1649 in music explained

The year 1649 in music involved some significant events.

Popular music

• Gerrard Winstanley – "Diggers' Song"^[1]

Classical music

• Melchior Franck – German: Davidischer Traur- und Trostgesang 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 – Giovanni Valentini, keyboard virtuoso and composer.

Notes and References

1. [s:Diggers' Song|wikisource]