Overview of the events of 1651 in music
The year 1651 in music involved some significant events.
- Giovanni Battista Granata – Nuova scielta di capricci armonici..., a collection of guitar music, published in Bologna
- Claudio Monteverdi – Madrigali e canzonette a due e tre voci del signor Claudio Monteverde già Maestro di Cappella della Serenissima Republica di Venetia... Libro nono (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