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
- Gregor Aichinger – Lacrimae D. Virginis et Ioannis in Christum à cruce depositum... (Augsburg: Johannes Praetorius)
- Adriano Banchieri – Script error: No such module "Lang"., first book of madrigals for five voices (Milan: Simon Tini & Filippo Lomazzo)
- Thomas Bateson – The first set of English Madrigales: to 3. 4. 5. and 6. voices
- Lodovico Bellanda – Script error: No such module "Lang". for three, four, and five voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino)
- Joachim a Burck – Script error: No such module "Lang". (A beautiful sacred song, taken from the 19th chapter of the book of Job, of the resurrection of Jesus Christ) for four voices (Erfurt: Johann Beck)
- Christoph Demantius – Script error: No such module "Lang". for six voices (Dresden: Johann Bergen), an epithalamium
- 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 (London: John Windet)
- Johannes Eccard – Script error: No such module "Lang". for five voices (Königsberg: Georg Neykken), an epithalamium
- Christian Erbach
- Script error: No such module "Lang". for four, five, six, seven, eight, and more voices (Augsburg: Johann Praetorius)
- Script error: No such module "Lang"., part 1, for five voices (Dillingen: Adam Meltzer), a collection of introits, alleluias and post-communion songs for holy days from Pentecost to Christmas
- Alfonso Fontanelli – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano), published anonymously
- Melchior Franck
- Second book of Script error: No such module "Lang". for four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve voices (Nuremberg: Konrad Baur)
- Third book of Script error: No such module "Lang". for three and four voices (Coburg: Justus Hauck)
- Script error: No such module "Lang". (German Secular Songs and Dances) for four, five, six, and eight voices (Coburg: Justus Hauck)
- Marco da Gagliano – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
- Ruggiero Giovannelli – Second book of motets for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
- Thomas Greaves – Songs of Sundrie kinds ... Madrigalles, for five voyces
- Cesario Gussago – First book of Script error: No such module "Lang". for eight voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino)
- Konrad Hagius – Script error: No such module "Lang". for three voices or instruments (Frankfurt: Wolfgang Richter for Johann Spiess)
- Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger – Script error: No such module "Lang". (Venice)
- Carolus Luython – Lamentations for six voices (Prague: Georg Nigrinus)
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi – Seventh book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti)
- Tiburtio Massaino
- First book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
- Second book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti)
- Ascanio Mayone – First book of madrigals for five voices (Naples: Giovanni Battista Sottile)
- Claudio Merulo
- Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
- Second book of Script error: No such module "Lang". (Rome: Simone Verovio)
- Simone Molinaro – First book of motets for five voices (Milan: Agostino Tradate)
- Annibale Padovano – Script error: No such module "Lang". (Venice: Angelo Gardano), published posthumously
- Benedetto Pallavicino – Seventh book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), published posthumously
- Enrico Antonio Radesca - First book of masses for four voices (Milan: Simon Tini & Filippo Lomazzo)
- Orfeo Vecchi – Script error: No such module "Lang". (A collection of madrigals) for five voices (Milan: heirs of Simon Tini & Francesco Lomazzo), a collection of sacred contrafacts of madrigals by other composers, published posthumously
Classical music
Opera
Births
- July 8 – Heinrich Albert, German composer and poet (died 1651)
- November 15 – Davis Mell, English violinist (died 1662)
- 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)