1656 in music

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The year 1656 in music involved some significant events.

Events

Michel Lambert's first compositions are printed by Ballard.

Johann Jakob Froberger – Libro quarto di toccate, ricercari, capricci, allemande, gigue, courante, sarabande (presentation manuscript)

May 31 – Marin Marais, violin player and composer (died 1728)
September 9 – Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, composer (died 1746)
November 3 – Georg Reutter, theorbo player and composer (died 1738)
date unknown
- Jean-Baptiste Moreau, composer (died 1733)
- Johann Paul von Westhoff, violinist and composer (died 1705)

June 9 – Thomas Tomkins, composer (born 1572)
July – Michelangelo Rossi, violinist and composer (born 1601 or 1602)
November 6 – King John IV of Portugal, patron of music and the arts, writer on music, and amateur composer
date unknown
- Andrea Falconieri, lutenist and composer (born c.1585)
- Francesco Turini, organist and composer (born c. 1595)

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