1674 in music
The year 1674 in music involved some significant events.Events
Classical music
- Dieterich Buxtehude
- *Fried- und Freudenreiche Hinfarth, published in Lübeck
- *Klag-Lied: Muß der Tod denn auch entbinden, chorale settings
- *Drei schöne Dinge sind, BuxWV 19
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- * Laudate Dominum, H.159
- * Domine Dominus noster, H.163
- * Pour Ste. Anne, H.315
- Heinrich Biber – Mystery Sonatas
- Francesco Corbetta – La Guitarre Royalle
- Bishop Thomas Ken – "Morning Hymn"
- Pavel Josef Vejvanovský – Sonata Natalis
- Gaspar Sanz – Instrucción de Música
- Cristofaro Caresana
- *La caccia del toro
- *La Veglia
- Jean-Baptiste Lully – Alceste
Births
- January 9 – Reinhard Keiser, opera composer
- July 11 – Isaac Watts, the "father of English hymnody"
- September 29 – Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, composer
- November – Pierre Dumage, organist and composer
- probable – Jeremiah Clarke, composer
Deaths
- January 12 – Giacomo Carissimi, composer
- February 22 – John Wilson, theatre composer
- February 24 – Matthias Weckmann, composer
- July 14 – Pelham Humfrey, English composer and singer
- date unknown – Francisco Lopez Capillas, composer and chapelmaster of Mexico Cathedral