1642 in music
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The year 1642 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- Bartolomeo Montalbano becomes Kapellmeister at San Francesco in Bologna.
Publications
- Christoph Demantius â Morgenröthe for five voices (Freiberg: Georg Beuther), written for the funeral of Hedwig on May 30
- Johannes Eccard & Johann Stobaeus â Part 1 of Der Preussischen Fest-Lieder/ vom Advent an bià Ostern (The Prussian Feast-day Songs: From Advent to Easter) for five, six, and eight voices (Elbing: Wendel Bodenhausen)
- Claudio Monteverdi â Selva morale e spirituale
- Nicodemo Parisi â 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 â Des Daphnis aus Cimbrien Galathee (Hamburg: Jacob Rebenlein), a collection of pastoral songs, music by Heinrich Pape
Popular music
- Jean de Brébeuf â "Huron Carol" (Canada's oldest Christmas song)[1]
Classical music
- Cornelis Padbrué â Synphonia in nuptias..., written for the wedding of Mathaeus Steyn and Maria van Napels
Opera
- Francesco Cavalli â Amore innamorato
- Claudio Monteverdi â L'incoronazione di Poppea
- Luigi Rossi â Il Palazzo incantato
Births
- 11 January â Johann Friedrich Alberti, German composer and organist
- 23 September â Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian composer (died 1678)
- 6 December â Johann Christoph Bach, composer (died 1703)
- date unknown â 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 â Nicolas Vallet, lutenist and composer (born c.1583)