the early Milanese luthiers, and may have worked with his brother, Francesco. Giovanni was the most prominent member of the family of luthiers . Other members included Andrea Grancino, Francesco Grancino, Gianbattista Grancino (or Giovanni Battista Grancino) and Paolo Grancino. Their instruments were played by Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Siegfried Palm (cello) and Adrian Beers (double bass), among others. Grancino's workshops were all located on ''Contrada Larga'', now ''Via Larga'' in Milan. His instruments bear the characteristic ''segno della corona'' (mark of the crown). Although the luthiers of Milan created instruments of varying quality, Grancino's violins, violas, cellos and double basses are considered superior. Grancino used a varnish which was a finely textured clear yellow to pale brown color. Grancino's early instrument patterns and designs were influenced by Niccolò Amati of Cremona, whose impre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardo Pasquini
Bernardo Pasquini (Massa e Cozzile, 7 December 1637Rome, 21 November 1710) was an Italian composer of operas, oratorios, cantatas and keyboard music. A renowned virtuoso keyboard player in his day, he was one of the most important Italian composers for harpsichord between Girolamo Frescobaldi and Domenico Scarlatti, having also made substantial contributions to the opera and oratorio. Biography Pasquini was born in Massa in Val di Nievole (today Massa e Cozzile, in the province of Pistoia, Tuscany). He was a pupil of Mariotto Bocciantini in Uzzano (Pistoia). When he was 13, he moved to Ferrara with his uncle Giovanni Pasquini, where, at the age of 16, he would become the organist of Accademia della Morte and serve from 1653–55, a prestigious post that would later serve as a launching pad for his successors. He was quickly drawn to Rome, and, in 1657, he was appointed as the organist of Santa Maria in Vallicella (Chiesa nuova). In February 1664 he was appointed organist of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
December 7
Events Pre-1600 *43 BC – Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formia on orders of Marcus Antonius. * 574 – Byzantine Emperor Justin II, suffering recurring seizures of insanity, adopts his general Tiberius II Constantine, Tiberius and proclaims him as ''Caesar (title), Caesar''. * 927 – The Sajid dynasty , Sajid emir of Adharbayjan, Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj is defeated and captured by the Qarmatians near Kufa. 1601–1900 *1703 – The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die. *1724 – Tumult of Thorn (Toruń), Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestantism, Protestant citizens and the mayor of Toruń, Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities. *1732 – The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England. *1776 – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Nicolaus Brauns
Friedrich Nicolaus Bruhns or Brauns (11 February 1637 in Lollfuß – 13 March 1718 in Hamburg) was a German composer and music director in Hamburg. Bruhns was born in Lollfuß, Schleswig. In 1682 he succeeded Nicolaus Adam Strungk in charge of the Hamburger Ratsmusik, later also taking on the charge of St. Mary's Cathedral. He was in practice succeeded by Johann Mattheson in 1715, but still formally held the positions till his death in Hamburg in 1718. Handel joined the opera orchestra during Brauns' time. Both the ''Johannes-Passion'' (1702) and '' Markus-Passion'' (1705) were for a long time attributed to Reinhard Keiser. The ''Markus-Passion'' is also attributed to Gottfried Keiser, Reinhard's father.Bach Digital Work at Bach performed the ''Markus-Passion'' in Weimar and in Leipzig. Several pasticcio versions of the ''Markus-Passion'' survive, but Bach's copy preserved the original. The earliest attribution to Keiser can be found in Bach's copy. Works *''Johannes-Pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
