1672 in music
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See also: 1671 in music, other events of 1672, 1673 in music and the list of years in music.
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[edit] Events
- Arcangelo Corelli visits Paris, where he incurs the jealousy of Lully.
- John Banister organizes Europe’s first major public concert series at Whitefriars in London.
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier replaces Lully as Molière's regular musical collaborator.
[edit] Published popular music
[edit] Classical music
- Jean-Baptiste Lully - Marche
[edit] Opera
- Antonio Draghi - Gl'atomi d'Epicuro
- Juan Hidalgo - La estatua de Prometeo
- Antonio Masini - Achille in Siro
- Giovanni Maria Pagliardi - Caligula delirante
[edit] Births
- January 16 - Francesco Mancini, composer
- March 21 - Stefano Benedetto Pallavicini, librettist for Agostino Steffani, Antonio Lotti and others (died 1742)
- April 6 - André-Cardinal Destouches, French composer of opera (died 1749)
- June 11 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, priest and composer (died 1748)
- September 8 (baptized) - Nicolas de Grigny, organist (died 1703)
- date unknown - Carlo Agostino Badia, opera composer (died 1738)
- probable - Antoine Forqueray, viol player (died 1745)
[edit] Deaths
- November 6 - Heinrich Schütz, composer (born 1585)
- December 17 - Giovanni Antonio Boretti, composer
- date unknown - Orazio Benevoli, composer (born 1605)
- date unknown - Jacques Champion de Chambonnières, French harpsichordist and composer (born c.1601)
- date unknown - Denis Gaultier, lutenist and composer (born 1603)
