Publications

• Constantin Huygens – Pathodia sacra et profana, a collection of psalms and songs, published in Paris
  Paris
  Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
  
  

Births

• December 4 – Daniel Eberlin
  Daniel Eberlin
  Daniel Eberlin was a German Baroque composer and Kapellmeister.Eberlin had a vagrant lifestyle. After a brief military career , he worked as a librarian in his hometown, Nuremberg. Later he became Kapellmeister at the Eisenach court...
  
  , composer and Kapellmeister (died c. 1715)
• date unknown – Pelham Humfrey
  Pelham Humfrey
  Pelham Humfrey was the first to prominence of the new generation of English composers at the beginning of the Restoration....
  
  , English composer and singer (died 1674)

Deaths

• February 17 – Johann Heermann
  Johann Heermann
  Johann Heermann was a German poet and hymn-writer. He is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on 26 October with Philipp Nicolai and Paul Gerhardt.- Life :...
  
  , hymn-writer (b. 1585)
• December 31 – Giovanni Maria Trabaci
  Giovanni Maria Trabaci
  Giovanni Maria Trabaci was an Italian composer and organist. He was a prolific composer, with some 300 surviving works preserved in more than 10 prints, and was especially important for his keyboard music....
  
  , organist and composer (b. c. 1575)
• date unknown
  • Giovanni Battista Doni
    Giovanni Battista Doni
    Giovanni Battista Doni was an Italian musicologist who made an extensive study of ancient music. Known, among other works, for having changed the name of note Ut renaming it Do after his own family name to ease solfege.- Life :...
    
    , musicologist (b. c. 1593)
  • John Milton
    John Milton (composer)
    John Milton was an English composer and father of poet John Milton. Early in his life he converted to Protestantism and his own father, Richard Milton, subsequently disowned him. He moved to London around 1583 to work as an apprentice scrivener. His work largely pertained to business matters;...
    
    , composer (b. 1562)
  • Mateo Romero, composer (born 1575)