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

• 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 a5), published in Venice

Classical music

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

Opera

• Benedetto Ferrari and Francesco Manelli – La maga fulminata, premiéred 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)