1612 in music

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The year 1612 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• July - Claudio Monteverdi is dismissed from his post at the court of Mantua by the new duke Francesco IV Gonzaga.
• October 28 - John Dowland is appointed to a special post at the court of King James I of England.
• December - The death of Francesco Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, fails to bring a recall to court for Claudio Monteverdi.

Publications

• Orlando Gibbons, The First Set Of Madrigals and Motetts of 5. Parts: apt for Viols and Voyces.
• Hans Leo Hassler, Sacri concentus Book 2, published in Augsburg.

Classical music

• Peter Philips, Cantiones Sacrae Quinis Vocibus.
• Michael Praetorius, Terpsichore, a set of Renaissance dances.

Opera

• none recorded

Births

• date unknown
  • Wolfgang Ebner, organist and court composer (died 1665)
  • John Hingston, organist, viol player and composer (died 1683)
  • Vincenzo Tozzi, opera composer (died c. 1679)

Deaths

• June 8 - Hans Leo Hassler, German composer (born 1564)
• August 12 - Giovanni Gabrieli, composer and organist (born c.1555)
• September - Giovanni de' Bardi, writer and composer (born 1534)
• September 24 - Johannes Lippius, theologian, philosopher, composer, and music theorist (born 1585)
• date unknown
  • Ercole Bottrigari, writer and composer (born 1531)
  • Tomasz Szadek, Polish composer and singer (born 1550)