1626 in music

1626 in music

The year 1626 in music involved some significant events.

Events

*Tarquinio Merula returns to Cremona.
*Paolo Agostino succeeds Vincenzo Ugolini as conductor of the pope's orchestra in St. Peter's Basilica.

Classical music

*Giovanni Battista Buonamente - "Il quarto libro de varie de sonate, sinfonie, gagliarde, corrente, e brandi per sonar con due violini & un basso di viola", published in Venice
*Johann Hermann Schein - "Opella nova" (Little new works), volume 2, a collection of sacred concertos

Opera

*Domenico Mazzochi - "La catena d'Adone"

Births

*August 12 (baptized) - Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (died 1690)
*"probable" - Louis Couperin, French harpsichordist and composer (died 1661)

Deaths

*February 20 - John Dowland, composer and lutenist (born 1563)
*"date unknown":*John Cooper, English composer (born "c".1570):*Thomas Weelkes, English composer (born 1576)


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