The year 1642 in music involved some significant events.
Events Bartolomeo Montalbano becomes Kapellmeister at San Francesco in Bologna.
Publications Christoph Demantius – for five voices (Freiberg: Georg Beuther), written for the funeral of Hedwig on May 30 Johannes Eccard & Johann Stobaeus – Part 1 of (The Prussian Feast-day Songs: From Advent to Easter) for five, six, and eight voices (Elbing: Wendel Bodenhausen) Claudio Monteverdi – Nicodemo Parisi – (Venice: Bartolomeo Magni), collected by his brother, Filippo Parisi, and including two of his compositions Johann Rist – (Hamburg: Jacob Rebenlein), a collection of pastoral songs, music by Heinrich Pape
Popular music Jean de Brébeuf – "Huron Carol" (Canada's oldest Christmas song)Timothy J. McGee, The Music of Canada (New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1985): 13. (cloth); (pbk).
Classical music Cornelis Padbrué – Synphonia in nuptias..., written for the wedding of Mathaeus Steyn and Maria van Napels
Opera Francesco Cavalli – Amore innamorato Claudio Monteverdi – L'incoronazione di Poppea Luigi Rossi – Il Palazzo incantato
Births 11 January – Johann Friedrich Alberti, German composer and organist 23 September – Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian composer (died 1678) 6 December – Johann Christoph Bach, composer (died 1703) date unknown – Benedictus Buns, Dutch composer
Deaths date unknown Giovanni Battista Buonamente, Italian composer and violinist (born c.1595) Johann Daniel Mylius, composer for the lute (born c.1583) probable – Nicolas Vallet, lutenist and composer (born c.1583)
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