• Source: 1631 in music

The year 1631 in music involved some significant events.




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.




Publications


Christoph Demantius – Deutsche Passion, nach dem Evangelisten S. Iohanne for six voices (Freiberg: Georg Hoffmann)
Melchior Franck
Dulces mundani exilii deliciae for two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight voices with basso continuo (Nuremberg: Wolfgang Endter), a collection of sacred songs
Psalmodia sacra for four and five voices (Nuremberg: Wolfgang Endter), a collection of motets
Hertzlicher Seufftzer der Christlichen Kirchen in Deutschland for four voices (Coburg: Kaspar Bertsch), a motet of national consolation, setting Psalm 122
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
Missa Urbanae, vol. 1 (Rome: Paolo Masotti)
Litaniae Deiparae Virginis, vol. 1 (Rome: Paolo Masotti)
Filipe de Magalhães – Book of Masses (Lisbon: Lourenço Craesbeeck)
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


Claudio Monteverdi – Mass of Thanksgiving




Opera


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




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)




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