1604 in music
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The year 1604 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- Robert Johnson becomes a royal lutenist in King James I of England's "Private Musick".
Publications
- Thomas Bateson – The first set of English Madrigales: to 3. 4. 5. and 6. voices
- John Dowland – Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares figured in seaven passionate pavans, with divers other pavans, galliards and allemands, set forth for the lute, viols or violins, in five parts
- Thomas Greaves – Songs of Sundrie kinds ... Madrigalles, for five voyces
- Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger – Libro primo d'intavolatura di chitarrone
Classical music
Births
- July 8 – Heinrich Albert, German composer and poet (died 1651)
- November 26 – Johannes Bach, member of the Bach musical dynasty (died 1673)
- date unknown – Francesco Foggia, composer (died 1688)
Deaths
- January 17 - Santino Garsi da Parma, lutenist and composer (born 1542)
- February – Emmanuel Adriaenssen, Dutch lutenist and music theorist (born c. 1554)
- May 4 – Claudio Merulo, Italian organist and composer (born 1533)
- August 30 – Giovenale Ancina, Italian priest, scholar and composer (born 1545)
- date unknown
- Ludovico Balbi, Venetian singer and composer
- Sebastian Raval, Spanish composer (born c. 1550)
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