Giacomo Carissimi becomes the chapelmaster at the Church of San Apollinare in the German-Hungarian College in Rome.
Ján Šimbracký buys a house in Spišské Podhradie.
Antonio Maria Abbatini – 24-part Antiphon
Adriano Banchieri - Trattenimenti da villa concertati in ordine seguente nel chitarrone con 5 voci in variati modi
Claudio Monteverdi – Proserpina rapita
date unknown – Antonio Sartorio, composer (died 1680)
probable
Thomas Baltzar, violinist and composer (died 1663)
Hafız Post, Turkish composer (died 1694)
Susanna van Lee, Dutch actress and dancer (died 1700)
February 26 – William Brade, English composer, violinist and viol player (born 1560)
June 29 – John Mundy, English organist and composer (born c. 1550)
November 19 – Johann Schein, German composer (born 1586)
date unknown
Thomas Bateson, writer of madrigals (born 1570)
Camillo Cortellini, composer, singer, and violinist (born 1561)
Alessandro Grandi, Italian composer
Giovanni Francesco Anerio, Italian composer of oratorios (born c.1567)
Salamone Rossi, Venetian composer (born 1570)
probable
Dario Castello, composer and cornetto player (born c. 1590)
Giovanni Battista Fontana, composer (born c.1571)
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