The year 1628 in music involved some significant events.
Events July 10 – Heinrich Schütz seeks a travel warrant from Johann Georg, Elector of Saxony, to return to Venice to visit Monteverdi and Alessandro Grandi. November 22 – Girolamo Frescobaldi is given permission by St Peter's Basilica to leave Rome.
Published popular music Carlo Farina
Melchior Franck for four, five, six, seven, and eight voices with basso continuo (Coburg: Johann Forckel for Friedrich Gruner) for four, five, and six voices (Coburg: Johann Forckel), a collection of motets for three choirs (Coburg: Kaspar Bertsch), two wedding motets for four and seven voices (Coburg: Johann Forckel), two motets Vinko Jelić for one, two, three, and four voices with organ bass, Op. 2 (Strasbourg: Paul Lederz) for four voices with organ bass, Op. 3 (Strasbourg: Paul Lederz) Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger – , vol. 1 (Rome: Paolo Masotti) Carlo Milanuzzi – Sixth book of for solo voice with accompaniment, Op. 15 (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti) Peter Philips – for one, two, and three voices with organ bass (Antwerp: Pierre Phalèse)
Opera Francesca Caccini – Marco da Gagliano – , performed at the Teatro Mediceo on October 14 to celebrate the wedding of Odoardo Farnese and Margherita de Medici Nicholas Lanier – A musical setting (recitativo) of Christopher Marlowe's Hero and Leander Claudio Monteverdi –
Births January 1 – Christoph Bernhard, German composer (died 1692) date unknown – Robert Cambert, French composer of opera (died 1677)
Deaths January 21 – Gregor Aichinger, composer (born c.1565) March – Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger, viol player and composer (born c.1575) March 12 or 13 – John Bull (composer), composer and organist (born c1562) November 16 – Paolo Quagliati, composer (born c. 1555) date unknown – Aziz Mahmud Hudayi, Sufi saint, poet, author and composer (born 1541)
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