1633 in music
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The year 1633 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- Heinrich Schütz travels to Denmark to be the interim choirmaster for King Christian IV.[1]
Publications
- Ignazio Donati â Second book of masses da capella for four and five voices, Op. 12 (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti)
- Benedetto Ferrari â Musiche varier a voce sola, volume 1, published in Venice[2]
- Melchior Franck â Der schöne trostreiche Spruch, Röm. 8. Ist Gott für uns, wer mag wider uns seyn? for four voices (Coburg: Johann Forckel), a funeral motet
- Francesco Pasquali â Varie musiche..., Op. 6 (Orvieto: Giovanni Battista Robletti)
Classical music
- Antonio Maria Abbatini â Il Pianto di Rodomonte, a dramatic cantata[3]
Opera
- Michelangelo Rossi â Erminia sul Giordano (first performed in Rome)[4]
Births
- September 6 â Sebastian Knüpfer, German composer (died 1676)[5]
- date unknown â Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy, harpsichordist and organist (died 1694)[6]
Deaths
- August 12 â Jacopo Peri, Italian composer and singer (born 1561)[7]
- October 24 â Jean Titelouze, French composer, poet and organist (born c. 1562/3)[8]