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1649 In Music
The year 1649 in music involved some significant events. Popular music *Gerrard Winstanley – "Diggers' Song"wikisource Classical music *Melchior Franck – for three voices (Coburg: Johann Eyrich), a funeral motet, published posthumously * Johann Jakob Froberger – ''Libro secondo di toccate, fantasie, canzone, allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue et altre partite'' (presentation manuscript, September) * Alberich Mazak – ''Cultus harmonicus'', volume one, a collection of his complete works, published in Vienna Opera *Pietro Cavalli – ''Jason'' * Antonio Cesti – ''Orontea'', premiered at the Teatro Santissimi Apostoli, in Venice, during Carnivale. Births *February 23 – John Blow, organist and composer * May 3 (bapt.) – Johann Valentin Meder, organist and composer (d. 1719) *''date unknown'' – Johann Krieger, composer ** John Blow, organist and composer *''probable'' – Jacques Boyvin, French organist and composer (died 1706) Deaths * April 29/ 30 – Giova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blow
John Blow (baptised 23 February 1649 – 1 October 1708) was an English composer and organist of the Baroque music, Baroque period. Appointed organist of Westminster Abbey in late 1668,John Blow Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 30 December 2019. his pupils included William Croft, Jeremiah Clarke and Henry Purcell. In 1685 he was named a private musician to James II of England, James II. His only stage composition, ''Venus and Adonis (opera), Venus and Adonis'' (ca. 1680–1687), is thought to have influenced Henry Purcell's later opera ''Dido and Aeneas''. In 1687, he became choirmaster at St Paul's Cathedral, where many of his pieces were performed. In 1699 he was appointed to the newly created post of Composer to the Chapel Royal. Early life and education Blow was probably born in the village of Collingham, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1649 In Music
The year 1649 in music involved some significant events. Popular music *Gerrard Winstanley – "Diggers' Song"wikisource Classical music *Melchior Franck – for three voices (Coburg: Johann Eyrich), a funeral motet, published posthumously * Johann Jakob Froberger – ''Libro secondo di toccate, fantasie, canzone, allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue et altre partite'' (presentation manuscript, September) * Alberich Mazak – ''Cultus harmonicus'', volume one, a collection of his complete works, published in Vienna Opera *Pietro Cavalli – ''Jason'' * Antonio Cesti – ''Orontea'', premiered at the Teatro Santissimi Apostoli, in Venice, during Carnivale. Births *February 23 – John Blow, organist and composer * May 3 (bapt.) – Johann Valentin Meder, organist and composer (d. 1719) *''date unknown'' – Johann Krieger, composer ** John Blow, organist and composer *''probable'' – Jacques Boyvin, French organist and composer (died 1706) Deaths * April 29/ 30 – Giova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Valentini
Giovanni Valentini (ca. 1582 – 29/30 April 1649) was an Italian Baroque composer, poet and keyboard virtuoso. Overshadowed by his contemporaries, Claudio Monteverdi and Heinrich Schütz, Valentini is practically forgotten today, although he occupied one of the most prestigious musical posts of his time. He is best remembered for his innovative usage of asymmetric meters and the fact that he was Johann Kaspar Kerll's first teacher. Life Little is known about Valentini's life. He was born around 1582/3, probably in Venice, and almost certainly studied music under Giovanni Gabrieli there. Although the typical graduation Opus 1 of madrigals to be expected from a Gabrieli pupil – such as Opus 1 of Mogens Pedersøn (1608), Johann Grabbe (1609) and Heinrich Schütz (1611) – is not extant, Antimo Liberati (1617–1692) who worked in Venice in the 1640s records him in a letter of the 1680s as ''"Giovanni Valentini Veneziano, della famosa Schola de' Gabrielli."'' In approximately 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 30
Events Pre-1600 * 311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends. * 1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois. *1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He is named admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any territory he discovers. *1513 – Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII. * 1557 – Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile. *1598 – Juan de Oñate begins the conquest of Santa Fe de Nuevo México. * 1598 – Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots. 1601–1900 *1636 – Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege. *1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 29
Events Pre-1600 *1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. * 1386 – Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and becomes its vassal. *1429 – Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans. * 1483 – Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile. * 1521 – Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås. 1601–1900 * 1624 – French king Louis XIII names Cardinal Richelieu chief minister of France. *1760 – French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British. *1770 – James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names. *1781 – American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique. *1826 – The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Boyvin
