1605 in music

none December 2025 1605 music The year 1605 in music involved some significant events. Publications Gregor Aichinger – Psalm 50 Miserere mei for eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve voices (Munich: Nikolaus Heinrich) Giammateo Asola – Madrigals for six voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Ippolito Baccusi – it Le Vergini d'Ippolito Baccusi: second book of madrigals for three voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), contains settings of text from Petrarch's Vergine bella it Ludovico Balbi – Masses and motets for eight voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano), published posthumously, also includes a Te Deum Adriano Banchieri it Barca di Venezia per Padova it, second book of madrigals for five voices, Op. 12 (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) it L'Organo suonarino, Op. 13 (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), a collection of organ music and instructions for playing organ during massBonta Stephen The Uses of the 'Sonata de Chiesa' Richmond, Va. Journal of the American Musicological Society Spring 1969 22 1 0003-0139 American Musicological Society 56 830812 10.2307/830812 Giulio Belli – la Compieta, mottetti, & letanie della Madonna for eight voices (two choirs with continuo) (Venice: Angelo Gardano) William Byrd – la Gradualia, book one, for three, four, and five voices (London: Thomas East) Sethus Calvisius – de Der Psalter Davids Gesangweis for four voices (Leipzig), a setting of the Becker Psalter Antonio Cifra – First book of madrigals for five voices (Rome: Luigi Zannetti) Giovanni Croce – Magnificats for eight voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Giacomo Finetti – la Completorium for five voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), music for Compline Melchior Franck – de Deutsche Weltliche Gesäng und Täntze (German Secular Songs and Dances), Part 2, for four voices (Coburg) Andrea Gabrieli it Canzoni alla francese et ricercari ariosi (Venice: Angelo Gardano), fifth book of his organ music, published posthumously it Canzoni alla francese per sonar, sopra stromenti da tasti (Venice: Angelo Gardano), sixth and final book of his organ music, published posthumously Marco da Gagliano – Third book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Bartholomäus Gesius – de Christliche Hauß und Tisch Musica (Christian House and Table Music) for four voices (Wittenberg: Lorenz Seuberlich for Paul Helwig) Ruggiero Giovannelli – First book of madrigals for three voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Tobias Hume – The first part of ayres (London: John Windet), a collection of songs accompanied by one or two viols Johannes Lippius – it Fuga a 4 (Strasburg) Duarte Lobo – Magnificat for four voices (Antwerp: Plantin) Claudio Merulo – Third book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano), published posthumously Simone Molinaro First book of Magnificats for four voices (Milan: Simon Tini & Filippo Lomazzo) it Concerti ecclesiastici for two and four voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Claudio Monteverdi – it Il quinto libro de madrigali a cinque voci di Claudio Monteverdi Maestro della Musica del Serenissimo Sig.r Duca di Mantoa, col basso continuo per il Clavicembano, Chittarone, od altro simile istromento; fatto particolarmente per li sei ultimi, per li altri a beneplacito (Fifth book of madrigals for five voices) (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Benedetto Pallavicino – la Sacrae dei laudes... (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Francis Pilkington – The first booke of songs or ayres of 4. parts (London: Thomas Este) Costanzo Porta la Psalmodia vespertina for eight voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano), a collection of vespers psalms for every solemnity along with four Magnificats Motets for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Michael Praetorius – la Musae Sionae, Part 1 Enrico Antonio Radesca – First book of canzonettas, madrigals and arie alla romana for two voices (Milan: Simon Tini & Filippo Lomazzo) Tomás Luis de Victoria – la Officium Defunctorum, sex vocibus, in obitu et obsequiis sacrae imperatricis Births March – Antonio Bertali, Italian composer (died 1669) April – Giacomo Carissimi, composer (died 1674) April 19 – Orazio Benevoli, composer (died 1672) July 9 – Simon Dach, hymn-writer (died 1659) September 17 – Francesco Sacrati, early opera composer (died 1650) date unknown – Constantia Zierenberg, singer and musician (died 1653) probable Johann Vierdanck, violinist, cornettist, and composer (died 1646) Julius Johann Weiland, composer (died 1663) Deaths February 19 – Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (born 1550) September 24 – Manuel Mendes, composer and music teacher (born c. 1547) date unknown – Pedro Bermúdez, composer and chapel-master (born 1558) References Category:1600s in music Category:1605 in the arts Music Category:17th century in music Category:Music by year