Mar 11 Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer Sep 10 Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Italian composer and organist, at about 63 [birth date unconfirmed] Oct 26 Philipp Nicolai, German Lutheran pastor, poet, composer and hymnodist, dies at 52 1606 Deaths in Music by Year 1609 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers