1627 in music

The year 1627 in music involved some significant events.

Classical music

• Giovanni Battista Abatessa – Corona di vaghi fiori..., a collection of songs with alfabeto notation, for the guitar, published in Venice
• Carlo Farina
  • Ander Theil newer Paduanen, Gagliarden, Couranten, französischen Arien
  • Il terzo libro delle pavane, gagliarde, brand: mascherata, arie franzese, volte, corrente, sinfonie
• Girolamo Frescobaldi – Il secondo libro di toccate
• Johann Ulrich Steigleder – Tabulaturbuch, 40 variations on Vater unser

Opera

• Heinrich Schütz – Dafne

Births

• April 9 – Johann Caspar Kerll, organist and composer (died 1693)

Deaths

• March 23 – Lodovico Zacconi, composer (born 1555)
• May 2 – Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer and monk (born c.1560)
• August 21 – Jacques Mauduit, composer (born 1557)
• November 30 – Pedro Ruimonte, musician and composer (born 1565)
• December – Thomas Lupo the elder, viol player and composer (born 1571)
• date unknown
  • Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, poet and composer (born 1556)
  • Leone Leoni, composer (born c.1560)

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