The year 1605 in music involved some significant events. Publications Gregor Aichinger – Psalm 50 Miserere mei for eight, nine, ten, eleven, and twelve voices (Munich: Nikolaus Heinrich) Giammateo Asola – Madrigals for six voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Ippolito Baccusi – : second book of madrigals for three voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), contains settings of text from Petrarch's Ludovico Balbi – Masses and motets for eight voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano), published posthumously, also includes a Te Deum Adriano Banchieri , second book of madrigals for five voices, Op. 12 (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) , Op. 13 (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), a collection of organ music and instructions for playing organ during mass Giulio Belli – for eight voices (two choirs with continuo) (Venice: Angelo Gardano) William Byrd – , book one, for three, four, and five voices (London: Thomas East) Sethus Calvisius – for four voices (Leipzig), a setting of the Becker Psalter Antonio Cifra – First book of madrigals for five voices (Rome: Luigi Zannetti) Giovanni Croce – Magnificats for eight voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Giacomo Finetti – for five voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), music for Compline Melchior Franck – (German Secular Songs and Dances), Part 2, for four voices (Coburg) Andrea Gabrieli (Venice: Angelo Gardano), fifth book of his organ music, published posthumously (Venice: Angelo Gardano), sixth and final book of his organ music, published posthumously Marco da Gagliano – Third book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Bartholomäus Gesius – (Christian House and Table Music) for four voices (Wittenberg: Lorenz Seuberlich for Paul Helwig) Ruggiero Giovannelli – First book of madrigals for three voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Tobias Hume – The first part of ayres (London: John Windet), a collection of songs accompanied by one or two viols Johannes Lippius – (Strasburg) Duarte Lobo – Magnificat for four voices (Antwerp: Plantin) Claudio Merulo – Third book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano), published posthumously Simone Molinaro First book of Magnificats for four voices (Milan: Simon Tini & Filippo Lomazzo) for two and four voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Claudio Monteverdi – (Fifth book of madrigals for five voices) (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Benedetto Pallavicino – (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Francis Pilkington – The first booke of songs or ayres of 4. parts (London: Thomas Este) Costanzo Porta for eight voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano), a collection of vespers psalms for every solemnity along with four Magnificats Motets for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Michael Praetorius – , Part 1 Enrico Antonio Radesca – First book of canzonettas, madrigals and arie alla romana for two voices (Milan: Simon Tini & Filippo Lomazzo) Tomás Luis de Victoria – Births March – Antonio Bertali, Italian composer (died 1669) April – Giacomo Carissimi, composer (died 1674) April 19 – Orazio Benevoli, composer (died 1672) July 9 – Simon Dach, hymn-writer (died 1659) September 17 – Francesco Sacrati, early opera composer (died 1650) date unknown – Constantia Zierenberg, singer and musician (died 1653) probable Johann Vierdanck, violinist, cornettist, and composer (died 1646) Julius Johann Weiland, composer (died 1663)
Deaths February 19 – Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (born 1550) September 24 – Manuel Mendes, composer and music teacher (born c. 1547) date unknown – Pedro Bermúdez, composer and chapel-master (born 1558)
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