1596. With other artists, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, William Byrd and John Dowland influenced their time (renaissance era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1596 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists 14 of these moments for 1596.
1596, those moments that counted
Birth of Heinrich ScheidemannThat year: 1596, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1663).
Birth of Giovanni RovettaThat year: 1596, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1668).
Birth of Gabriel VoigtländerThat year: 1596, Classical music, composer (dead in 1643).
Birth of Antonio OrlandiniThat year: 1596, Classical music, composer .
Birth of Tullio CimaThat year: 1596, Classical music, composer (dead in 1675).
Death of Girolamo VespaThat year: 1596, Classical music, composer (born in 1540).
Death of Silvio MarazziThat year: 1596, Classical music, composer (born in 1577).
1596-02-29 - Death of Philippe RogierThat year: 1596, Classical music, Franco-Flemish composer (born in 1561).
1596-05-05 - Death of Paolo IsnardiThat year: 1596, Classical music, Italian composer, choirmaster (born in 1536).
1596-05-06 - Death of Giaches de WertThat year: 1596, Classical music, Franco-Flemish composer (born in 1535).
1596-09-04 - Birth of Constantijn HuygensThat year: 1596, Classical music, Dutch writer, poet and composer (1596-1687) (dead in 1687).
1596-12-09 - Death of Mathias GastritzThat year: 1596, Classical music, German composer (born in 1535).
1596-12-24 - Death of Andrea FelicianiThat year: 1596, Classical music, composer .
1596-12-27 - Death of Pietro PontioThat year: 1596, Classical music, composer (born in 1532).