December 4 –
Jean Racine's tragedy Alexandre le Grand is premièred by Molière's troupe at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré) in Paris. 11 days later, Racine moves it to the Comédiens du Roi at the
Hôtel de Bourgogne, causing a rift with Molière.
Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers publishes Livre d'orgue contenant cent pièces de tous les tons de l'église, the first organ collection that featured forms that became standard for the Baroque
French organ school.
^Hopkins Porter, Cecelia (2014). Five Lives in Music: Women Performers, Composers, and Impresarios from the Baroque to the Present. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 53.
ISBN978-0-25208-009-8.
December 4 –
Jean Racine's tragedy Alexandre le Grand is premièred by Molière's troupe at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré) in Paris. 11 days later, Racine moves it to the Comédiens du Roi at the
Hôtel de Bourgogne, causing a rift with Molière.
Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers publishes Livre d'orgue contenant cent pièces de tous les tons de l'église, the first organ collection that featured forms that became standard for the Baroque
French organ school.
^Hopkins Porter, Cecelia (2014). Five Lives in Music: Women Performers, Composers, and Impresarios from the Baroque to the Present. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. p. 53.
ISBN978-0-25208-009-8.