1660 in music

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The year 1660 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• Dieterich Buxtehude becomes organist at Helsingør in Denmark.
• Pelham Humphrey and John Blow become members of the Chapel Royal.

Classical music

• 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)

Opera

• Antonio Bertali – La magia delusa
• Juan Hidalgo de Polanco – Celos aun del aire matan
• Francesco Manelli – La filo
• Francesco Rossi – L'Arianna
• Giuseppe Tricarico – L'Oronie
• Filippo Vismarri – L'Orontea
• Pietro Andrea Ziani – L'Antigona delusa da Alceste

Births

• 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)
• December 4 (baptized) – André Campra, French composer (died 1744)
• date unknown – Johann Joseph Fux, composer (died 1741)

Deaths

• 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)