1640 in music

1640 in music

Events

*On 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

Music

*Angelo Michele Bartolotti - "Libro primo di chitarra spagnola", published in Florence

Theory

*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

*Claudio Monteverdi – "Selva morale e spirituale", published in Venice

Opera

*Benedetto Ferrari – "Il pastor regio", premiéred in Venice
*Claudio Monteverdi – "Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria"

Births

*April 4 - Gaspar Sanz, Spanish priest and composer (d. 1710)
*August 8 - Amalia Catharina, German poet and composer (d. 1697)
*"probable" - Antonia Bembo, singer and composer (d. c. 1720)

Deaths

*April 10 – Agostino Agazzari, Sienese composer and music theorist (born 1578)
*June 29 - John Adson, musician and composer (born c. 1587)
*"date unknown" - Peter Hasse, German organist and composer (b. c. 1585)


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