1660 in music explained

The year 1660 in music involved some significant events.

Events

Johann Crüger – Musicae Practicae
Nicolas Fleury – Methode pour apprendre facilement a toucher le theorbe sur la basse-continuë
Tommaso Marchetti – Intavolatura della chitarra spagnola

Johann Rudolf Ahle – Erstes Zehn Neuer Geistlicher Arien
Christoph Bernhard – Fürchtet euch nicht
Samuel Capricornus – Jubilus Bernhardi
Maurizio Cazzati – Trattenimenti per camera, Op.22
Giovanni Legrenzi – Sentimenti devoti, Op.6
Matthew Locke – Consort of Four Parts
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1624-1687)
- Sonate a violino solo, per chiesa e camera, Op. 3 (Innsbruck: Michael Wagner)
- Sonate a violino solo, per chiesa e camera, Op. 4 (Innsbruck: Michael Wagner)
  - Marco Uccellini Ozio Regio, Op.7
- Sinfonie Boscarecie, Op. 8
Bauyn Manuscript

April 6 – Johann Kuhnau, organist and composer (died 1722)
April 19 – Sebastián Durón, composer of stage music (died 1716)
May 2 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (died 1725)
August 20 – Mathieu Lanes, composer and harpsichordist (died 1725)
December 4 (baptized) – André Campra, French composer (died 1744)
date unknown
- Rosa Giacinta Badalla, Italian composer and nun (died c. 1710)
- Johann Joseph Fux, composer (died 1741)

March 2 (buried) – Friederich Stellwagen, organ builder (born 1603)
date unknown
- Johann Klemm, German organist and composer (born c.1593)
- Johannes Praetorius, organist and composer (born 1595)