1655 in music
This article contains information about the musical events and publications of 1655.
Events
- Composer Johann Rosenmüller is imprisoned as the result of accusations of homosexual activities with choirboys.
Classical music
- Giovanni Legrenzi – Op. 2, a collection of sonatas
Opera
- Giuseppe Alfiero – ''La fedeltà trionfante''
Births
- May 4 – Bartolomeo Cristofori, inventor of the piano
- August 13 – Johann Christoph Denner, wind instrument maker
- Probable – Robert de Visée, lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and violin player
Deaths
- April 4 – Johann Erasmus Kindermann, organist and composer
- July 30 – Sigmund Theophil Staden, German composer