1652 in music

The year 1652 in music involved some significant events.

Events

Adam Drese becomes Kapellmeister to Duke Wilhelm IV of Saxe-Weimar.
Anthoni van Noordt becomes the organist of Nieuwezijdskapel.
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli becomes court musician at Innsbruck

Publications

Henry Du Mont – Cantica sacra, a collection of sacred music

Classical music

Denis Gaultier – Le Rhétorique des Dieux, a manuscript collection of 56 lute pieces

Opera

Antonio Bertali – Niobe
Francesco Cavalli – ''Eritrea''

Births

April 28 – Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt, composer of hymns
May 14 – Johann Philipp Förtsch, composer and doctor
date unknown – Diego Xaraba, composer

Deaths

February 17 – Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer
April 21 – Pietro Della Valle, traveller, composer and writer on music
July 24 – Johann Weichmann, composer
November – Charles Fleury, lutenist
date unknown – Filipe de Magalhães, choirmaster and composer