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1640 in music
Summary
List of years in music
(
table
)
…
1630
1631
1632
1633
1634
1635
1636
1637
1638
1639
1640
1641
1642
1643
1644
1645
1646
1647
1648
1649
1650
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Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music Philosophy
Science
+...
Events
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January 21
–
Salmacida Spolia
, the final royal
masque
of the
Caroline era
, is performed at
Whitehall Palace
. The work features music by composer Lewis Richard.
Publications
edit
Music
edit
Agostino Agazzari
–
Musicum encomium, divini nominis, simplicibus...
(Rome: Vincenzo Blanco)
Angelo Michele Bartolotti
–
Libro primo di chitarra spagnola
, published in
Florence
Scipione Dentice
– Second book of
madrigali spirituali
for five voices (Naples: Ottavio Beltrano)
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
–
Libro quarto d'intavolatura di chitarrone
(Rome)
Theory
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Pietro Della Valle
–
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
edit
Claudio Monteverdi
–
Selva morale e spirituale
, published in
Venice
Opera
edit
Francesco Cavalli
–
Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne
Benedetto Ferrari
–
Il pastor regio
, premiered in Venice
Claudio Monteverdi
–
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
Births
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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
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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)