1663 in music
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Births
- March 7 – Tomaso Antonio VitaliTomaso Antonio VitaliTomaso Antonio Vitali was an Italian composer and violinist from Bologna, the eldest son of Giovanni Battista Vitali...
, violinist and composer (died 1745) - March 16 – Jean-Baptiste MathoJean-Baptiste MathoJean-Baptiste Matho was a French composer of the Baroque era. Born in Montfort-sur-Meu near Rennes, his name was originally M. F. H. Thomassin. As a child, Matho attracted attention for the quality of his singing voice and he was sent to Versailles where he began a career as one of the king's...
, composer (died 1743) - July 1 – Franz Xaver MurschhauserFranz Xaver MurschhauserFranz Xaver Murschhauser was a German composer and theorist.He was born in Saverne, Alsace, but he is first mentioned as a singer and instrumentalist at St Peter’s School in Munich, in 1676. He studied music with the Kantor, Siegmund Auer and, from 1683 to his death in 1693, Johann Caspar Kerll...
, German composer and music theorist (died 1738) - September 25 – Johann Nikolaus HanffJohann Nikolaus HanffJohann Nikolaus Hanff was a North German organist and composer . Hanff was born in Wechmar in Thuringia and worked in Eutin, Hamburg and Schleswig....
, composer (died 1711) - November 14 – Friedrich Wilhelm ZachauFriedrich Wilhelm ZachauFriedrich Wilhelm Zachow or Zachau was a German musician and composer.-Life:Zachow probably received his training from his father, the violinist Heinrich Zachow, one of Leipzig's town musicians. as organist of Halle's Church of Our Lady in 1684, succeeding Samuel Ebart...
, composer, teacher of Handel (died 1712) - date unknown
- Andrea Adami da BolsenaAndrea Adami da BolsenaAndrea Adami da Bolsena was an Italian castrato, musician later secretary to Cardinal Ottoboni.Bolsena was born in Bolsena. Until 1690 he was serving the former queen Christina I of Sweden, like Archangelo Corelli and the cellist Filippo Amadei...
, papal choirmaster (died 1742) - Nicolas SiretNicolas SiretNicolas Siret was a French baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was born and died in Troyes, France, where he worked as organist in the Church of Saint Jean and the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul...
, organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1754) - Johann Joseph VilsmayrJohann Joseph VilsmayrJohann Joseph Vilsmayr was an Austrian violinist and composer. From 1 September 1689 he worked at Salzburg's Hofkapelle, where he almost certainly became a pupil of Heinrich Ignaz Biber, one of the best contemporary European violinists. Judging from the regular increases of his salary, Vilsmayr...
, composer (died 1722)
- Andrea Adami da Bolsena
Deaths
- March 20 – Biagio MariniBiagio MariniBiagio Marini was an Italian virtuoso violinist and composer of the first half of the seventeenth century.Marini was born in Brescia. His works were printed and influential throughout the European musical world...
, violinist and composer (born 1594) - July 2 – Thomas SelleThomas SelleThomas Selle was a German baroque composer.- Life :Selle was born in Zörbig but received his first instruction in Leipzig where he was probably a pupil of the Thomaskantor Sethus Calvisius. He was cantor in Heide in 1624 and in 1625 in the nearby Wesselburen...
, composer (born 1599) - July 24 – Thomas BaltzarThomas BaltzarThomas Baltzar was a German violinist and composer. He was born in Lübeck to a musical family; his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all musicians. Sources suggest an array of music teachers who may have taught him in his early years. According to the writings of Samuel Hartlib,...
, violinist (born c.1631) - December 5 – Severo BoniniSevero BoniniSevero Bonini was an Italian composer, organist and writer on music.He was born in Florence and became a Benedictine monk. He studied singing with Giulio Caccini. He served as organist in Forlì from 1613 and held a number of other posts before returning to Florence in 1640 where he was maestro di...
, composer (born 1582) - date unknown
- Antoine de BeaulieuAntoine de BeaulieuAntoine de Beaulieu was a French noble, dancer, and ballet master of the Swedish court from 1637 to 1663 and is considered to have introduced ballet in Sweden....
, ballet dancer - Nicolas HotmanNicolas HotmanNicolas Hotman was a Baroque composer, who spent most of his career in France. He is believed to have been from Germany, but was probably born in Brussels. He came with his family to Paris around 1626....
, composer (born c.1610) - Heinrich ScheidemannHeinrich ScheidemannHeinrich Scheidemann was a German organist and composer. He was the best-known composer for the organ in north Germany in the early to mid-17th century, and was an important forerunner of Dieterich Buxtehude and J.S. Bach.-Life:...
, organist and composer (born c.1595)
- Antoine de Beaulieu