1658 in music
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The year 1658 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- Johann Jacob Froberger leaves Vienna for the last time.
- Sir William Davenant's "operatic show," The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru, is staged at the Cockpit Theatre in London during the summer.
Publications
- Henry Lawes – Ayres and Dialogues for One, Two and Three Voyces, vol. 3
- Etienne Moulinié – Meslanges de sujets Chrestiens ... avec une basse continue, a collection of sacred music
Classical music
- Andreas Hammerschmidt – Chorale: Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, text Christian Keymann
Opera
- Johann Caspar Kerll – Applausi Festivi
Births
- April 22 – Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (died 1709)
- probable – Jean Desfontaines, composer (died c.1752)
Deaths
- March – Valentin Dretzel, composer
- probable
- Dario Castello, Italian composer (born c.1590)
- Henry Ferrabosco, English court musician