1631 in music

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The year 1631 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• January 9 - The masque Love's Triumph Through Callipolis, written by Ben Jonson and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace; the work features music by Nicholas Lanier.
• In Venice, the plague outbreak of 1630–1631, after reducing the population by one third, comes to an end. Claudio Monteverdi writes a mass for a service of thanksgiving, held at St Mark's Basilica.
• Marco Marazzoli is one of several musicians who accompany Cardinal Antonio Barberini on a visit to Urbino.
• Earliest known bentside spinet, made by Hieronymus de Zentis.

Publications

• Thomas Morley – an edition of his canzonets.

Classical music

• Cornelis Padbrué - Kusjes (collection of madrigals)

Opera

• Stefano Landi - Sant'Alessio (with libretto by Giulio Rospigliosi)

Births

• October – Pierre Beauchamp, choreographer, dancer and composer (died 1705)
• October 3 – Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer (died 1712)

Deaths

• January 3 – Michelagnolo Galilei, lutenist and composer (born 1575)
• March 24 – Philipp Dulichius, composer (born 1562)
• August 6 – Juan Blas de Castro, singer and composer (born 1561)
• date unknown - Christoph Straus, German choral composer (born 1575)