1633 in music

Events

• Heinrich Schütz travels to Denmark to be the interim choirmaster for King Christian IV.

Publications

• Ignazio Donati – Second book of masses da capella for four and five voices, Op. 12 (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti)
• Benedetto Ferrari – Musiche varier a voce sola, volume 1, published in Venice
• Melchior Franck – 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 – Varie musiche..., Op. 6 (Orvieto: Giovanni Battista Robletti)

Classical music

• Antonio Maria Abbatini – Il Pianto di Rodomonte, a dramatic cantata

Opera

• Michelangelo Rossi – Erminia sul Giordano (first performed in Rome)

Births

• September 6 – Sebastian Knüpfer, German composer (died 1676)
• date unknown – Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy, harpsichordist and organist (died 1694)

Deaths

• August 12 – Jacopo Peri, Italian composer and singer (born 1561)
• October 24 – Jean Titelouze, French composer, poet and organist (born c. 1562/3)

References

References

1. (1996). "The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music". Harvard University Press.
2. (1969). "Harvard Dictionary of Music". Harvard University Press.
3. (1971). "Il pianto di Rodomonte".
4. (2002). "Erminia sul Giordano : Grove Music Online - oi".
5. (2010). "Historical Dictionary of Choral Music". Scarecrow Press.
6. (2017). "Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students". Rowman & Littlefield.
7. "Jacopo Peri {{!}} Italian composer".
8. "Jehan Titelouze {{!}} French musician".