1636 in music explained

The year 1636 in music involved some significant events.

Events

January – Johann Erasmus Kindermann is ordered to return to Nuremberg to become second organist of Frauenkirche.
February 23 or 24 – The masque, Triumphs of the Prince d'Amour, by William Davenant, is performed, with music composed by brothers Henry and William Lawes.
Vittoria Aleotti becomes prioress of the Augustinian convent of St. Vito, Ferrara, Italy.
King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria visit Oxford University in August. They are entertained with plays, two of which - William Strode's The Floating Island and William Cartwright's The Royal Slave - feature music by Henry Lawes.

Manuel Cardoso
- Second book of masses for four, five, and six voices (Lisbon: Laurenco Craesbeck)
- Latin: Missae de Beata Virgine Maria, third book for four, five, and six voices (Lisbon: Laurenco Craesbeck)
Ignazio Donati
- Italian: Li vecchiarelli, et perregrini for two, three, and four voices, Op. 13 (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti)
- Second book of motets for solo voice, Op. 14 (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti)
Eustache Du Caurroy – Latin: Missa pro defunctis for five voices (Paris: Pierre Ballard), published posthumously
Melchior Franck
- Latin: Paradisus Musicus, Part 1, for two, three, and four voices with organ bass (Nuremberg: Wolfgang Endter), a collection of motets setting texts from the Book of Isaiah
- Latin: Paradisus Musicus, Part 2, for one, two, three, and four voices with organ bass and violas (Nuremberg: Wolfgang Endter)
Filipe de Magalhães – Latin: Cantica Beatissimae Virginis (Lisbon: Lourenço Craesbeeck)
Carlo Milanuzzi – Latin: Hortus sacer deliciarum for one, two, and three voices, Op. 19 (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti)
Heinrich Schütz – German: Kleine geistliche Konzerte (Small Sacred Concertos), part 1