1632 in music
The year 1632 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- December 29 – Just over halfway through a three-year contract as maestro di capella of Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo, Tarquinio Merula is dismissed for "indecency manifested towards several of his pupils."
- Opening of the Teatro delle Quattro Fontane in Rome.
- William Child becomes Master of the Choristers at St George's Chapel, Windsor.
Publications
- Melchior Franck
- *Lobgesang for four voices, a celebratory motet
- *Christliche Dancksagung zu unserm Neugebornen Jesulein for seven and eight voices, three Christmas motets
- Claudio Monteverdi – Second book of Scherzi musicali, a collection of arias and madrigals
- Giovanni Palazzotto e Tagliavia — First book of Messe brevi concertate a otto voci, Op. 10
- Walter Porter – ''Madrigales and Ayres''
Opera
Births
- February 18 – Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer
- April 2 – Georg Caspar Wecker, organist and composer
- November 28 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer
Deaths
- December 20 – Melchior Borchgrevinck, Danish musician, composer, and court Kapellmeister