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The year 1642 in music involved some significant events.

Events

Christoph Demantius - Morgenröthe for five voices (Freiberg: Georg Beuther), written for the funeral of Hedwig on May 30
Johannes Eccard & Johann Stobaeus - Part 1 of Der Preussischen Fest-Lieder/ vom Advent an biß Ostern (The Prussian Feast-day Songs: From Advent to Easter) for five, six, and eight voices (Elbing: Wendel Bodenhausen)
Claudio Monteverdi - Selva morale e spirituale
Nicodemo Parisi - Messa e salmi concertati a 5 voci facili da cantarsi... (Venice: Bartolomeo Magni), collected by his brother, Filippo Parisi, and including two of his compositions
Johann Rist - Des Daphnis aus Cimbrien Galathee (Hamburg: Jacob Rebenlein), a collection of pastoral songs, music by Heinrich Pape

Cornelis Padbrué - Synphonia in nuptias..., written for the wedding of Mathaeus Steyn and Maria van Napels

date unknown
- Giovanni Battista Buonamente, Italian composer and violinist (born c.1595)
- Johann Daniel Mylius, composer for the lute (born c.1583)
probable - Nicolas Vallet, lutenist and composer (born c.1583)

^ Timothy J. McGee, The Music of Canada (New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1985): 13. ISBN 0-393-02279-X (cloth); ISBN 0-393-95376-9 (pbk).