1607. With other artists, Jacopo Peri, Michael Praetorius and John Dowland influenced their time (renaissance era / baroque era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear. That year, new works would be composed, published or performed for the first time in public, such as “L'Orfeo” de Claudio Monteverdi, for example.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1607 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists 13 of these moments for 1607.
1607, from day to day
February
24
Premiere of L'OrfeoThat year: 1607, Classical music (Opera), Claudio Monteverdi
March
08
Birth of Johann von RistThat year: 1607, Classical music, German poet and dramatist (dead in 1667)
11
Death of Giovanni Maria NaninoThat year: 1607, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1544)
May
08
Birth of Philipp Friedrich BöddeckerThat year: 1607, Classical music, German organist and composer (dead in 1683)
September
10
Death of Luzzasco LuzzaschiThat year: 1607, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1545)
November
06
Birth of Sigmund Theophil StadenThat year: 1607, Classical music, German composer (dead in 1655)
December
17
Death of Simone VerovioThat year: 1607, Classical music, Dutch artist (born in 1555)
This was also in 1607
Death of Domenico LauroThat year: 1607, Classical music, composer (born in 1540). Death of Diomedes CatoThat year: 1607, Classical music, Italian composer (born in 1560). Death of Giovan Domenico MontelaThat year: 1607, Classical music, composer (born in 1570). Death of Francesco BianciardiThat year: 1607, Classical music, Italian organist and composer (born in 1570).
Works (composition or publishing)
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William Byrd (age 64) - Gradualia II: seu cantionum sacrarum, liber secundus (Work for choir)
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Claudio Monteverdi (age 40) - Scherzi musicali a tre voci (Work for choir)
