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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.

Published popular music

Classical music

• Jean-Baptiste Lully - Te Deum, first performed on September 9, for the baptism of Lully's son^[1]
• Alessandro Poglietti - Rossignolo

Opera

• Carlo Grossi - La Giocasta, regina d'Armenia

Births

• February 4 - Johann Ludwig Bach, violinist and composer, second cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach (died 1731)
• June 18 - Antonio Maria Bononcini, cellist and composer, brother of Giovanni Bononcini (died 1726)

Deaths

• 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)

References

1. ^ Palisca, Claude V. [1968] (1991). Baroque Music, 3rd, Prentice Hall History of Music, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 277. ISBN 0-13-058496-7.