- 1613 in music
The year 1613 in
music involved some significant events.Events
* On February 15, "
The Memorable Masque of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn ", written byGeorge Chapman and designed byInigo Jones , is performed atWhitehall Palace . Themasque features music by Robert Johnson.
* On February 20,Francis Beaumont 's "The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn " is performed atWhitehall Palace . The work features music byGiovanni Coperario .
*Monteverdi becomes "maestro di capella " atSt Mark's Basilica ,Venice .Classical music
*John Cooper - "Songs of Mourning: Bewailing the Untimely Death of Prince Henry"
*Nicholas Lanier - "Maske... at the Marriage of... The Earl of Somerset"
*Luzzasco Luzzaschi - "Seconda scelta delli madrigale a5", published posthumously
*Salamone Rossi - a collection of "sinfonie" and "gagliarde"
*John Ward - "The First Set of English Madrigals To 3. 4. 5. and 6. parts apt both for Viols and Voyces"Opera
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Giordano Giacobbi - "Proserpina rapita"Births
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August 20 -Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg , poet and composer (d. 1676)Deaths
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July 10 -Giulio Cesare Martinengo , composer and teacher (born c.1564)
*September 8 -Carlo Gesualdo , lutenist and composer (born1560 )
*?October -Pomponio Nenna , composer of madrigals (born1556 )
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