1643 in music

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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

Popular music

• Jean de Brébeuf - "Huron Carol" (Canada's oldest Christmas song)

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)