1613 in music

Events

• February 15 – The Memorable Masque of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn, written by George Chapman and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace. The masque features music by Robert Johnson.
• February 20 – Francis Beaumont's The Masque of the Inner Temple and Gray's Inn is performed at Whitehall Palace. The work features music by John Coprario.
• December 26 – The Maske of Flowers by Thomas Campion and John Coprario is performed for the wedding of Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset and Frances Howard at Whitehall Palace.
• Monteverdi becomes maestro di cappella at St Mark's Basilica, Venice.
• date unknown – Michael Praetorius joins the court of John George I, Elector of Saxony.

Publications

• Agostino Agazzari – Dialogici concentus..., Op. 16
• Gregor Aichinger – Zwey Klaglieder vom Tod und letzten Gericht
• Giovanni Francesco Anerio
• *Third book of motets
• *Antiphons
• *First book of Sacri concentus
• Adriano Banchieri
• *Salmi festivi intieri, coristi, allegri, et moderni, Op. 33, a collection of psalms for four voices
• *Third book of nuovi pensieri ecclesiastici, Op. 35, a Vespers collection for one and two voices, harpsichord, theorbo, archlute, and organ
• *Duo in contrapunto sopra ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, utile a gli figliuoli, & principianti, che desiderano praticare le note cantabili, con le reali mutationi semplicemente, & con il maestro, a collection of musical exercises for aspiring singers
• *Duo spartiti al contrapunto in corrispondenza tra gli dodeci modi & otto toni..., a collection of musical exercises for instrumentalists
• *Canoni musicali for four voices
• Lodovico Bellanda – Sacre laudi for solo voice with organ, theorbo, or similar instrument
• Giulio Belli – Concerti ecclesiastici for two and three voices
• Severo Bonini – Lamento d'Arianna in stile recitativo
• Antonio Brunelli – Arie, scherzi, canzonette, madrigali for one, two, and three voices, Op. 9
• Giulio Caccini – Fuggilotio musicale, Op. 2, a collection of madrigals, sonnets, arias, canzonas, and scherzi for one and two voices with archlute, harpsichord or other instrument
• Manuel Cardoso – Cantica Beatae Mariae Virgins for four and five voices
• Antonio Cifra
• *First book of Li diversi scherzi for one, two, and three voices, Op. 12
• *Sixth book of motets for two, three, and four voices, Op. 13
• *Second book of Li diversi scherzi for one, two, and three voices, Op. 14
• *Litaniae Deiparae Virginis for eight and twelve voices, Op. 15
• John Coprario – Songs of Mourning: Bewailing the Untimely Death of Prince Henry for one voice with lute or viol, lyrics by Thomas Campion, commemorating the death of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, on the previous November 6
• Christoph Demantius – Fasciculus chorodiarum for five voices and instruments, a collection of German and Polish dances
• Giacomo Finetti
• *Third book of cantiones for two voices with organ bass
• *Fourth book of sacrae cantiones for three voices with organ bass, also includes litanies of the Blessed Virgin Mary for four voices without organ
• Melchior Franck
• *Viridarium musicum for five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten voices, a collection of motets
• *Concentus musicales for six and eight voices, a collection of wedding songs
• *Ferculum Quodlibeticum for four voices, a collection of quodlibets
• Pierre Guédron – Second book of airs de cours for four and five voices
• Luzzasco Luzzaschi – Seconda scelta delli madrigale a5, published posthumously
• Giovanni de Macque – Sixth book of madrigals for five voices
• Pomponio Nenna – First book of madrigals for four voices
• Pietro Pace
• *The first book of motets for 1. 2. 3. & 4. voices..., Op. 5
• *The first book of madrigals for solo voice...
• Serafino Patta – Second book of sacred songs
• Peter Philips
• *Cantiones sacrae, octonis vocibus
• *Gemmulae sacrae for two and three voices with organ bass
• Francis Pilkington – The first set of madrigals and pastorals of 3. 4. and 5. parts
• Salamone Rossi – a collection of sinfonie and gagliarde
• John Ward – ''The First Set of English Madrigals To 3. 4. 5. and 6. parts apt both for Viols and Voyces''

Classical music

• John Bull – God the father, God the son.
• Nicholas Lanier – ''Maske... at the Marriage of... The Earl of Somerset''

Opera

• Giordano Giacobbi – ''Proserpina rapita''

Births

• April 19 – Christoph Bach, court musician, grandfather of Johann Sebastian Bach
• August 20 – Sophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, poet and composer

Deaths

• July 10 – Giulio Cesare Martinengo, composer and teacher
• August 18 – Giovanni Artusi, music theorist and composer
• September 8 – Carlo Gesualdo, lutenist and composer
• ?October – Pomponio Nenna, composer of madrigals