- 1605 in music
The year 1605 in
music involved some significant events.Events
*"none listed"
Classical music
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William Byrd - "Gradualia", book one
*Claudio Monteverdi - "Il quinto libro de madrigali a cinque voci di Claudio Monteverdi Maestro della Musica del Serenissimo Sig.r Duca di Mantoa, col basso continuo per il Clavicembano, Chittarone, od altro simile istromento; fatto particolarmente per li sei ultimi, per li altri a beneplacito" (fifth book of madrigals "a"5), published inVenice
*Michael Praetorius - "Musae Sionae", Part 1
*Tomás Luis de Victoria - "Officium Defunctorum, sex vocibus, in obitu et obsequiis sacrae imperatricis"Opera
*"none listed"
Births
*March -
Antonio Bertali , Italian composer (died1669 )
*April -Giacomo Carissimi , composer (died1674 )
*April 19 -Orazio Benevoli , composer (died1672 )
*July 9 -Simon Dach , hymn-writer (died1659 )
*"date unknown"
**Francesco Sacrati , early opera composer (died1650 )
**Constantia Zierenberg , singer and musician (died1653 )Deaths
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February 19 -Orazio Vecchi , Italian composer (born1550 )
*September 24 -Manuel Mendes , composer and music teacher (born c. 1547)
*"date unknown"
**Pedro Bermúdez , composer and chapel-master (born1558 )
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