1631 in music

The year 1631 in music involved some significant events.

Events

January 9 – The masque Love's Triumph Through Callipolis, written by Ben Jonson and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace; the work features music by Nicholas Lanier.
In Venice, the plague outbreak of 1629–1631, after reducing the population by one third, comes to an end. Claudio Monteverdi writes a mass for a service of thanksgiving, held at St Mark's Basilica.
Marco Marazzoli is one of several musicians who accompany Cardinal Antonio Barberini on a visit to Urbino.
Earliest known bentside spinet, made by Hieronymus de Zentis.Frank Hubbard (1967)

Christoph Demantius – {{lang|de|Deutsche Passion, nach dem Evangelisten S. Iohanne}} for six voices (Freiberg: Georg Hoffmann)
Melchior Franck
{{lang|la|Dulces mundani exilii deliciae}} for two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight voices with basso continuo (Nuremberg: Wolfgang Endter), a collection of sacred songs
{{lang|la|Psalmodia sacra}} for four and five voices (Nuremberg: Wolfgang Endter), a collection of motets
{{lang|de|Hertzlicher Seufftzer der Christlichen Kirchen in Deutschland}} for four voices (Coburg: Kaspar Bertsch), a motet of national consolation, setting Psalm 122
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
{{lang|la|Missa Urbanae}}, vol. 1 (Rome: Paolo Masotti){{cite book|author=Karlheinz Schlager|title=Einzeldrucke vor 1800|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6c7AQAAIAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Bärenreiter-Verlag|isbn=978-3-7618-0512-1|page=12|language=de}}
{{lang|la|Litaniae Deiparae Virginis}}, vol. 1 (Rome: Paolo Masotti)
Filipe de Magalhães – Book of Masses (Lisbon: Lourenço Craesbeeck){{cite book|author=Bonnie J. Blackburn|title=Uno Gentile Et Subtile Ingenio: Studies in Renaissance Music in Honour of Bonnie J. Blackburn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kGf0AAAAMAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Brepols|isbn=978-2-503-53163-2|pages=393–4}}
Thomas Morley – an edition of his canzonets.
Cornelis Padbrué – {{lang|nl|Kusjes}} (collection of madrigals)
Giovanni Palazzotto e Tagliavia — {{lang|it|Sacre canzoni musicali...}}, book three (Messina: Pietro Brea)

Claudio Monteverdi – Mass of Thanksgiving{{cite book|author=John Stanley|title=Classical Music: An Introduction to Classical Music Through the Great Composers & Their Masterworks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qnrZAAAAMAAJ|date=May 1997|publisher=Reader's Digest Association|isbn=978-0-89577-947-2|page=77}}

Stefano Landi – Il Sant'Alessio (with libretto by Giulio Rospigliosi): Palazzo Barberini alle Quattro Fontane, 18 February 1632.Margaret Murata, "Land, Stefano", New Grove Dictionary of Opera, new edition, edited by Stanley Sadie (London: Macmillan Publishers, 1998).

October – Pierre Beauchamp, choreographer, dancer and composer (died 1705){{Cite book |last=Harris-Warrick |first=Rebecca |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HcwiDQAAQBAJ |title=Dance and Drama in French Baroque Opera |date=2016-10-27 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-13789-9 |pages=99 |language=en}}
October 3 – Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer (died 1712)