1603 in music
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Events
- Orlando GibbonsOrlando GibbonsOrlando Gibbons was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods...
becomes a member of the Chapel RoyalChapel RoyalA Chapel Royal is a body of priests and singers who serve the spiritual needs of their sovereign wherever they are called upon to do so.-Austria:...
. - Giovanni ArtusiGiovanni ArtusiGiovanni Maria Artusi was an Italian theorist, composer, and writer.Artusi was one of the most famous reactionaries in musical history, fiercely condemning the new style developing around 1600, the innovations of which defined the early Baroque era...
attacks the "crudities" and "licence" in the works of Claudio MonteverdiClaudio MonteverdiClaudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition – the...
. - Sebastian Aguilera de HerediaSebastian Aguilera de HerediaSebastian Aguilera de Heredia was a Spanish monk, musician and composer.He was first the organist at the cathedral in Huesca from 1585 to 1603, and then moved to a more prestigious position as maestro de música at La Seo Cathedral in Saragossa. He published a collection of works in 1618, and...
leaves his post as organist of HuescaHuescaHuesca is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and the comarca of Hoya de Huesca....
Cathedral to become maestro de música at La Seo CathedralLa Seo CathedralThe Cathedral of the Savior is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Zaragoza, Spain. It is part of the World Heritage Site Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon....
in Saragossa.
Publications
- Ascanio MayoneAscanio MayoneAscanio Mayone was an Neapolitan composer and harpist. He trained as a pupil of Giovanni de Macque in Naples, and worked at Santissima Annunziata there as organist from 1593 and maestro di cappella from 1621; he was also organist at the royal chapel from 1602...
– Il Primo libro di diversi capricci per sonare, keyboard music - Claudio MonteverdiClaudio MonteverdiClaudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition – the...
– Il quatro libro de madrigali a cinque voci di Claudio Monteverdi Maestro della Musica del Ser.mo Sig.r Duca di Mantova (fourth book of madrigalsMadrigal (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 to six....
a5), published in VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
Classical music
- Carlo GesualdoCarlo GesualdoCarlo Gesualdo, known as Gesualdo di Venosa or Gesualdo da Venosa , Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, was an Italian nobleman, lutenist, composer, and murderer....
– Sacrarum cantionum liber primus - Tomás Luis de VictoriaTomás Luis de VictoriaTomás Luis de Victoria, sometimes Italianised as da Vittoria , was the most famous composer of the 16th century in Spain, and one of the most important composers of the Counter-Reformation, along with Giovanni da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso. Victoria was not only a composer, but also an...
– Officium Defunctorum
Births
- March 18 – King John IV of PortugalJohn IV of Portugal|-|John IV was the King of Portugal and the Algarves from 1640 to his death. He was the grandson of Catherine, Duchess of Braganza, who had in 1580 claimed the Portuguese crown and sparked the struggle for the throne of Portugal. John was nicknamed John the Restorer...
, composer, patron of music and the arts, and writer on music (died 1656) - November – Francesco FoggiaFrancesco FoggiaFrancesco Foggia was an Italian composer of the Baroque.-Biography:Foggia was a boy soprano at the Collegium Germanicum of the Jesuits in Rome, and was a student of Antonio Cifra, and Paolo Agostini. Perhaps his family was in contact with Giovanni Bernardino Nanino, 'mastro di capella' at San...
, composer (died 1688) - date unknown
- Denis GaultierDenis GaultierDenis Gaultier was a French lutenist and composer. He was a cousin of Ennemond Gaultier.-Life:...
, French lutenist and composer (died 1672) - William SmithWilliam Smith (composer)William Smith was an English composer from the city of Durham. He is chiefly known for his set of choral responses for the Anglican liturgy of Evening Prayer....
, liturgical composer (died 1645)
- Denis Gaultier
- probable – Benedetto FerrariBenedetto FerrariBenedetto Ferrari was an Italian composer, particularly of opera, librettist and theorbo player.Ferrari was born in Reggio nell'Emilia. He worked in Rome , Parma , and possibly in Modena at some time between 1623 and 1637. He created music and libretti in Venice and Bologna, 1637-44...
, composer and theorbo player (died 1681)
Deaths
- June – Baldassare DonatoBaldassare DonatoBaldassare Donato was an Italian composer and singer of the Venetian school of the late Renaissance. He was maestro di cappella of the prestigious St...
, composer and singer (b. 1525-1530) - July 4 – Philippe de MontePhilippe de MontePhilippe de Monte , sometimes known as Philippus de Monte, was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was a member of the 3rd generation madrigalists and wrote more madrigals than any other composer of the time...
, Flemish composer (b. 1521) - August 2 – Rinaldo dall'ArpaRinaldo dall'ArpaRinaldo dall'Arpa was an Italian composer, singer, and harpist. He was a valued member of Carlo Gesualdo's retinue, and accompanied him to Ferrara on the occasion of Gesualdo's marriage in 1594. He may have remained in Ferrara as a member of the Este court until its dissolution in 1598...
, composer, singer and harpist - August 16 – Cardinal Silvio Antoniani, amateur musician (b. 1540)
- date unknown
- Ambrosio CotesAmbrosio CotesAmbrosio Cotes was a Spanish renaissance composer.Cotes was born in Villena, Alicante around 1550 of noble birth. He studied theology with the Theatines of Yecla. In 1573 he was maestro de capilla at the church of St. James Church in his hometown...
, Spanish composer (b. c.1550) - Stefano FelisStefano FelisStefano Felis, Latinized form of his last name 'Gatto', in English: 'cat' , was a Neapolitan Italian composer of the Renaissance, and the collaborator and probable teacher of composer Pomponio Nenna...
, Neapolitan composer and music teacher (b. c.1538)
- Ambrosio Cotes