1633 in music explained

The year 1633 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• Heinrich Schütz travels to Denmark to be the interim choirmaster for King Christian IV.^[1]

Publications

• Ignazio Donati – Second book of masses Italian: da capella for four and five voices, Op. 12 (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti)
• Benedetto Ferrari – Italian: Musiche varier a voce sola, volume 1, published in Venice^[2]
• Melchior Franck – German: 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 – Italian: Varie musiche..., Op. 6 (Orvieto: Giovanni Battista Robletti)

Classical music

• Antonio Maria Abbatini – Italian: Il Pianto di Rodomonte, a dramatic cantata^[3]

Opera

• Michelangelo Rossi – Italian: Erminia sul Giordano (first performed in Rome)^[4]

Births

• September 6 – Sebastian Knüpfer, German composer (died 1676)^[5]
• date unknown – Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy, harpsichordist and organist (died 1694)^[6]

Deaths

• August 12 – Jacopo Peri, Italian composer and singer (born 1561)^[7]
• October 24 – Jean Titelouze, French composer, poet and organist (born c. 1562/3)^[8]

Notes and References

1. Book: Don . Randel . The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music . 1996 . Harvard University Press . 9780674372993 . 815 . en.
2. Book: Apel . Willi . Harvard Dictionary of Music . 1969 . Harvard University Press . 9780674375017 . 51 . registration . en.
3. Book: Il pianto di Rodomonte . National Library of Australia . 7 May 2019 . Italian . 1971.
4. Web site: Erminia sul Giordano : Grove Music Online - oi . oxfordindex.oup.com . 2002 . 7 May 2019 . en . 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.o901417. Murata . Margaret .
5. Book: Unger . Melvin P. . Historical Dictionary of Choral Music . 2010 . Scarecrow Press . 9780810873926 . 236 . en.
6. Book: Pfitzinger . Scott . Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students . 2017 . Rowman & Littlefield . 9781442272255 . 194 . en.
7. Web site: Jacopo Peri Italian composer . Encyclopedia Britannica . 7 May 2019 . en.
8. Web site: Jehan Titelouze French musician . Encyclopedia Britannica . 7 May 2019 . en.