1643 in music
The year 1643 in music involved some significant events.
Events
- Composer Johann Crüger meets hymn-writer Paul Gerhardt, resulting in a collaboration.
- Johann von Rist publishes his Himmlische Lieder, later set to music by Johann Sebastian Bach.
- Pierre Robert becomes master of music at Senlis Cathedral.
Publications
- Marco Scacchi – ''Cribrum musicum''
Classical music
- Carlo Milanuzzi
- *Ninth book of ariose vaghezze for one and two voices with accompaniment, Op. 20
- *Concerto sacro de salmi intieri for two and three voices, book 2, Op. 21
- Cornelis Thymanszoon Padbrué
- *Eere-krans..., written for the wedding of Constantin Sohier and Catharina Koymans
- * 't Lof van Jubal..., Op. 3, a collection of madrigals and motets
Opera
Births
- July 28 – Antonio Tarsia, composer
- December – Johann Adam Reincken, organist and composer
- date unknown – Marc-Antoine Charpentier, composer
Deaths
- February 25 – Marco da Gagliano, composer
- March 1 – Girolamo Frescobaldi, composer and organist
- April 20 – Christoph Demantius, composer
- May 17 – Giovanni Picchi, organist and composer
- November 29 – Claudio Monteverdi, composer
- December 8 – Antoine Boësset, French court musician and composer
- probable – Guillaume Bouzignac, French composer