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The year 1618 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• Beginning of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), which will disrupt German musical establishments, and will affect the nature of the music composed by those who endured the widespread devastation, famine, and disease of this period.

Publications

• Michael East - The Fourth Set Of Bookes ... to 4. 5. and 6. Parts: Apt for Viols and Voyces
• Johann Hermann Schein - Opella nova (Little new works), volume 1, a collection of sacred concertos

Classical music

Opera

Births

Deaths

• December 10 - Giulio Caccini, Italian composer (born 1551)