1650 in music

The year 1650 in music involved some significant events.

Publications

 * Alberich Mazak – Cultus harmonicus, volume two, a collection of his complete works, published in Vienna
 * Claudio Monteverdi – Messa a quattro voci, et Salmi a Una, Due, Tre, Quattro, Cinque, Sei, Sette, & Otto Voci Concertati (Mass for four voices, and Psalms arranged for one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight voices) (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti), published posthumously

Classical music

 * Melchior Franck – Der 133. Psalm Davids (Siehe wie fein und lieblich) for five voices (Coburg: Johann Eyrich), published posthumously
 * Samuel Scheidt – Tabulatur-Buch
 * Heinrich Schütz – Symphoniae sacrae, part 3
 * probable
 * Giovanni Battista Abatessa – Ghirlanda di varii fiori (Garland of Various Flowers), a collection of guitar music, published in Milan
 * Giovanni Battista Granata – Nuove suonate di chitarriglia spagnuola piccicate, e battute..., a collection of guitar music, published in Bologna

Opera

 * Francesco Cavalli – Orimonte

Births

 * date unknown
 * Joachim Neander, hymn-writer (d. 1680)
 * André Raison, organist and composer (d. 1719)
 * probable
 * Cataldo Amodei, Italian composer (d. c. 1695)
 * Papanasa Mudaliar, Carnatic music composer (d. 1725)
 * Giovanni Battista Rogeri, luthier
 * Robert de Visée, luthenist, guitarist and viol player (d. 1725)

Deaths

 * May 20 – Francesco Sacrati, composer (b. 1605)
 * November 24 – Manuel Cardoso, organist and composer (b. 1566)
 * date unknown – Martin Peerson (born ca. 1571 – ca. 1573; died 1650 or 1651), English composer, organist and virginalist