1601. With other artists, William Byrd, Carlo Gesualdo and Jacopo Peri influenced their time (renaissance era / baroque 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 1601 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists 12 of these moments for 1601.
1601, from day to day
May
26
Death of Costanzo PortaThat year: 1601, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1529)
August
Death of Girolamo Dalla CasaThat year: 1601, Classical music, Venetian composer .
November
26
Death of Benedetto PallavicinoThat year: 1601, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1551)
This was also in 1601
Birth of Bartłomiej PękielThat year: 1601, Classical music, Polish composer (dead in 1670). Death of Leonhart SchröterThat year: 1601, Classical music, German librarian (born in 1532). Death of John FarmerThat year: 1601, Classical music, Composer of the English Madrigal School (born in 1570). Birth of Michelangelo RossiThat year: 1601, Classical music, Italian violinist, keyboardist, and composer (dead in 1656). Death of Edward JohnsonThat year: 1601, Classical music, English composer (born in 1572). Birth of Giovanni Battista FerriniThat year: 1601, Classical music, composer (dead in 1674). Birth of Jean-Baptiste GeoffroyThat year: 1601, Classical music, French composer (dead in 1675). Birth of Delphin StrungkThat year: 1601, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1694). Birth of José XiménezThat year: 1601, Classical music, Spanish composer and organist from baroque period (baptized 25 December 1601; died 9 August 1672) (dead in 1672).