1650 in music

The year 1650 in music involved some significant events.

Publications

• Alberich Mazak – , volume two, a collection of his complete works, published in Vienna
• Claudio Monteverdi – (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 – (Garland of Various Flowers), a collection of guitar music, published in Milan
• Giovanni Battista Granata – , a collection of guitar music, published in Bologna

Opera

• Francesco Cavalli –

Births

• date unknown
• Joachim Neander, hymn-writer (d. 1680)
• André Raison, organist and composer (d. 1719)
• probable
• Cataldo Amodei, Italian composer (d. c. 1695)
• Papanasa Mudaliar, Carnatic music composer (d. 1725)
• Giovanni Battista Rogeri, luthier
• Robert de Visée, luthenist, guitarist and viol player (d. 1725)

Deaths

• May 20 – Francesco Sacrati, composer (b. 1605)
• November 24 – Manuel Cardoso, organist and composer (b. 1566)
• date unknown – Martin Peerson (born ca. 1571 – ca. 1573; died 1650 or 1651), English composer, organist and virginalist

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