1643 in music
# 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 (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti)
   * Concerto sacro de salmi intieri for two and three voices, book 2, Op. 21 (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti)
* 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

* L'Incoronazione di Poppea – Claudio Monteverdi
* Egisto (opera) – Francesco Cavalli

## Births

* July 28 – Antonio Tarsia, composer (died 1722)
* December – Johann Adam Reincken, organist and composer (died 1722)
* date unknown – Marc-Antoine Charpentier, composer (died 1704)

## Deaths

* February 25 – Marco da Gagliano, composer (born 1582)
* March 1 – Girolamo Frescobaldi, composer and organist (born 1583)
* April 20 – Christoph Demantius, composer (born 1567)
* May 17 – Giovanni Picchi, organist and composer (born c.1571)
* November 29 – Claudio Monteverdi, composer (born 1567)
* December 8 – Antoine Boësset, French court musician and composer (born 1586)
* probable – Guillaume Bouzignac, French composer (born c.1587)
