1611 in music
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The year 1611 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- January 1 -Oberon, the Faery Prince, a masque written by Ben Jonson and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace; it features music by Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger and Robert Johnson.
- February 3 – Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly, another Jonson/Jones masque, is performed at Whitehall, with music by Ferrabosco.
Publications
- Robert Ballard – a collection of arrangements for the lute.
- William Byrd – Psalms, Songs, and Sonnets
- Carlo Gesualdo – Sixth book of madrigals a 5
- Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger – Libro primo d'intavolatura di lauto
- Parthenia, a collection of keyboard music by John Bull, William Byrd, and Orlando Gibbons
Popular music
- Thomas Ravenscroft – Melismata
Classical music
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Opera
- Giulio Cesare Monteverdi – Il rapimento di Proserpina [1]
Births
- June 22 - Pablo Bruna, blind organist and composer (died 1679)[2]
- December – Leonora Baroni, singer, instrumentalist and composer (died 1670)
- date unknown - Thomas Brewer, composer who introduced the "glee"
Deaths
- July – Simon Lohet, organist and composer (born c. 1550)
- August 20 – Tomás Luis de Victoria, composer (born c. 1548)
- date unknown
- Livia d'Arco, singer (born c. 1565)
- Pierre-Francisque Caroubel, violinist and composer (born 1556)
- Johannes Eccard, composer and conductor (born 1553)
- Gioseffo Guami, organist, singer and composer (born c. 1540)
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Almonte Howell; Louis Jambou (2001). "Pablo Bruna". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.
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