1598. With other artists, Jacopo Peri, John Dowland and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck 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 1598 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists 10 of these moments for 1598.
1598, those moments that counted
Death of Adrian Le RoyThat year: 1598, Classical music, French composer and musician (born in 1520).
Birth of Giovanni Battista FasoloThat year: 1598, Classical music, Franciscan friar, organist and composer (dead in 1680).
Birth of Giovanni Battista AlaThat year: 1598, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1612).
Death of Rinaldo del MelThat year: 1598, Classical music, Franco-Flemish composer (born in 1554).
Birth of Johann DeckerThat year: 1598, Classical music, composer (dead in 1668).
Birth of Giobanni Antonio BertoliThat year: 1598, Classical music, composer (dead in 1645).
Birth of Pedro da EsperançaThat year: 1598, Classical music, composer (dead in 1660).
1598-04-05 - Birth of Larentius ErhardThat year: 1598, Classical music, composer (dead in 1669).
1598-04-09 - Birth of Johann CrügerThat year: 1598, Classical music, German hymnwriter (dead in 1662).
1598-12-01 - Death of Giovanni DragoniThat year: 1598, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1540).