The year 1651 in music involved some significant events.
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Publications Giovanni Battista Granata – , a collection of guitar music, published in Bologna Claudio Monteverdi – (Ninth book of madrigals for five voices) (Venice: Alessandro Vincenti), published posthumously Stefano Pasino – Motetti a 2. 3. 4. concertati..., Op. 6 (Venice: Francesco Magni for Gardano) John Playford – The English Dancing Master
Classical music none listed
Opera Francesco Cavalli – premier of La Calisto, Venice (November 28) and L'Eritrea
Births February 25 – Johann Philipp Krieger, composer (died 1735) April 15 – Domenico Gabrielli, cellist and composer (died 1690) June – Johann Georg Ahle, organist and composer (died 1706) July 22 – Ferdinand Tobias Richter, organist and composer (died 1711) December 28 – Johann Krieger, organist and composer (died 1735)
Deaths January 17 – Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger, lutenist (born c. 1580) October 6 – Heinrich Albert (born 1604), German composer and poet November 18 – Bonifatio Ceretti, alto castrato (intended Endimione in La Calisto) December 17 – Ennemond Gaultier, French lutenist and composer (born c. 1575) December 19 – Giovanni Faustini, librettist for Francesco Cavalli (born 1615) probable – Martin Peerson, English composer, organist, and virginalist (born c. 1571)
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