1650 in music
The year 1650 in music involved some significant events.
Publications
- Alberich Mazak – Cultus harmonicus, volume two, a collection of his complete works, published in Vienna
- Claudio Monteverdi – Messa a quattro voci, et Salmi a Una, Due, Tre, Quattro, Cinque, Sei, Sette, & Otto Voci Concertati, published posthumously
Classical music
- Melchior Franck – Der 133. Psalm Davids for five voices, published posthumously
- Samuel Scheidt – Tabulatur-Buch
- Heinrich Schütz – Symphoniae sacrae, part 3
- probable
- *Giovanni Battista Abatessa – Ghirlanda di varii fiori, a collection of guitar music, published in Milan
- *Giovanni Battista Granata – Nuove suonate di chitarriglia spagnuola piccicate, e battute..., a collection of guitar music, published in Bologna
Opera
Births
- date unknown
- *Joachim Neander, hymn-writer
- *André Raison, organist and composer
- probable
- *Cataldo Amodei, Italian composer
- *Papanasa Mudaliar, Carnatic music composer
- *Giovanni Battista Rogeri, luthier
- *Robert de Visée, luthenist, guitarist and viol player
Deaths
- May 20 – Francesco Sacrati, composer
- November 24 – Manuel Cardoso, organist and composer
- date unknown – Martin Peerson, English composer, organist and virginalist