1606 in music
Encyclopedia
Events
- January 5 - The nuptial masqueMasqueThe masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment which flourished in 16th and early 17th century Europe, though it was developed earlier in Italy, in forms including the intermedio...
HymenaeiHymenaeiHymenaei, or The Masgue of Hymen, was a masque written by Ben Jonson for the marriage of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, and Lady Frances Howard, daughter of the Earl of Suffolk, and performed on their wedding day, January 5, 1606...
, with music by Alfonso Ferrabosco the youngerAlfonso Ferrabosco the youngerAlfonso Ferrabosco the younger was an English composer and viol player of Italian descent. He straddles the line between the Renaissance and Baroque eras.-Biography:...
, is performed in London.
Publications
- Girolamo MontesardoGirolamo MontesardoGirolamo Montesardo was an Italian singer and composer. Although his surname was actually Melcarne, he was called Montesardo for his home town, a small town in the Province of Lecce. He worked as a singer at the San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, as a maestro di capella at Fano and at Ancona...
– Nuova inventione d'intavolatura per sonare li balletti sopra la chitarra spanuola, published in FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, the first printed source of alfabeto notation for the guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
Classical music
- Agostino AgazzariAgostino AgazzariAgostino Agazzari was an Italian composer and music theorist.-Life:Agazzari was born in Siena to an aristocratic family. After working in Rome, as a teacher at the Roman College, he returned to Siena in 1607, becoming first organist and later choirmaster of the cathedral there...
– Eumelio (oratorio) - John CooperJohn Cooper (composer)John Cooper , also known as Giovanni Coprario or Coperario, was an English composer, viol player and lutenist....
– Funeral Teares
Births
- date unknown
- William ChildWilliam ChildWilliam Child was an English composer and organist.Born in Bristol, William Child was a chorister in the cathedral under the direction of Elway Bevin. In 1630 he began his lifetime association with St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, becoming first a lay-clerk and, from 1632, Master of the...
, organist and composer (d. 1697) - Johannes KhuenJohannes KhuenJohannes Kuen , priest, poet, and composer, was one of the leading literary figures of the early Baroque in Bavaria....
, poet and composer (d. 1675) - Urbán de VargasUrbán de Vargas-Life:Urbano Barguilla y de Ripalda was born in 1602 in Falces, south of Navarra. And studied with the maestro de capilla at Burgos, Luis Bernardo Jalón, known for his polemic activities and radical views on music...
, composer (d. 1656)
- William Child
Deaths
- January 28 - Guillaume CosteleyGuillaume CosteleyGuillaume Costeley was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was the court organist to Charles IX of France and famous for his numerous chansons, which were representative of the late development of the form; his work in this regard was part of the early development of the style known as...
, composer (b. c.1530) - date unknown
- Jan Trojan TurnovskýJan Trojan TurnovskýJan Trojan Turnovský was a Czech Renaissance composer. He became known in the second half of the 1570s. His compositions are included in the most important sources of the Utraquist polyphony music.- Biography :...
, composer (born c.1550) - Leonhard LechnerLeonhard LechnerLeonard Lechner was a German composer and music editor who worked with Orlando de Lassus.-Life:Lechner's exact place of birth is unknown. The by-name he occasionally used, "Athesinus", refers to origins in the Adige Valley in what is now the Italian province of South Tyrol....
, composer and music editor (born c. 1553) - Jiří NigrinJirí NigrinJiří Nigrin z Černého Mostu, since about 1590 titled z Nigropontu was an important printer in Prague between 1572 and 1606. Among other works, Nigrin published many of the compositions of renaissance composer Jacobus Gallus....
, music publisher
- Jan Trojan Turnovský
- probable - Pellegrino MicheliPellegrino MicheliPellegrino Micheli is one of the most important figures in the early history of the violin. He was one of the first makers of the Brescian school and a contemporary of Gasparo da Salò....
, violin maker (born c.1530)