Events July – Annibale Zoilo resigns from the Sistine Chapel Choir, due to ill health.Harry B. Lincoln, "Zoilo, Annibale", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). 25 October – Pope Gregory XIII appoints Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Annibale Zoilo to prepare a corrected edition of the .Harry B. Lincoln, "Zoilo, Annibale", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
Publications Giovanni Animuccia – Third book of laudi (Rome: Antonio Blado), also includes "" (an instruction for encouraging and retaining the converted sinner) Joachim a Burck – , two volumes (of the lyrics of Ludwig Helmbold) (Mühlhausen: Georg Hantzsch), a collection of hymns Eucharius Hoffmann – 24 for four, five, and six voices (Wittenberg: Johann Schwertel), a collection of motets Paolo Isnardi – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Orlande de Lassus (Masses for various voices) (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) (Several new pieces) for two voices (Munich: Adam Berg) Mattheus Le Maistre – for three voices (Dresden: Gimel Bergen) Cristofano Malvezzi – First book of ricercars for four voices (Perugia: Pietroiacomo Petrucci)
Classical music
Johannes Eccard –
Births probable – Robert Jones, English lutenist and composer (d. 1617)
Deaths none listed
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