Publications Lodovico Agostini – Third book of madrigals, for six voices (Ferrara: Francesco Rossi & Paolo Tottorino) Blasius Amon – Liber sacratissimarum (quas vulgo introitus appellant) cantionum selectissimus (Vienna: Stephan Creuzer) Vittorio Baldini (ed.) – Il lauro secco (anthology of madrigals) Paolo Bellasio – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto) Antoine de Bertrand – for four and five voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard), contains hymns and canticles Jacobus de Kerle – 4 Masses for four and five voices (Antwerp: Christophe Plantin) Paschal de l'Estocart First book of for four, five, six, and seven voices (Lyon: Barthelemi Vincent) First and Second book of for three, four, five, and six voices (Lyon: Barthelemi Vincent) for two, three, four, five, and six voices (Lyon: Barthelemi Vincent), settings of poems by Guy Du Faur, Seigneur de Pibrac Francisco Guerrero – Second book of masses (Rome: Domenico Basa) Paolo Isnardi – Magnificats for four, five, and six voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto) Orlande de Lassus for five voices (Munich: Adam Berg) Motets for six voices (Munich: Adam Berg) for four voices (Munich: Adam Berg), a collection of readings from the Book of Job for four voices (Munich: Adam Berg), a collection of his chansons with new German texts Carolus Luython – First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Luzzasco Luzzaschi – Third book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Giovanni de Macque – Second book of for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Luca Marenzio – Third book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Philippe de Monte – First book of madrigals for three voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Claudio Monteverdi – (Little Sacred Songs) for three voices (Venice: Angelo Gardan) Pomponio Nenna – First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Fourth book of masses (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Piae Cantiones (collection of late medieval Latin songs) Births May 1 – Marco da Gagliano, composer (d. 1643) June 26 – Johannes Schultz, composer (d. 1653) December 23 – Severo Bonini, organist, composer and music writer (d. 1663) date unknown Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (d. 1652) Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer (d. 1629)
Deaths March – Severin Cornet, Franco-Flemish singer, conductor and composer (born c.1530) May 3 or 4 – Giorgio Mainerio, Italian composer (born 1530/40) July 14 – Johannes de Cleve, composer at the court of Ferdinand I and Charles II (born c.1529) date unknown Leonora Sanvitale, Italian courtier and singer (born c.1558) Pere Alberch Vila, organist and composer (born 1517)
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