1677 in music

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The year 1677 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• Henry Purcell becomes a musician at the court of King Charles II of England.
• Charles Davenant's "semi-opera" Circe, with music by composer John Banister, is performed in London by the Duke's Company in May.
• Nikolay Diletsky publishes Grammatika musikiyskago peniya (Грамматика музикийского пения, "A grammar of musical song")

Classical music

• Jean-Baptiste Lully – Te Deum, first performed on September 9, for the baptism of Lully's son
• Alessandro Poglietti – Rossignolo

Opera

• Carlo Grossi – La Giocasta, regina d'Armenia

Births

• February 2 - Jean-Baptiste Morin, composer (died 1745)
• February 4 – Johann Ludwig Bach, violinist and composer, second cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach (died 1731)
• February 26 - Nicola Fago, composer and music teacher (died 1745)
• June 18 – Antonio Maria Bononcini, cellist and composer, brother of Giovanni Bononcini (died 1726)
• September 27 - Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer (died 1754)
• date unknown - Christian Petzold, organist and composer (died c.1733)

Deaths

• March - Robert Cambert, opera composer (born c.1628)
• August – Matthew Locke (composer), composer (born 1621)
• November 11 – Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer (born 1619)
• date unknown – Robert Cambert, composer of opera (born 1628)