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1638 in music

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The year 1638 in music involved some significant events.

Events

February 6 – Luminalia, a masque written by Sir William Davenant and designed by Inigo Jones, is staged at the English Court. The work features music by Nicholas Lanier.

Publications

Antonio Cifra – Sacrae cantiones for two, three, four, six, and eight voices (Rome: Vincenzo Blanco for Ludovico Grignani), published posthumously
Claudio Monteverdi – Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi con alcuni opuscoli in genere rappresentativo, che saranno per brevi Episodij fra i canti senza gesto. Libro ottavo di Claudio Monteverde Maestro di Capella della Serenissima Republica di Venetia (Eighth book of madrigals for five voices) (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti)

Classical music

Nicolas Formé – Ecce tu pulchra es, a double choir motet

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Benedetto Ferrari and Francesco Manelli – La maga fulminata, premiered at Teatro San Cassiano, in Venice
Michelangelo Rossi – Andromeda, premiered in Ferrara.

Births

July 15 – Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, Italian composer and violinist (d. c. 1693)
date unknown – Diogo Dias Melgás, composer (died 1700)

Deaths

January 21 – Ignazio Donati, composer (born c.1570)
May 27 – Nicolas Formé, French composer (born 1567)
September – John Wilbye, composer (born 1574)
November 6 – Gabriel Díaz Bessón, composer (born 1590)
date unknown – Francis Pilkington, composer, lutenist and singer (born c.1565)
probable – Settimia Caccini, composer and singer (born 1591)

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