A CHRONOLOGICAL VIEW OF WESTERN MUSIC HISTORY IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD EVENTS

Antonio Cesti

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August 5, 1623: Pietro (Antonio) Cesti is baptized in Arezzo, Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
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October 14, 1669: Antonio Cesti dies in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, 46 years, two months, and nine days after his baptism.
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Today in Music and History: November 23
1909: “The Uprising of the 20,000” begins in New York as young women working in the garment industry in New York, mostly Yiddish-speaking recent immigrants, go on strike for wages, working conditions, and the right to organize. It will last eleven weeks.
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