1625 in music
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- Jacques GaultierJacques GaultierJacques Gaultier was a French Baroque lutenist. He was not related to the composers and lutenists Denis Gaultier and Ennemond Gaultier.Not much is known about his early life. In 1617, he had to leave France due to a duel and he escaped to England...
becomes a musician at the court of King Charles I of EnglandCharles I of EnglandCharles I was King of England, King of Scotland, and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England, attempting to obtain royal revenue whilst Parliament sought to curb his Royal prerogative which Charles...
. - Composer John WilsonJohn Wilson (composer)John Wilson , was an English composer, lutenist and teacher. Born in Faversham, Kent, he moved to London by 1614, where he succeeded Robert Johnson as principal composer for the King's Men, and entered the King's Musick in 1635 as a lutenist. He received the degree of D.Mus from Oxford in 1644,...
enters the King's Musick as a lutenist.
Deaths
- January 7 – Ruggiero GiovannelliRuggiero GiovannelliRuggiero Giovannelli was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was a member of the Roman School, and succeeded Palestrina at St. Peter's.- Life :He was born in Velletri, near Rome...
, Italian composer (b. c. 1560) - June 5 – Orlando GibbonsOrlando GibbonsOrlando Gibbons was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods...
, composer (born 1583) - July 5 – Cornelis VerdonckCornelis VerdonckCornelis Verdonck was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the last members of the Franco-Flemish school of polyphony, and was a notable composer of madrigals in a style that blended both Italian and native Netherlandish idioms.-Life:Verdonck was born in Turnhout...
, composer (born 1563) - October 1 – Hendrik SpeuyHendrik SpeuyHendrik Joosten Speuy was a Dutch renaissance organist and composer, and a contemporary of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck....
, organist and composer (born c.1575) - November 3 – Adam GumpeltzhaimerAdam GumpeltzhaimerAdam Gumpeltzhaimer was a Bavarian composer and music theorist. Born in Trostberg, he studied music with the monk Jodocus Enzmüller. In 1581 he became cantor at the Augsberg Cathedral; a post he maintained until his death there in 1625. He is best known for his compositions of sacred...
, composer and music theorist (born 1559) - date unknown – Muthu ThandavarMuthu ThandavarMuthu Thandavar was composer of Carnatic music. He was an early architect of the present day Carnatic kriti format, which consists of the pallavi , anupallavi and charanam. He lived in the town of Sirkazhi in Tamil Nadu. His contributions to Carnatic music have been largely forgotten and not many...
, Carnatic composer (born 1525) - probable – Paul PeuerlPaul PeuerlPaul Peuerl was a German organist, organ builder, renovator and repairer, and composer of instrumental music....
, organist, organ builder and composer (born 1583)