1605 in music

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The year 1605 in music involved some significant events.

Events

William Byrd – Gradualia, book one
Claudio Monteverdi – Italian: Il quinto libro de madrigali a cinque voci di Claudio Monteverdi Maestro della Musica del Serenissimo Sig.r Duca di Mantoa, col basso continuo per il Clavicembano, Chittarone, od altro simile istromento; fatto particolarmente per li sei ultimi, per li altri a beneplacito (fifth book of madrigals a5), published in Venice
Michael Praetorius – Musae Sionae, Part 1
Tomás Luis de Victoria – Officium Defunctorum, sex vocibus, in obitu et obsequiis sacrae imperatricis

March – Antonio Bertali, Italian composer (died 1669)
April – Giacomo Carissimi, composer (died 1674)
April 19 – Orazio Benevoli, composer (died 1672)
July 9 – Simon Dach, hymn-writer (died 1659)
September 17 - Francesco Sacrati, early opera composer (died 1650)
date unknown - Constantia Zierenberg, singer and musician (died 1653)
probable
- Johann Vierdanck, violinist, cornettist, and composer (died 1646)
- Julius Johann Weiland, composer (died 1663)