1621 in music


The year 1621 in music involved some significant events.

Events

Publications

  • Gregor Aichinger – Corolla eucharistica, ex variis flosculis et gemmulis pretiosis musicarum sacrarum
  • Gregorio Allegri – Motets for two, three, four, five, and six voices
  • Giovanni Francesco Anerio – I lieti scherzi, a collection of arias, villanellas, and madrigals
  • William Brade – Newe lustige Volten, Couranten, Balletten, Padoanen, Galliarden, Masqueraden, auch allerley arth Newer Frantzösischer Täntze for five instruments, a collection of dance music
  • Antonio Cifra
  • *Second book of masses
  • *Second book Psalmorum, sacrorumque concentuum for eight voices
  • *Fifth book of madrigals for five voices
  • Christoph Demantius
  • *Psalm 127 for eight voices, an epithalamium for the wedding of Georg von Walwitz and Catharina-Sophia von Löwen on June 26
  • *Encomium Amoris, Ehrenpreyß der Liebe for eight voices, an epithalamium for the wedding of David Fritsche and Sabina Lincken on September 18
  • *Ehrenpreyß eines tugendsamen Weibes, an epithalamium for the wedding of Caspar Engels and Maria Schneider
  • *Hochzeit Gesang for six voices, an epithalamium for the wedding of Joachim Ludwig von Penzelin and Maria Schmieden
  • Giacomo Finetti – Concerti ecclesiastici for two, three, and four voices with organ bass
  • Melchior Franck
  • *Neues Teutsches Musicalisches Fröliches Convivium for four, five, and six voices or instruments, a collection of secular partsongs
  • *Herzlich lieb hab' ich dich o Herr for eight voices, a funeral motet
  • Sigismondo d'India
  • *Le musiche e balli for four voices and basso continuo, a collection of balletti
  • *Fourth book of le musiche for one and two voices with accompaniment
  • Duarte Lobo – Book of Masses for four, five, six, and eight voices
  • Isaac Posch – Musikalische Tafelfreudt for four and five voices, a collection of dance music
  • Thomas Ravenscroft – ''The Whole Booke of Psalmes''

Opera

  • Pietro Pace – ''L'Ilarcosmo''

Births

Deaths