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1650 music
The year 1650 in music involved some significant events.
Publications
Alberich Mazak – la Cultus harmonicus, volume two, a collection of his complete works, published in Vienna
Claudio Monteverdi – it Messa a quattro voci, et Salmi a Una, Due, Tre, Quattro, Cinque, Sei, Sette, & Otto Voci Concertati (Mass for four voices, and Psalms arranged for one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight voices) (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti), published posthumously
Classical music
Melchior Franck – de Der 133. Psalm Davids (Siehe wie fein und lieblich) for five voices (Coburg: Johann Eyrich), published posthumously
Samuel Scheidt – de Tabulatur-Buch
Heinrich Schütz – la Symphoniae sacrae, part 3
probable
Giovanni Battista Abatessa – it Ghirlanda di varii fiori (Garland of Various Flowers), a collection of guitar music, published in Milan
Giovanni Battista Granata – it Nuove suonate di chitarriglia spagnuola piccicate, e battute..., a collection of guitar music, published in Bologna
Opera
Francesco Cavalli – it Orimontehttps://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/132870?ln=en&v=pdf L'Orimonte UC Berkeley Library Digital Collections 21 March 2026
Births
date unknown
Joachim Neander, hymn-writer (d. 1680)
André Raison, organist and composer (d. 1719)
probable
Cataldo Amodei, Italian composer (d. c. 1695)
Papanasa Mudaliar, Carnatic music composer (d. 1725)
Giovanni Battista Rogeri, luthier
Robert de Visée, luthenist, guitarist and viol player (d. 1725)
Deaths
May 20 – Francesco Sacrati, composer (b. 1605)
November 24 – Manuel Cardoso, organist and composer (b. 1566)
date unknown – Martin Peerson (born ca. 1571 – ca. 1573; died 1650 or 1651), English composer, organist and virginalist
References
Category:17th century in music
Category:Music by year