1678 in music

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The year 1678 in music involved some significant events.

Events

January 2 – Public opera in Hamburg begins when the Oper am Gänsemarkt is inaugurated with a performance of Johann Theile's biblical Singspiel Adam und Eva.
May 4 – André Campra begins ecclesiastical studies at the age of 17.^[1]
June 19 – Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers is appointed to join Nicolas Lebègue, Jacques Thomelin and Jean Buterne as an organists of the Chapelle Royale at the French court.
John Blow becomes a doctor of music.
Seventeen-year-old Giacomo Antonio Perti composes his first opera.
The Teatro Grimani is constructed, the grandest opera house in Venice.

Published popular music

Classical music

Albertus Bryne – 5 dance movements^{[clarification needed]}
Henry Purcell – 3 Parts upon a Ground, Z.731^[2]^{[failed verification]}
Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani – Capricci armonici da chiesa e da camera, Op.4
Bernardo Pasquini – Sant'Agnese
Giovanni Paolo Colonna – Il transito di S. Giuseppe

Opera

Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Psyche
- Bellérophon, LWV 57
Johann Theile – Der erschaffene, gefallene und aufgerichtete Mensch.
Carlo Pallavicino – Il Vespasiano
Giovanni Maria Bononcini – Astianatte
La Despina, Agnelli, Milano 1678, performed in Milan.

Births

March 4 – Antonio Vivaldi, composer (died 1741)
July 6 – Nicola Francesco Haym, opera librettist and composer (died 1727)
December 30 – William Croft, organist and composer (died 1727)
probable – Manuel de Zumaya, composer (died 1755)

Deaths

March – Jacques Hardel, harpsichordist and composer
August 5 – Juan García de Zéspedes, composer (born 1619)
September 28 – Maurizio Cazzati, Italian composer (born 1616)
November 18 – Giovanni Maria Bononcini, violinist and composer
date unknown
- Leonora Duarte, composer
- John Jenkins, composer (born 1592)
probable – Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Benedictine nun and composer (born 1602)

References

^ James R. Anthony, "Campra, André", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
^ "3 Parts upon a Ground, Z.731 (Purcell, Henry) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org. Retrieved 2019-01-26.

[1] James R. Anthony, "Campra, André", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).

[2] "3 Parts upon a Ground, Z.731 (Purcell, Henry) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org. Retrieved 2019-01-26.

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