- 1601 in music
Events
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Claudio Monteverdi appointed "maestro di musica" to Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga atMantua .
*Giovanni Bassano succeeds Girolamo della Casa as head of the instrumental ensemble atSt Mark's Cathedral, Venice .Publications
Music
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Adriano Banchieri
**"Il metamorfosi musicale", a madrigal comedy
**"Virtuoso ridotto", a madrigal comedy
*Giulio Caccini - "Le nuove musiche" ["Le nuove musiche was published in 1601 per theJulian calendar . Some sources list 1602 as the publication date.] (The New Music), published inFlorence
*Hans Leo Hassler
**"Lustgarten neuer teutscher Gesäng", published inNuremberg
**"Sacri concentus", book 1, published inAugsburg
*Robert Jones - "The Second Booke of Ayres"
*Luzzasco Luzzaschi - "Madrigali ... per cantare, et sonare a 1, 2, e 3 soprani", published in Rome, featuring works written before 1597 for the "Concerto delle donne "
*Philippe de Monte - last of thirty-four books of madrigals
*Thomas Morley - "Madrigales The Triumphes of Oriana, to 5. and 6. voices: composed by divers severall aucthors"Theory
* "none listed"
Classical music
*"Ballet du Roy Henry IV"
Opera
*"none listed"
Births
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Jacques Champion de Chambonnières , French harpsichordist and composer (died1672 )Deaths
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January 4 -Laura Peverara , singer (born c1550 )
*May 19 -Costanzo Porta , composer (born c1528 )
*"date unknown"
**Scipione Ammirato (born 1537)
**Girolamo Dalla Casa , composerNotes
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