Events

• Giacomo Carissimi
  Giacomo Carissimi
  Giacomo Carissimi was an Italian composer, one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque, or, more accurately, the Roman School of music.-Biography:...
  
   becomes the chapelmaster at the Church of San Apollinare in the German-Hungarian College in Rome
  Rome
  Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
  
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• Ján Šimbracký buys a house in Spišské Podhradie
  Spišské Podhradie
  Spišské Podhradie is a town in Spiš in the Prešov Region of Slovakia. Its population is 3,826.Spišské Podhradie is situated at the foot of the hill of Spiš Castle. It had a Zipser German settlement, with its own church and priest, in 1174...
  
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Deaths

• February 26 – William Brade
  William Brade
  William Brade was an English composer, violinist, and viol player of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, mainly active in northern Germany. He was the first Englishman to write a canzona, an Italian form, and probably the first to write a piece for solo violin.-Biography:Little is known...
  
  , English composer, violinist and viol player (born 1560
  1560 in music
  - Births :*January 29 - Scipione Dentice, keyboard composer *August 10 – Hieronymus Praetorius, north German composer and organist *date unknown**William Brade, German composer of dance forms of the period...
  
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• June 12 – Giovanni Francesco Anerio
  Giovanni Francesco Anerio
  Giovanni Francesco Anerio was an Italian composer of the Roman School, of the very late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was the younger brother of Felice Anerio...
  
  , Italian composer of oratorios (born c.1567)
• June 29 – John Mundy
  John Mundy (composer)
  John Mundy was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the Renaissance period.-Life and works:...
  
  , English organist and composer (born c. 1550)
• November 19 – Johann Schein
  Johann Schein
  Johann Hermann Schein was a German composer of the early Baroque era. He was born in Grünhain and died in Leipzig...
  
  , German composer (born 1586)
• date unknown
  • Camillo Cortellini
    Camillo Cortellini
    Camillo Cortellini was an Italian composer, singer, and violinist.Cortellini was born in Bologna on January 24, 1561, son of the composer Gaspare "the viola" Cortellini, and following his father's profession Camillo was nicknamed "violino." His musical education was received first from his father...
    
    , composer, singer, and violinist (born 1561)
  • Alessandro Grandi
    Alessandro Grandi
    Alessandro Grandi was a northern Italian composer of the early Baroque era, writing in the new concertato style...
    
    , Italian composer
  • Salamone Rossi
    Salamone Rossi
    Salamone Rossi or Salomone Rossi was an Italian Jewish violinist and composer. He was a transitional figure between the late Italian Renaissance period and early Baroque.-Life:...
    
    , Venetian composer (born 1570)
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  • Dario Castello
    Dario Castello
    Dario Castello was an Italian composer and instrumentalist from the early Baroque period who worked and published in Venice. As regards his instrument, it is not clear whether he played the cornetto or the bassoon...
    
    , composer and cornetto player (born c. 1590)
  • Giovanni Battista Fontana
    Giovanni Battista Fontana (composer)
    Giovanni Battista Fontana was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist.He was born in Brescia, and worked there and in Rome and Padua. He died in Padua during a plague....
    
    , composer (born c.1571)