1643

Events in 1643 2

• 1567 – 1643 Claudio Monteverdi Father of opera Italian composer who bridged the Renaissance and Baroque eras. His opera L'Orfeo (1607) is one of the earliest operas still regularly performed.
• 1583 – 1643 Girolamo Frescobaldi Italian keyboard composer Girolamo Frescobaldi was the greatest keyboard composer of the early Baroque period. His toccatas, ricercars and fantasias transformed the possibilities of keyboard music.