1636 in music

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The year 1636 in music involved some significant events.

Events

• January – Johann Erasmus Kindermann is ordered to return to Nuremberg to become second organist of Frauenkirche.
• February 23 or 24 – The masque, Triumphs of the Prince d'Amour, by William Davenant, is performed, with music composed by brothers Henry and William Lawes.
• Vittoria Aleotti becomes prioress of the Augustinian convent of St. Vito, Ferrara, Italy.
• King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria visit Oxford University in August. They are entertained with plays, two of which — William Strode's The Floating Island and William Cartwright's The Royal Slave — feature music by Henry Lawes.

Classical music

• Heinrich Schütz – Kleine geistliche Konzerte (Small Sacred Concertos), part 1

Births

• April 29 – Esaias Reusner, lutenist and composer (d. 1679)