1612 in music

none thumb | right | alt=Gravestone for composer Giovanni Gabrieli, Venice, Italy. | Gravestone for composer Giovanni Gabrieli, Venice, Italy. 1612 music The year 1612 in music involved some significant events. Events July – Claudio Monteverdi is dismissed from his post at the court of Mantua by the new duke Francesco IV Gonzaga.Maldwyn A. Jones, Historia de Estados Unidos, 1607–1992 (Catédra, 1996), November 2017. 9788437614076. 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 – it Moderna armonia di canzoni alla francese, Op. 26 (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), a collection for four instruments Antonio Brunelli – it 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 – la 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 – it Sacre cantilene for three, five, and six voices with a four-part ripieno (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Ignazio Donati – la 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 – it Concerti for four voices with organ bass (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Melchior Franck de Ein schöner Text Auß dem Ersten Capitel Syrachs for five voices (Coburg: Justus Hauck), a wedding song la Suspira musica (Musical Sigh) for four voices (Coburg: Justus Hauck), a collection of motets Bartholomäus Gesius – la Gratulatio musica in lauream doctoralem Jacobi Schickfusii for five voices (Brieg), a graduation song Orlando Gibbons – The First Set Of Madrigals and Motetts of 5. Parts: apt for Viols and Voyces (London: Thomas Snodham for William Barley) Konrad Hagius – First book of de Etlicher Teutscher Geistlicher Psalmen und Gesängen for four, five, and six voices (Frankfurt: Wolfgang Richter) Hans Leo Hassler – Sacri concentus Book 2, published in Augsburg. Joachim van den Hove – la Delitiae musicae (Utrecht: Salomon de Roy & Johannes Guilielmus de Rhenen), a collection of lute music Sigismondo d'India – Second book of it Villanelle alla napolitana for three, four, and five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger First book of it motetti passagiatti for one voice (Rome) First book of it arie passagiatti for one voice with theorbo (Rome) Claude Le Jeune – Second fr livre des meslanges (Paris: Pierre Ballard), a collection of chansons, published posthumously Simone Molinaro – Concerti for one and two voices (Milan: Simon Tini & Francesco Lomazzo) Giovanni Bernardino Nanino Third book of motets for one, two, three, four, and five voices with organ bass (Rome: Bartolomeo Zannetti for Christophoro Margarina) Third book of madrigals for five voices (Rome: Bartolomeo Zannetti) 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 (Antwerp: Pierre Phalèse) 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 1679)http://opera.stanford.edu/composers/T.html opera.stanford.edu 2009-01-18 2016-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20161123122611/http://opera.stanford.edu/composers/T.html dead 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) References Category:1610s in music Category:1612 in the arts Music Category:17th century in music Category:Music by year