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The year 1663 in music involved some significant events.

Events

Classical music

Opera

• Kaspar Förster - Der lobwürdige Cadmus

Births

• March 7 - Tomaso Antonio Vitali, violinist and composer (died 1745)
• July 1 - Franz Xaver Murschhauser, German composer and music theorist (died 1738)
• November 14 - Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau, composer, teacher of Handel (died 1712)
• date unknown
  • Andrea Adami da Bolsena, papal choirmaster (died 1742)
  • Nicolas Siret, organist, harpsichordist and composer (died 1754)

Deaths

• July 7 - Thomas Baltzar, violinist (born c.1631)
• December 5 - Severo Bonini, composer (born 1582)
• date unknown
  • Biagio Marini, violinist and composer (born 1594)
  • Heinrich Scheidemann, organist and composer (born c.1595)