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The year 1623 in music involved some significant events.
Events
Drum cymbals are first made commercially by the predecessor of the Avedis Zildjian Company at Constantinople in Ottoman Turkey. Zildjian /ˈzɪldʒiən/ cymbals were created in 1618 by Avedis Zildjian, an alchemist who was looking for a way to turn base metal into gold; he created an alloy combining tin, copper, and silver into a sheet of metal that could make musical sounds without shattering. Avedis was given the name of Zildjian (Zilciyân) by the Sultan Osman II[3] (from the Turkish word zil cymbal, dji maker/seller, -ian a common suffix used in Armenian last names) and begins an industry in this year, the details of whose main product remain secret for generations as it becomes family tradition that only the company's heirs would know the manufacturing process. The company will still be operating, from Massachusetts, in the 21st century.
Publications
Antonio Cifra – Sixth book of madrigals for five voices with basso continuo (Rome: Luca Antonio Soldi)
Ignazio Donati – Salmi boscarecci (Pastoral psalms) for six voices plus a six-voice ripieno (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti), also includes a mass
Gemmulæ Evangeliorum Musicae for four voices (Coburg: Andreas Forckel), settings of gospel texts for the whole year
Neues liebliches Musicalisches Lustgärtlein for five, six, and eight voices or instruments (Coburg: Andreas Forckel for Salomon Gruner), a collection of secular songs
Viertzig Neue Deutzsche lustige Musicalische Täntze for four, five, and six voices or instruments (Coburg: Salomon Gruner), a collection of songs and dances
Newes fröliches Hochzeitgesang Auß dem 4. Capitel deß Hohenlieds Salomonis for five voices (Coburg: Kaspar Bertsch), a wedding motet
Newes Fröliches Hochzeitgesang Auß dem Ersten Capittel deß Hohenlieds Salomonis for six voices (Coburg: Andreas Forckel), a wedding motet
Neues Christliches Grabgesänglein (Hilff Helffer hilff) for four voices (Coburg: Kaspar Bertsch), a funeral motet
Orlando Gibbons – The Hymns and Songs of the Church (London: George Wither)
Sigismondo d'India – Fifth book of le musiche for solo voice and accompaniment (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti)
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