1612 in music
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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.[1]
- 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
- Orlando Gibbons, The First Set Of Madrigals and Motetts of 5. Parts: apt for Viols and Voyces.
- Hans Leo Hassler, Sacri concentus Book 2, published in Augsburg.
Classical music
- Peter Philips, Cantiones Sacrae Quinis Vocibus.
- Michael Praetorius, Terpsichore, a set of Renaissance dances.
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 c. 1679)[2]
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)