1604 in music
The year 1604 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- Robert Johnson becomes a royal lutenist in King James I of England's "Private Musick".
Publications
- Gregor Aichinger – Lacrimae D. Virginis et Ioannis in Christum à cruce depositum...
- Adriano Banchieri – Il Zabaione musicale inventione boscareccia, first book of madrigals for five voices
- Thomas Bateson – The first set of English Madrigales: to 3. 4. 5. and 6. voices
- Lodovico Bellanda – Sacrae cantiones for three, four, and five voices
- Joachim a Burck – Ein schön geistlich Lied, genommen aus dem 19. Capitel des Buchs Jobs, von der Aufferstehung Jesu Christi for four voices
- Christoph Demantius – Nuptiis Dn. Iohannis Salvelderi cum matrona Anna Hornia for six voices, an epithalamium
- John Dowland – Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares figured in seaven passionate pavans, with divers other pavans, galliards and allemands, set forth for the lute, viols or violins, in five parts
- Johannes Eccard – Liedlein for five voices, an epithalamium
- Christian Erbach
- *Modorum sacrorum sive cantionum, liber secundus for four, five, six, seven, eight, and more voices
- *Modorum sacrorum tripertitorum, part 1, for five voices, a collection of introits, alleluias and post-communion songs for holy days from Pentecost to Christmas
- Alfonso Fontanelli – Second book of madrigals for five voices, published anonymously
- Melchior Franck
- *Second book of sacrae melodiae for four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve voices
- *Third book of sacrae melodiae for three and four voices
- *Deutsche Weltliche Gesäng und Täntze for four, five, six, and eight voices
- Marco da Gagliano – Second book of madrigals for five voices
- Ruggiero Giovannelli – Second book of motets for five voices
- Thomas Greaves – Songs of Sundrie kinds... Madrigalles, for five voyces
- Cesario Gussago – First book of sacrae cantiones for eight voices
- Konrad Hagius – Neue Deutsche Tricinien for three voices or instruments
- Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger – Libro primo d'intavolatura di chitarrone
- Carolus Luython – Lamentations for six voices
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi – Seventh book of madrigals for five voices
- Tiburtio Massaino
- *First book of madrigals for six voices
- *Second book of madrigals for six voices
- Ascanio Mayone – First book of madrigals for five voices
- Claudio Merulo
- *Second book of madrigals for five voices
- *Second book of Toccate d'Intavolatura d'Organo
- Simone Molinaro – First book of motets for five voices
- Annibale Padovano – Toccate et ricercari d'organo, published posthumously
- Benedetto Pallavicino – Seventh book of madrigals for five voices, published posthumously
- Enrico Antonio Radesca - First book of masses for four voices
- Orfeo Vecchi – Scielta de madrigali for five voices, a collection of sacred contrafacts of madrigals by other composers, published posthumously
Births
- July 8 – Heinrich Albert, German composer and poet
- November 15 – Davis Mell, English violinist
- November 26 – Johannes Bach, member of the Bach musical dynasty
- date unknown – Francesco Foggia, composer
Deaths
- January 17 – Santino Garsi da Parma, lutenist and composer
- February – Emmanuel Adriaenssen, Dutch lutenist and music theorist
- May 4 – Claudio Merulo, Italian organist and composer
- August 30 – Giovenale Ancina, Italian priest, scholar and composer
- date unknown
- *Ludovico Balbi, Venetian singer and composer
- *Sebastian Raval, Spanish composer