- 1626 in music
The year 1626 in
music involved some significant events.Events
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Tarquinio Merula returns to Cremona.
*Paolo Agostino succeedsVincenzo Ugolini as conductor of the pope's orchestra in St. Peter's Basilica.Classical music
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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 inVenice
*Johann Hermann Schein - "Opella nova" (Little new works), volume 2, a collection of sacred concertosOpera
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Domenico Mazzochi - "La catena d'Adone "Births
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August 12 (baptized) -Giovanni Legrenzi , Italian composer (died1690 )
*"probable" -Louis Couperin , French harpsichordist and composer (died1661 )Deaths
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February 20 -John Dowland , composer andlutenist (born1563 )
*"date unknown":*John Cooper, English composer (born "c".1570 ):*Thomas Weelkes , English composer (born1576 )
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