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1656 in music
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The year
1656 in
music
involved some significant events.
Contents
Events
Publications
Classical music
Opera
Births
Deaths
References
Events
May –
The Siege of Rhodes
, Part I, by Sir
William Davenant
, the "first English opera" (under the guise of a
recitative
), is performed in a private theatre at his home,
Rutland House
, in the
City of London
. The vocal music is by
Henry Lawes
,
Matthew Locke
and
Capt. Henry Cooke
, and the instrumental music by Charles Coleman and
George Hudson
.
[
1
]
The performance includes the innovative use of painted backdrops and the appearance of England's first professional actress, Mrs. Coleman as Ianthe.
[
2
]
Publications
Michel Lambert
's first compositions are printed by Ballard.
[
citation needed
]
Classical music
Johann Jakob Froberger
–
Libro quarto di toccate, ricercari, capricci, allemande, gigue, courante, sarabande
(presentation manuscript)
Opera
The Siege of Rhodes
(
see
Events
above)
Births
May 31
–
Marin Marais
, viol player and composer (died 1728)
September 9
–
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
, composer (died 1746)
November 3
–
Georg Reutter
, theorbo player and composer (died 1738)
date unknown
Jean-Baptiste Moreau
, composer (died 1733)
Johann Paul von Westhoff
, violinist and composer (died 1705)
Deaths
June 9
–
Thomas Tomkins
, composer (born 1572)
July –
Michelangelo Rossi
, violinist and composer (born 1601 or 1602)
November 6
– King
John IV of Portugal
, patron of music and the arts, writer on music and amateur composer
date unknown
Andrea Falconieri
, lutenist and composer (born c.1585)
Francesco Turini
, organist and composer (born c. 1595)
References
↑
Parker, Roger
(1994).
The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera
. Oxford University Press. pp.
39–
40.
↑
Bevis, Richard W. (2014).
English Drama: Restoration and Eighteenth Century 1660-1789
. Routledge. p.
19.
ISBN
978-1-317-87092-0
.
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