1626 in music
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Events
- Tarquinio MerulaTarquinio MerulaTarquinio Merula was an Italian composer, organist, and violinist of the early Baroque era. Although mainly active in Cremona, stylistically he was a member of the Venetian school...
returns to Cremona. - Paolo AgostinoPaolo AgostinoPaolo Agostino was an Italian composer and organist of the early Baroque era. He was born perhaps at Vallerano, near Viterbo. He studied under Giovanni Bernardino Nanino, according to the dedication in the third and fourth books of his masses...
succeeds Vincenzo UgoliniVincenzo UgoliniVincenzo Ugolini was an Italian composer of the early Baroque eras and of the Roman School.-Life:Born in Perugia, he was first a puer chori at San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome under Giovanni Bernardino Nanino; then he was engaged as a contralto until July 1594 and as a bass from the beginning of...
as conductor of the pope's orchestra in St. Peter's Basilica.
Classical music
- Giovanni Battista BuonamenteGiovanni Battista BuonamenteGiovanni Battista Buonamente was an Italian composer and violinist in the early Baroque era. He served the Gonzagas in Mantua until c. 1622, and from c. 1626 to 1630 served the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor in Vienna. Notably, in 1627 he played for the coronation festivities...
– Il quarto libro de varie de sonate, sinfonie, gagliarde, corrente, e brandi per sonar con due violini & un basso di viola, 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... - Carlo FarinaCarlo FarinaCarlo Farina was an Italian composer, conductor and violinist of the Baroque era.-Life:Farina was born at Mantova. He presumably received his first lessons from his father, who was sonatore di viola at the court of the Gonzaga in Mantova. Later he got further education probably by Salomone Rossi...
– Libro delle pavane, gagliarde, brand: mascharata, aria franzesa, volte, balletti, sonate, canzone - Johannes Hieronymus KapsbergerJohannes Hieronymus KapsbergerJohann Hieronymus Kapsberger , was a German-Italian virtuoso performer and composer of the early Baroque period...
– Libro terzo d'intavolatura di chitarrone - Johann Hermann Schein – Opella nova (Little new works), volume 2, a collection of sacred concertos
Births
- August 12 (baptized) – Giovanni LegrenziGiovanni LegrenziGiovanni Legrenzi was an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era...
, Italian composer (died 1690) - date unknown
- Wolfgang Carl BriegelWolfgang Carl BriegelWolfgang Carl Briegel was a German organist and composer. As a boy he was a student in Nuremberg and sang in the Frauenkirche choir. He later studied at the University of Altdorf and became the organist at St Johannis church and a grammar school teacher in Schweinfurt...
, organist and composer (died 1712) - Marusia ChuraiMarusia ChuraiMaria or Marusia Churai was a semi-mythical Ukrainian Baroque composer, poet, and singer. She has become a recurrent motif in Ukrainian literature and the songs ascribed to her are widely performed in Ukraine....
, composer, poet and singer (died 1689)
- Wolfgang Carl Briegel
- probable – Louis CouperinLouis CouperinLouis Couperin was a French Baroque composer and performer. He was born in Chaumes-en-Brie and moved to Paris in 1650–51 with the help of Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. Couperin worked as organist of the Church of St. Gervais in Paris and as musician at the court...
, French harpsichordist and composer (died 1661)
Deaths
- February 20 – John DowlandJohn DowlandJohn Dowland was an English Renaissance composer, singer, and lutenist. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep" , "Come again", "Flow my tears", "I saw my Lady weepe" and "In darkness let me dwell", but his instrumental music has undergone a major revival, and has...
, composer and lutenist (born 1563) - May 17 – Joan Pau PujolJoan Pau PujolJoan Pau Pujol was a Catalan and Spanish composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque. While best known for his sacred music, he also wrote popular secular music.-Life:Pujol was born in Mataró...
, organist and composer (born 15701570 in music- Events :* Approximate beginning date of the late Italian madrigal style* Luzzasco Luzzaschi becomes master of Duke Alfonso of Ferrara's private musica da camera, which was soon to become one of the most distinguished in Europe...
) - June – Samuel RülingSamuel RülingSamuel Rüling was a German composer and poet in the early 17th century.- Before Kreuzkirche :Rüling was born around 1586 in Groitzsch, near Leipzig, as the son of Johann Rüling...
, poet and composer (born 1586) - November – Thomas WeelkesThomas WeelkesThomas Weelkes was an English composer and organist. He became organist of Winchester College in 1598, moving to Chichester Cathedral. His works are chiefly vocal, and include madrigals, anthems and services.-Life:Weelkes was baptised in the little village church of Elsted in Sussex on 25...
, English composer (born 1576) - date unknown
- John CooperJohn Cooper (composer)John Cooper , also known as Giovanni Coprario or Coperario, was an English composer, viol player and lutenist....
, English composer (born c.1570) - Giovanni PriuliGiovanni PriuliGiovanni Priuli was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. A late member of the Venetian School, and a contemporary of Claudio Monteverdi, he was a prominent musician in Venice in the first decade of the 17th century, departing after the death of his...
, organist and composer
- John Cooper
- probable – Francesco Rognoni TaeggioFrancesco Rognoni TaeggioFrancesco Rognoni [of] Taeggio was an Italian composer. He was the son of Riccardo Rognoni and brother of Giovanni Domenico Rognoni Taeggio, both prominent Italian composers and musicians...
, composer