1632 in music

none thumb | right | Jean-Baptiste Lully, by Paul Mignard 1632 music The year 1632 in music involved some significant events. Events December 29 – Just over halfway through a three-year contract as maestro di capella of Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, Tarquinio Merula is dismissed for "indecency manifested towards several of his pupils."Stephen Bonta, "Merula, Tarquinio", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). Opening of the Teatro delle Quattro Fontane in Rome. William Child becomes Master of the Choristers at St George's Chapel, Windsor. Publications Melchior Franck de Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise) for four voices (Coburg: Johann Forckel), a celebratory motet de Christliche Dancksagung zu unserm Neugebornen Jesulein (Christian thanksgiving for our newborn baby Jesus) for seven and eight voices (Coburg: Johann Forckel), three Christmas motets Claudio Monteverdi – Second book of it Scherzi musicali (Venice: Bartolomeo Magni for Gardano), a collection of arias and madrigals Giovanni Palazzotto e Tagliavia — First book of Messe brevi concertate a otto voci, Op. 10 Walter Porter – Madrigales and Ayres Opera Stefano Landi – Il Sant'Alessio (with libretto by Giulio Rospigliosi): Palazzo Barberini alle Quattro Fontane, 18 February 1632.Margaret Murata, "Landi, Stefano", New Grove Dictionary of Opera, new edition, edited by Stanley Sadie (London: Macmillan Publishers, 1998). Births February 18 – Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer (died 1692) April 2 (baptised) – Georg Caspar Wecker, organist and composer (died 1695) November 28 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer (died 1687) Deaths December 20 – Melchior Borchgrevinck, Danish musician, composer, and court Kapellmeister (born c.1570) References