411 REFERENCE · Wikipedia
1642 in music
Reference material by Wikipedia contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
none
1642 music
The year 1642 in music involved some significant events.
Events
Bartolomeo Montalbano becomes Kapellmeister at San Francesco in Bologna.
Publications
Christoph Demantius – de Morgenröthe for five voices (Freiberg: Georg Beuther), written for the funeral of Hedwig on May 30
Johannes Eccard & Johann Stobaeus – Part 1 of de Der Preussischen Fest-Lieder/ vom Advent an biß Ostern (The Prussian Feast-day Songs: From Advent to Easter) for five, six, and eight voices (Elbing: Wendel Bodenhausen)
Claudio Monteverdi – it Selva morale e spirituale
Nicodemo Parisi – it Messa e salmi concertati a 5 voci facili da cantarsi... (Venice: Bartolomeo Magni), collected by his brother, Filippo Parisi, and including two of his compositions
Johann Rist – de Des Daphnis aus Cimbrien Galathee (Hamburg: Jacob Rebenlein), a collection of pastoral songs, music by Heinrich Pape
Popular music
Jean de Brébeuf – "Huron Carol" (Canada's oldest Christmas song)Timothy J. McGee, The Music of Canada (New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1985): 13. 0-393-02279-X (cloth); 0-393-95376-9 (pbk).
Classical music
Cornelis Padbrué – Synphonia in nuptias..., written for the wedding of Mathaeus Steyn and Maria van Napels
Opera
Francesco Cavalli – Amore innamorato
Claudio Monteverdi – L'incoronazione di Poppea
Luigi Rossi – Il Palazzo incantato
Births
11 January – Johann Friedrich Alberti, German composer and organist
23 September – Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian composer (died 1678)
6 December – Johann Christoph Bach, composer (died 1703)
date unknown – Benedictus Buns, Dutch composer
Deaths
date unknown
Giovanni Battista Buonamente, Italian composer and violinist (born c.1595)
Johann Daniel Mylius, composer for the lute (born c.1583)
probable – Nicolas Vallet, lutenist and composer (born c.1583)
References