The year 1650 in music involved some significant events.

Events

Publications

* Alberich Mazak – , volume two, a collection of his complete works, published in Vienna *

Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered ...

– (Mass for four voices, and Psalms arranged for one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight voices) (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti), published posthumously

Classical music

* Melchior Franck – for five voices (Coburg: Johann Eyrich), published posthumously * Samuel Scheidt – * Heinrich Schütz – , part 3 *''probable'' **

Giovanni Battista Abatessa Giovanni Battista Abatessa (? – after 1651) was an Italian composer and Baroque guitarist, likely born in Bitonto (near Bari) in the Kingdom of Naples. His compositional output consists of four books of pieces for five-course Baroque guitar. Wh ...

– (Garland of Various Flowers), a collection of guitar music, published in Milan **

Giovanni Battista Granata Giovanni Battista Granata (1620/16211687) was an Italian Baroque guitar player and composer. He is generally known as the most prolific guitarist of the 17th century, publishing seven books during his lifetime. Along with many pieces in the stand ...

– , a collection of guitar music, published in Bologna

Opera

Francesco Cavalli Francesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque music, Baroque period. He succeeded his teacher Claudio Monteverd ...

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Births

*''date unknown'' **

Joachim Neander Joachim Neander (165031 May 1680) was a German Reformed (Calvinist) Church teacher, theologian and hymnwriter whose most famous hymn, '' Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of Creation'' (german: Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König d ...

, hymn-writer (d. 1680) **

André Raison André Raison (c. 1640 – 1719) was a French Baroque composer and organist. During his lifetime he was one of the most famous French organists and an important influence on French organ music. He published two collections of organ works, in 16 ...

, organist and composer (d. 1719) *''probable'' **

Cataldo Amodei Cataldo Vito Amodei (6 May 1649 13 July 1693) was an Italian composer of the mid-Baroque (music), Baroque period who spent his career in Naples. His cantatas were important predecessors to the active cantata production of 18th-century Naples, a ...

, Italian composer (d. c. 1695) **

Papanasa Mudaliar Papanasa Mudaliyar (1650–1725) was an early Carnatic music composer who lived in Tamil Nadu, India. Among his compositions ''mukattai kAttiya'' in Bhairavi ragam and ''nadamAdittirintha'' in Kambhoji ragam are well known. The latter composition i ...

, Carnatic music composer (d. 1725) **

Giovanni Battista Rogeri Giovanni Battista Rogeri (ca. 1642 – ca. 1710) was an Italian luthier, who for much of his mature life worked in Brescia. Together with Gasparo da Salò and Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Rogeri was one of the major makers of the Brescian school. The ...

, luthier ** Robert de Visée, luthenist, guitarist and viol player (d. 1725)

Deaths

* May 20 –

Francesco Sacrati Francesco Sacrati (17 September 1605 in Parma, Italy – 20 May 1650 in Modena, Italy) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era, who played an important role in the early history of opera. He wrote for the Teatro Novissimo in Venice as wel ...

, composer (b. 1605) * November 24 – Manuel Cardoso, organist and composer (b. 1566) *''date unknown'' –

Martin Peerson Martin Peerson (or Pearson, Pierson, Peereson) (between 1571 and 1573 – December 1650 or January 1651 and buried 16 January 1651) was an English composer, organist and virginalist. Despite Roman Catholic leanings at a time when it was illegal n ...

(born ''ca.'' 1571 – ''ca.'' 1573; died 1650 or 1651), English composer, organist and

virginalist The virginals (or virginal) is a keyboard instrument of the harpsichord family. It was popular in Europe during the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. Description A virginal is a smaller and simpler rectangular or polygonal form of ha ...

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