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.

Publications

 * Christoph Demantius – Deutsche Passion, nach dem Evangelisten S. Iohanne for six voices (Freiberg: Georg Hoffmann)
 * Melchior Franck
 * 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
 * Psalmodia sacra for four and five voices (Nuremberg: Wolfgang Endter), a collection of motets
 * Hertzlicher Seufftzer der Christlichen Kirchen in Deutschland for four voices (Coburg: Kaspar Bertsch), a motet of national consolation, setting Psalm 122
 * Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger
 * Missa Urbanae, vol. 1 (Rome: Paolo Masotti)
 * Litaniae Deiparae Virginis, vol. 1 (Rome: Paolo Masotti)
 * Filipe de Magalhães – Book of Masses (Lisbon: Lourenço Craesbeeck)
 * Thomas Morley – an edition of his canzonets.
 * Cornelis Padbrué – Kusjes (collection of madrigals)
 * Giovanni Palazzotto e Tagliavia — Sacre canzoni musicali..., book three (Messina: Pietro Brea)

Classical music

 * Claudio Monteverdi – Mass of Thanksgiving

Opera

 * Stefano Landi – Il Sant'Alessio (with libretto by Giulio Rospigliosi): Palazzo Barberini alle Quattro Fontane, 18 February 1632.

Births

 * October – Pierre Beauchamp, choreographer, dancer and composer (died 1705)
 * October 3 – Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer (died 1712)

Deaths

 * January 3 – Michelagnolo Galilei, lutenist and composer (born 1575)
 * March 24 – Philipp Dulichius, composer (born 1562)
 * August 6 – Juan Blas de Castro, singer and composer (born 1561)
 * date unknown – Christoph Straus, German choral composer (born 1575)