1650 in music
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The year 1650 in music involved some significant events.
Publications
- Alberich Mazak – Cultus harmonicus, volume two, a collection of his complete works, published in Vienna
Classical music
- Claudio Monteverdi – Messa a quattro voci, et Salmi (Mass for four voices, and Psalms) (published posthumously)
- Samuel Scheidt – Tabulatur-Buch
- Heinrich Schütz – Symphoniae sacrae, part 3
- probable
- Giovanni Battista Abatessa – Ghirlanda di varii fiori (Garland of Various Flowers), a collection of guitar music, published in Milan
- Giovanni Battista Granata – Nuove suonate di chitarriglia spagnuola piccicate, e battute..., a collection of guitar music, published in Bologna
Opera
- Francesco Cavalli – Orimonte
Births
- date unknown
- Joachim Neander, hymn-writer (d. 1680)
- André Raison, organist and composer (d. 1719)
- probable
- Cataldo Amodei, opera composer (d. c. 1695)
- Papanasa Mudaliar, Carnatic music composer (d. 1725)
- Giovanni Battista Rogeri, luthier
- Robert de Visée, luthenist, guitarist and viol player (d. 1725)
Deaths
- May 20 - Francesco Sacrati, composer (b. 1605)
- November 24 – Manuel Cardoso, organist and composer (b. 1566)
- date unknown - Martin Peerson (born ca. 1571 – ca. 1573; died 1650 or 1651), English composer, organist and virginalist