1616 in music
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Events
- Johann Hermann Schein becomes cantor of Thomasschule zu Leipzig
- Manuel Correia joins his father as a singer in the ducal capela at Vila Viçosa, Portugal.
- Librettist Andrea Salvadori becomes court poet to the Medici family.[1]
Bands formed
- A collegium musicum is founded in Prague.
Publications
- Hieronymus Praetorius – Liber Missarum, Henrico Carstens, Hamburg [2]
- Nicolas Vallet – Le Secret des Muses, part 2
Classical music
- Girolamo Frescobaldi – Peccavi super numerum, motet for 3 voices and basso continuo
- Claudio Monteverdi – Tirsi e Clori (ballet)
Opera
- Domenico Belli's' Orfeo dolente
- Claudio Monteverdi – Le nozze di Tetide (lost)
Births
- February 28 – Kaspar Förster, opera composer (d. 1673)
- May 18 – Johann Jakob Froberger, composer and organist (died 1667)
- September – Jacques de Saint-Luc, lutenist and composer (died c.1710)
- date unknown – Matthias Weckman, German composer (died 1674)
- probable – Maurizio Cazzati, Italian composer (died 1678)
Deaths
- June 6 – Cornelis Schuyt, organist and composer (born 1557)
- probable – Krzysztof Klabon, composer, lutenist, and singer (born c.1550)
References
- Harness, Kelley (2001). "Salvadori, Andrea" in Stanley Sadie (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd edition), Volume 22.
- Reproduction of alto part book on Bayerische Staatsbibliothek site
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