1640 in music

none August 2026 1640 music Events January 21 – it Salmacida Spolia, the final royal masque of the Caroline era, is performed at Whitehall Palace. The work features music by composer Lewis Richard. Publications Music Agostino Agazzari – la Musicum encomium, divini nominis, simplicibus... (Rome: Vincenzo Blanco) Angelo Michele Bartolotti – it Libro primo di chitarra spagnola, published in Florence Scipione Dentice – Second book of it madrigali spirituali for five voices (Naples: Ottavio Beltrano) Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger – it Libro quarto d'intavolatura di chitarrone (Rome) Theory Pietro Della Valle – it Della musica dell'età nostra che non è punto inferiore, anzi è migliore di quella dell'età passata (About the Music of our Time, which is not Worse but Better than that of Previous Ages) Classical music Claudio Monteverdi – it Selva morale e spirituale,2022-10-18 Monteverdi Selva Morale e Spirituale https://www.lanuovamusica.co.uk/whats-on/monteverdi-salve-e-morale 2026-08-05 La Nuova Musica en-US published in VeniceAugust 2026 Opera Francesco Cavalli – it Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne Benedetto Ferrari – it Il pastor regio, premiered in Venice Claudio Monteverdi – it Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria Births January 5 – Paolo Lorenzani, composer (died 1713) April 4 – Gaspar Sanz, Spanish priest and composer (d. 1710) August 8 – Amalia Catharina, German poet and composer (d. 1697) November 4 – Carlo Mannelli, Italian violinist, castrato singer and composer (d. 1697) probable – Antonia Bembo, singer and composer (d. c. 1720) Deaths February 12 – Michael Altenburg, composer and theologian (born 1584) April 10 – Agostino Agazzari, Sienese composer and music theorist (born 1578) June – Peter Hasse, German organist and composer (b. c. 1585) June 29 – John Adson, musician and composer (born c. 1587) November – Giles Farnaby, virginalist and composer (born 1563) Adriana Basile, Italian composer (b. 1580) Francisca Duarte, Portuguese singer (b. 1595) References