1630 in music

Events

• Giacomo Carissimi becomes the chapelmaster at the Church of San Apollinare in the German-Hungarian College in Rome.
• Ján Šimbracký buys a house in Spišské Podhradie.

Classical music

• Antonio Maria Abbatini – 24-part Antiphon
• Adriano Banchieri - Trattenimenti da villa concertati in ordine seguente nel chitarrone con 5 voci in variati modi

Opera

• Claudio Monteverdi – Proserpina rapita

Births

• date unknown – Antonio Sartorio, composer (died 1680)
• probable
  • Thomas Baltzar, violinist and composer (died 1663)
  • Hafız Post, Turkish composer (died 1694)
  • Susanna van Lee, Dutch actress and dancer (died 1700)

Deaths

• February 26 – William Brade, English composer, violinist and viol player (born 1560)
• June 29 – John Mundy, English organist and composer (born c. 1550)
• November 19 – Johann Schein, German composer (born 1586)
• date unknown
  • Thomas Bateson, writer of madrigals (born 1570)
  • Camillo Cortellini, composer, singer, and violinist (born 1561)
  • Alessandro Grandi, Italian composer
  • Giovanni Francesco Anerio, Italian composer of oratorios (born c.1567)
  • Salamone Rossi, Venetian composer (born 1570)
• probable
  • Dario Castello, composer and cornetto player (born c. 1590)
  • Giovanni Battista Fontana, composer (born c.1571)