List of years in music (Table)
… 1632 • 1633 • 1634 • 1635 • 1636 • 1637 • 1638 •    1639 • 1640 • 1641 – 1642 – 1643 • 1644 • 1645 •    1646 • 1647 • 1648 • 1649 • 1650 • 1651 • 1652 …
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… 1639 • 1640 • 1641 – 1642 – 1643 • 1644 • 1645 … … 1610s • 1620s • 1630s – 1640s – 1650s • 1660s • 1670s … … 16th century – 17th century – 18th century …
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The year 1642 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• none listed

Publications

• Claudio Monteverdi – Selva morale e spirituale

Classical music

• none listed

Opera

• Francesco Cavalli - Amore innamorato
• Claudio Monteverdi – L'incoronazione di Poppea
• Luigi Rossi – Il Palazzo incantato

Births

• Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian composer
• Benedictus Buns, Dutch composer

Deaths

• date unknown
  • Giovanni Battista Buonamente, Italian composer and violinist (born c. 1595)
  • Johann Daniel Mylius, composer for the lute (born c. 1583)