1597 in music

none August 2026 1597 music Events Lutenist and composer Robert Jones graduates from St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Publications Gregor Aichinger – Third book of motets (Nuremberg: Paul Kauffmann) Giammateo Asola – la Vespertina omnium solemnitatum psalmodia for two choirs (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Ippolito Baccusi – la Psalmi omnes qui a S. Romana Ecclesia in solemnitatibus ad vesperas decantari solent..., for eight voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), also includes two Magnificats Adriano Banchieri it Hora prima di recreazione, first book of canzonettas for three voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) First book of madrigals for four voices (Venice) Joachim a Burck – de Die Historia des Leidens Jesu Christi auss dem Evangelisten S. Luca (The Story of the Passion of Jesus Christ by the Evangelist St. Luke) for five voices (Mühlhausen: Hieronymous Reinhard) Sethus Calvisius – la Harmonia cantionum ecclesiasticarum for four voices (Leipzig: Jacob Apel), a collection of Lutheran hymns Giovanni Croce la Vespertina omnium solemnitatum psalmodia for eight voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti), contains psalms for Vespers First book of motets for four voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Girolamo Dalla Casa – First book of motets for six voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) John Dowland – The First Booke of Songes or Ayres of Foure Partes with tableture for the lute (London: Peter Short) Johannes Eccard de Geistlicher Lieder auff den Choral oder gemeine Kirchen Melodey for five voices, in two volumes (Königsberg: Georg Osterberger) la Echo for eight voices (Königsberg, Georg Osterberger), a wedding song el Epithalamion de (Ein Sprichwort ist) for six voices (Königsberg, Georg Osterberger), a wedding song Giovanni Gabrieli – la Sacrae Symphoniae, Book 1, for six to sixteen voices and instruments (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Jacobus Gallus – la Sacrae cantiones de praecipuis festis per totum annum for four, five, six, eight, and more voices (Nuremberg: Alexander Philipp Dieterich), a collection of motets, published posthumously Bartholomäus Gesius la Hymni scholastici for four voices (Frankfurt an der Oder: Andreas Eichorn) la Echo (Qualia jam resonet) for ten voices (Frankfurt an der Oder: Andreas Eichorn), a graduation motet Anthony Holborne – Cittarn Schoole (London: Peter Short), a collection of songs for the cittern George Kirbye – The first set Of English Madrigalls, to 4. 5. & 6. voyces (London: Thomas Este) Giovanni de Macque – Third book of madrigals for five voices (Ferrara: Vittorio Baldini) Simone Molinaro – First book of motets for five voices and masses for ten voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Thomas Morley A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke Canzonets, or little short aers to five and sixe voices (London: Peter Short) Pietro Pace – it Madrigali a cinque voci con uno a sei & un dialogo a sette (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Asprilio Pacelli – First book of motets and psalms to eight voices (Rome: Nicolo Mutii) Orfeo Vecchi First book of masses for four voices (Milan: Francesco & the heirs of Simon Tini) First book of motets for five voices (Milan: the heirs of Francesco and Simon Tini) Orazio Vecchi Canzonette a3 L'Amfiparnasso, a madrigal comedy Opera Jacopo Peri – Dafne, the earliest known operaAdmin 2019-11-14 Dafne: the first opera in history https://operaliricaroma.it/dafne-first-opera-in-history/ 2026-08-05 Opera lirica Roma en-GB Births July 22 – Virgilio Mazzocchi, Italian composer of oratorios (died 1646) date unknown Andreas Düben, organist and composer (died 1662) Luigi Rossi, Italian composer of cantatas (died 1653) Deaths January 29 – Elias Ammerbach, organist (b. c.1530) June 6 – William Hunnis, poet, dramatist, and composer September 15 – Friedrich Lindner, composer, music editor, singer, and music copyist (b. c.1542) October 7 – Francesco Rovigo, organist and composer (b. c.1540) References Music Category:16th century in music Category:Music by year