1602 in music

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Contents 1 Events 2 Publications 3 Classical music 4 Opera 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Events

[edit] Publications

• February - Giulio Caccini - Le nuove musiche (The New Music), published in Florence
• Lodovico Grossi da Viadana - Cento concerti ecclesiastici (One Hundred Church Concertos), the first major publication to make extensive use of figured bass

[edit] Classical music

[edit] Opera

[edit] Births

• February 14 - Francesco Cavalli, composer (died 1676)
• April - William Lawes, composer (died 1645)

[edit] Deaths

• March 11 - Emilio de' Cavalieri, composer (born c.1550)
• date unknown - Anthony Holborne, composer (born c1545)
• date unknown - Thomas Morley, composer, music theorist and publisher (born c1557)