Jan 8 Giovanni Battista Gagliano, Italian composer, dies at 56 Jun 16 Marsilio Casentini, Italian composer, dies at 74 Oct 6 Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), and poet, dies at 47 Oct 22 Jacob Praetorius, German Baroque organist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 65 Dec 1 Cristóbal de Isla Diego, Spanish Baroque composer and conductor, dies at 65 Dec 17 Wolfgang Schonsleder, Germany composer and clergyman, dies at 81 1650 Deaths in Music by Year 1652 Famous Musicians Country Singers Jazz Musicians Opera Singers Pop Stars Rappers Rockers