1612 in music
The year 1612 in music involved some significant events.
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Events
- July – Claudio Monteverdi is dismissed from his post at the court of Mantua by the new duke Francesco IV Gonzaga.[1]
- October 28 – John Dowland is appointed to a special post at the court of King James I of England.
- December – The death of Francesco Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, fails to bring a recall to court for Claudio Monteverdi.
Publications
- Adriano Banchieri – Moderna armonia di canzoni alla francese, Op. 26 (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), a collection for four instruments
- Antonio Brunelli – Prato di sacri fiori musicali (Meadow of sacred musical flowers) for one voice and eight voices with continuo, Op. 7 (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti)
- Sethus Calvisius – Bicinia book two (Leipzig: Jacob Apel), an expanded edition of book one from 1599
- Antonio Cifra – Fifth book of motets for two, three, and four voices, Op. 11 (Rome: Giovanni Battista Robletti)
- William Corkine – The second book of ayres, some, to sing and play to the base-violl alone: others, to be sung to the lute and base violl (London: Matthew Lownes, John Brown, Thomas Snodham for William Barley), also includes pieces for the lyra viol
- Giovanni Croce – Sacre cantilene for three, five, and six voices with a four-part ripieno (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti)
- Ignazio Donati – Sacri concentus for one, two, three, four, and five voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti)
- John Dowland – A Pilgrimes solace for three, four, and five voices (London: Matthew Lownes, John Brown, Thomas Snodham for William Barley)
- Giacomo Finetti – Concerti for four voices with organ bass (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
- Melchior Franck
- Ein schöner Text Auß dem Ersten Capitel Syrachs for five voices (Coburg: Justus Hauck), a wedding song
- Suspira musica (Musical Sigh) for four voices (Coburg: Justus Hauck), a collection of motets
- Orlando Gibbons – The First Set Of Madrigals and Motetts of 5. Parts: apt for Viols and Voyces.
- Hans Leo Hassler – Sacri concentus Book 2, published in Augsburg.
- Pietro Pace – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice, Giacomo Vincenti)
- Benedetto Pallavicino – Eighth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), published posthumously
- Tomaso Pecci - Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano), published posthumously
- Peter Philips – Cantiones Sacrae Quinis Vocibus.
- Michael Praetorius – Terpsichore, a set of Renaissance dances.
- probable
- Parthenia, a collection of keyboard music by William Byrd, John Bull, and Orlando Gibbons
Opera
- none recorded
Births
- date unknown
- Wolfgang Ebner, organist and court composer (died 1665)
- John Hingston, organist, viol player and composer (died 1683)
- Vincenzo Tozzi, opera composer (died c. 1679)[2]
Deaths
- June 8 – Hans Leo Hassler, German composer (born 1564)
- August 12 – Giovanni Gabrieli, composer and organist (born c.1555)
- September – Giovanni de' Bardi, writer and composer (born 1534)
- September 24 – Johannes Lippius, theologian, philosopher, composer, and music theorist (born 1585)
- date unknown
- Ercole Bottrigari, writer and composer (born 1531)
- Tomasz Szadek, Polish composer and singer (born 1550)
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References
- Maldwyn A. Jones, Historia de Estados Unidos, 1607–1992 (Catédra, 1996), . ISBN 9788437614076.
- opera.stanford.edu
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