Events January 31 – Pedro Bermúdez is dismissed from the position of maestro de capilla of the collegiate church at Antequera and briefly imprisoned, for gross negligence and a fight with one of his tenors.Robert J. Snow, "Bermúdez, Pedro", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). November 15 – Tobias Kühn is appointed to a musical post as a singer but also as a lutenist at the court in Wolfenbüttel.H.B. Lobaugh, "Kühn [Kühne, Kün, Kun], Tobias", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
Publications Felice Anerio – First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Giammateo Asola for eight voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), also includes a Magnificat for three voices, book 2 (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti), a madrigal cycle, setting Petrarch's Madrigals for two voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Ippolito Baccusi – Fourth book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Ludovico Balbi – for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Giovanni Bassano – Canzonettas for four voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Johannes Eccard – for five voices (Königsberg: Georg Osterberger), a wedding song Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Andrea Gabrieli & Giovanni Gabrieli – Concerti (Venice: Angelo Gardano), the majority of the pieces are by Andrea, published posthumously Vincenzo Galilei – Second book of madrigals for four and five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Jacobus Gallus – , volumes 2 & 3 (Prague: Georg Nigrinus) Marc'Antonio Ingegneri Second book of masses for five voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Fifth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Orlande de Lassus – Madrigals for four, five, and six voices (Nuremberg: Catharina Gerlach), his seventh and final book of only madrigals Carolus Luython – for six voices (Prague: Georg Nigrinus), a collection of motets Giovanni de Macque – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Luca Marenzio Fourth book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Fourth book of for three voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Fifth book of for three voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto) Tiburtio Massaino for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Second book of masses for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Third book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Rinaldo del Mel – Third book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Philippe de Monte First book of masses (Antwerp: Christophe Plantin) Second book of motets for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Twelfth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Claudio Monteverdi – (Venice: Angelo Gardano), a book of madrigals Jakob Paix – (Lauingen, Leonhard Reinmichel) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Second book of motets for four voices Benedetto Pallavicino – First book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti)
Compositions Adam Puschmann, , a , collected in his manuscript (1588)
Births February 26 (baptized) – Stefano Landi, Roman composer and teacher (died 1639) September 18 – Francesca Caccini, Florentine composer and lutenist (died after 1641) November 3 (baptized) – Samuel Scheidt, German composer (died 1654) date unknown – Francesco Lambardi, Neapolitan composer (died 1642)
Deaths February 9 – Vincenzo Ruffo, Veronese composer (born 1508) June 15 – Giovanni Battista Pinello di Ghirardi, Italian composer and singer (born c.1544) August 29 – Vincenzo Bellavere, Venetian composer (born c.1540/1541)
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