1631 in music

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 1629-1631, 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

• Christoph Demantius – Deutsche Passion, nach dem Evangelisten S. Iohanne for six voices
• Melchior Franck
• *Dulces mundani exilii deliciae for two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight voices with basso continuo, a collection of sacred songs
• *Psalmodia sacra for four and five voices, a collection of motets
• *Hertzlicher Seufftzer der Christlichen Kirchen in Deutschland for four voices, a motet of national consolation, setting Psalm 122
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
• *Missa Urbanae, vol. 1
• *Litaniae Deiparae Virginis, vol. 1
• Filipe de Magalhães – Book of Masses
• Thomas Morley – an edition of his canzonets.
• Cornelis Padbrué – Kusjes
• Giovanni Palazzotto e Tagliavia — Sacre canzoni musicali..., book three

Classical music

• Claudio Monteverdi - ''Mass of Thanksgiving''

Opera

• Stefano Landi – Il Sant'Alessio : Palazzo Barberini alle Quattro Fontane, 18 February 1632.

Births

• October – Pierre Beauchamp, choreographer, dancer and composer
• October 3 – Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer

Deaths

• January 3 – Michelagnolo Galilei, lutenist and composer
• March 24 – Philipp Dulichius, composer
• August 6 – Juan Blas de Castro, singer and composer
• date unknown – Christoph Straus, German choral composer