1611 in music

1611 in music

The year 1611 in music involved some significant events.

Events

* January 1 -"Oberon, the Faery Prince", a masque written by Ben Jonson and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace; it features music by Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger and Robert Johnson.
* February 3 - "Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly", another Jonson/Jones masque, is performed at Whitehall, with music by Ferrabosco.

Publications

*Robert Ballard - a collection of arrangements for the lute.
*William Byrd - "Psalms, Songs, and Sonnets"
*Carlo Gesualdo - Sixth book of madrigals "a"5
*"Parthenia", a collection of keyboard music by John Bull, William Byrd, and Orlando Gibbons
* Thomas Ravenscroft - "Melismata"

Classical music

Opera

Births

*December - Leonora Baroni, singer, instrumentalist and composer (died 1670)

Deaths

*July - Simon Lohet, organist and composer (born c. 1550)
*August 20 - Tomás Luis de Victoria, composer (born 1548)
*"date unknown"
**Livia d'Arco, singer (born c. 1565)
**Pierre-Francisque Caroubel, violinist and composer
**Johannes Eccard, composer and conductor (born 1553)
**Gioseffo Guami, organist, singer and composer (born c. 1540)


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Music history of Hungary — Little is known about Hungarian music prior to the 11th century, when the first Kings of Hungary were Christianized and Gregorian chant was introduced. During this period a bishop from Venice wrote the first surviving remark about Hungarian folk… …   Wikipedia

  • Madrigal (music) — A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Traditionally, polyphonic madrigals are unaccompanied; the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three… …   Wikipedia

  • choral music — ▪ vocal music Introduction       music sung by a choir with two or more voices assigned to each part. Choral music is necessarily polyphonal i.e., consisting of two or more autonomous vocal (vocal music) lines. It has a long history in European… …   Universalium

  • Nokia 1611 — Diese Liste bietet eine Übersicht über verschiedene Nokia Mobiltelefone. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Nokia 1xxx 1.1 Nokia 1100 1.2 Nokia 1110 1.3 Nokia 1200 1.4 Nokia 1208 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Timeline of trends in Italian music — Time line for Music of ItalyDates for musical periods such as Baroque, Classical, Romantic, etc. are somewhat arbitrary.All dates are CE.*c.100 c.500 Early Christian era **c.230 Alleluia melodies heard in Rome. **313 The Roman Emperor Constantine …   Wikipedia

  • The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Second edition of the New Grove, shelved The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians. Along with the German language Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, it is the largest single reference… …   Wikipedia

  • Table of years in music — The table of years in music is a tabular display of all years in music, to provide an overview and quick navigation to any year. NOTOC ::Contents: 2000s 1900s 1800s 1700s 1600s 1500s 1400s 1300s Other2000s in music 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005… …   Wikipedia

  • 1670 in music — The year 1670 in music involved some significant events. Events *June Christian Geist joins the Swedish court orchestra under Gustaf Düben. Publications * none listed Classical music *Maurizio Cazzati Op. 55, a collection of sonatas *Jacques… …   Wikipedia

  • 1679 in music — The year 1679 in music involved some significant events. Events *Victims of the plague in Vienna include Anna Catharina, wife of Johann Kaspar Kerll. Kerll later commemorates the event in his Modulatio organica . Published popular music *… …   Wikipedia

  • 1675 in music — The year 1675 in music involved some significant events. Events *Agostino Steffani is appointed court organist at Munich. *Johann Krieger performs at Vienna, and is rewarded by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. Published popular music * Classical… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”