1631 in music

The year 1631 in music involved some significant events.

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Events

• January 9 – The masque Love's Triumph Through Callipolis, written by Ben Jonson and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace; the work features music by Nicholas Lanier.
• In Venice, the plague outbreak of 1629–1631, after reducing the population by one third, comes to an end. Claudio Monteverdi writes a mass for a service of thanksgiving, held at St Mark's Basilica.
• Marco Marazzoli is one of several musicians who accompany Cardinal Antonio Barberini on a visit to Urbino.
• Earliest known bentside spinet, made by Hieronymus de Zentis.[1]

Publications

• Christoph Demantius – Deutsche Passion, nach dem Evangelisten S. Iohanne for six voices (Freiberg: Georg Hoffmann)
• Thomas Morley – an edition of his canzonets.
• Cornelis Padbrué – Kusjes (collection of madrigals)
• Giovanni Palazzotto e Tagliavia — Sacre canzoni musicali..., book three (Messina: Pietro Brea)

Classical music

Opera

• Stefano Landi – Sant'Alessio (with libretto by Giulio Rospigliosi): Palazzo Barberini alle Quattro Fontane, 18 February 1632.[2]

Births

• October – Pierre Beauchamp, choreographer, dancer and composer (died 1705)
• October 3 – Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer (died 1712)

Deaths

• January 3 – Michelagnolo Galilei, lutenist and composer (born 1575)
• March 24 – Philipp Dulichius, composer (born 1562)
• August 6 – Juan Blas de Castro, singer and composer (born 1561)
• date unknown – Christoph Straus, German choral composer (born 1575)

References

1. Frank Hubbard (1967)
2. Margaret Murata, "Land, Stefano", New Grove Dictionary of Opera, new edition, edited by Stanley Sadie (London: Macmillan Publishers, 1998).