1624 in music
The year 1624 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- Antonio Bertali is employed as court musician in Vienna by Emperor Ferdinand II.
Publications
- Juan Arañés – Libro Segundo de tonos y villancicos
- Thomas Elsbeth – Ein Hochzeitlicher Gesang for five voices, a wedding song
- Melchior Franck
- *Neues Christliches Grabgesang for four voices, a funeral motet
- *Neues Hochzeit Gesang auß dem 37. Psalm v. 4.5 for five voices, a wedding motet for Johann Forckel, his printer
- *Neues Christliches Epithalamium, aus der Historia Isaacs und Rebeccae for twelve voices in two choirs, a wedding motet
- Girolamo Frescobaldi – Il primo libro di capricci
- Sigismondo d'India
- *Seventh book of madrigals for five voices
- *Eighth book of madrigals for five voices and basso continuo
- Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger – Poematia et carmina, a collection of songs by Pope Urban VIII
- Francis Pilkington – The second set of madrigals, and pastorals, of 3. 4. 5. and 6. parts
- Samuel Scheidt – Tabulatura nova, three books of organ music
Classical music
- Claudio Monteverdi – Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda
- Johann Ulrich Steigleder – ''Ricercar Tabulatura''
Births
- Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli
- date unknown
- *Francesco Provenzale, composer
- *François Roberday, organist and composer
Deaths
- February 4 – Vicente Espinel, writer and guitarist
- October – Marcantonio Negri, composer, singer and musical director
- November 14 – Costanzo Antegnati, Italian organ builder, organist and composer