Jacques Boyvin (c. 1649 – 30 June 1706) was a French Baroque composer and organist. He was probably born in Paris, and studied there. One of his first jobs was that of organist of the Parisian church ''des Quinze-Vingts'', and in 1674 he was appointed titular organist of the Rouen Cathedral, where Jean Titelouze served as organist some 40 years earlier. Other jobs included playing the organ of Rouen's Saint Herbland Church and supervising the rebuilding of the giant four-manual Clicquot cathedral organ. Boyvin was also an organ teacher: François d'Agincourt was one of his pupils and succeeded him as organist of the Rouen Cathedral. Like Titelouze, Boyvin remained the organist of the cathedral until his death on 30 June 1706. Boyvin published two collections of organ works, in 1689 and in 1700, both featuring pieces spanning all church modes. The books contain 16 suites, no less than 120 individual pieces total. The second book contains the ''Traité abrégé de l'accompagnement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Krieger
Johann Krieger (28 December 1651 – 18 July 1735) was a German composer and organist, younger brother of Johann Philipp Krieger. Born in Nuremberg, he worked at Bayreuth, Zeitz, and Greiz before settling in Zittau. He was one of the most important keyboard composers of his day, highly esteemed by, among others, George Frideric Handel. A prolific composer of church and secular music, he published several dozen of his works, and others survive in manuscript. However, hundreds more were lost when Zittau was destroyed by fire in 1757, during the Seven Years' War. Krieger's keyboard music places him among the most important German composers of his time.Samuel, Grove. The two published collections, ''Sechs musicalische Partien'' (1697) and ''Anmuthige Clavier-Übung'' (1698), contain harpsichord suites, organ toccatas, fugues, ricercars, and other works. Krieger's contemporaries praised his contrapuntal skill, evident in the extant fugues and ricercars. Johann Mattheson was particular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1719 In Music
This article lists the most significant events and works of the year 1719 in music. Events *February – George Frideric Handel leaves his employment at Cannons (the seat of the Duke of Chandos) to become musical director of the Royal Academy of Music (1719). Giovanni Bononcini is brought to London to compose for the Academy. * August 20 – Francesco Veracini performs at the palace of Moritzburg for the wedding of the Crown Prince to Maria Josepha of Austria. *November 29 – Domenico Scarlatti arrives in Lisbon to take up his post as kapellmeister to João V of Portugal. * Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf founds the firm of Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig, the world's oldest music publisher. *Alessandro Scarlatti arrives in Rome. * Johann Mattheson becomes kapellmeister to the Duke of Holstein. * Giuseppe Pitoni becomes choirmaster of St Peter's in Rome. *Antonio Stradivarius makes the "Duke of Marlborough" cello. *In Japan, the Kumiodori dance form is created by Chokun Tama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Valentin Meder
Johann Valentin Meder (baptised May 3, 1649 – July 1719) was a German composer, organist, and singer. (He is not to be confused with the German composer Johann Gabriel Meder, born in 1729 near Erfurt, and active in Amsterdam until 1800; nor is there evidence that the two men were related.) Meder was born in Wasungen, Thuringia to a musical family with his father and four brothers all being organists or '' Kantors.'' It is rumored that he moved to Leipzig in 1666, and began his University studies in theology there in 1669. In 1670, Meder left Leipzig to pursue continued studies at the University of Jena. Unable to secure a position there at the University, he resorted to taking a post as a professional singer in the Hofkapelle of Duke Ernst der Fromme (d. 1675). He was employed as court singer at Gotha in 1671, Bremen in 1672–1673, Hamburg in 1673 and Copenhagen and Lübeck, where in 1674 he met Buxtehude, whose work influenced Meder's own sacred compositions. From 1674 to 1680 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 3
Events Pre-1600 * 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. * 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. *1491 – Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I. *1568 – Angered by the brutal onslaught of Spanish troops at Fort Caroline, a French force burns the San Mateo fort and massacres hundreds of Spaniards. 1601–1900 * 1616 – Treaty of Loudun ends a French civil war. * 1715 – A total solar eclipse is visible across northern Europe and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within four minutes accuracy. * 1791 – The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. * 1802 – Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city after Congress abolishes the Board ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
February 23
Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia. * 628 – Khosrow II, last Sasanian shah of Iran, is overthrown. * 705 – Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty. * 1455 – Traditionally the date of publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type. 1601–1900 * 1763 – Berbice slave uprising in Guyana: The first major slave revolt in South America. * 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to help to train the Continental Army. * 1820 – Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed and the conspirators arrested. *1836 &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
