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)