1676 in music

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The year 1676 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• Construction of the Teatro San Angelo in Venice is completed.
• Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni arrives in Rieti.

Classical music

• Johann Jakob Walther – Scherzi da Violino solo con il basso continuo

Opera

• Jean-Baptiste Lully - Atys

Births

• January 19 - John Weldon, musician (died 1736)
• February 4 - Giacomo Facco, violinist, conductor and composer (died 1753)
• April 4 - Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, opera composer (died 1760)
• May 23 – Johann Bernhard Bach, composer, cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach (died 1749)

Deaths

• January 14 – Francesco Cavalli, Italian composer (born 1602)
• June 7 – Paul Gerhardt, Germany's best-known hymn-writer (born 1606)
• October 6 - Claudia Rusca, singer, composer and organist (born 1593)
• October 10 - Sebastian Knüpfer, composer (born 1633)