1611 in music
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The year 1611 in music involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- January 1 -Oberon, the Faery Prince, a masque written by Ben Jonson and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace; it features music by Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger and Robert Johnson.
- February 3 - Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly, another Jonson/Jones masque, is performed at Whitehall, with music by Ferrabosco.
[edit] Publications
- Robert Ballard - a collection of arrangements for the lute.
- William Byrd - Psalms, Songs, and Sonnets
- Carlo Gesualdo - Sixth book of madrigals a 5
- Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger - Libro primo d'intavolatura di lauto
- Parthenia, a collection of keyboard music by John Bull, William Byrd, and Orlando Gibbons
[edit] Popular music
- Thomas Ravenscroft - Melismata
[edit] Classical music
[edit] Opera
- Giulio Cesare Monteverdi - Il rapimento di Proserpina [1]
[edit] Births
- December - Leonora Baroni, singer, instrumentalist and composer (died 1670)
[edit] Deaths
- July - Simon Lohet, organist and composer (born c. 1550)
- August 20 - Tomás Luis de Victoria, composer (born 1548)
- date unknown
- Livia d'Arco, singer (born c. 1565)
- Pierre-Francisque Caroubel, violinist and composer
- Johannes Eccard, composer and conductor (born 1553)
- Gioseffo Guami, organist, singer and composer (born c. 1540)
