Events Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina becomes maestro di cappella at the Julian Chapel, St. Peter's, Rome Andrea Gabrieli writes the music for the festivities celebrating the victory of the Venetians over the Turks after the Battle of Lepanto. Orlande de Lassus visits France at the personal invitation of King Charles IX, who unsuccessfully attempts to employ him Tomás Luis de Victoria begins teaching at the Collegio Germanico in Rome Bálint Bakfark, Hungarian lutenist, moves to Padua, Italy
Bands disbanded Weimar Court Chapel ChoirWalter Blankenburg, "Rosthius [Rost], Nicolaus", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
Publications Elias Ammerbach – (Leipzig: Jacob Berwald Erben), the first printed German organ music in tablature Costanzo Antegnati – First book of madrigals for four voices with a dialogue for eight (Venice: Antonio Gardano) Giammateo Asola – , for three voices, book 1 (Venice: Antonio Gardano and sons), a book of madrigals Fabrice Caietain for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard), a collection of motets for six voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) Francesco Corteccia First book of motets for six voices (Venice: the sons of Antonio Gardano) First book of motets for five voices (Venice: the sons of Antonio Gardano) Giovanni Matteo Faà di Bruno – Second book of madrigals for five and six voices (Venice: the sons of Antonio Gardano) Giovanni Ferretti – Fourth book of for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto) Andrea Gabrieli – First book of for three voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano, figliuoli) Jacobus de Kerle – for five and six voices (Nuremberg: Theodor Gerlach) Orlande de Lassus (Motets for five voices, never before published) (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) Luzzasco Luzzaschi – First book of madrigals for five voices (Ferrara: Francesco de' Rossi) Tiburtio Massaino – First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) Philippe de Monte – Fourth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto) Giovanni Battista Pinello di Ghirardi – Second book of for three voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto) Costanzo Porta – First book of (music for singing with six voices) (Venice: sons of Antonio Gardano), a collection of songs with sacred lyrics Alexander Utendal – Gioseffo Zarlino – , which establishes the primacy of the major mode
Births January 15 (baptized) – Henry Ainsworth, author of the Ainsworth Psalter, the only book of music brought by the Pilgrim settlers to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1620. (d. 1622) February 15 (possibly) – Michael Praetorius, German organist, composer and music theorist (d. 1621) May 17 – William White, English composer (d. c. 1634). August 7 – Thomas Lupo, English composer of instrumental music (d. 1627) December 27 – Johannes Kepler, astronomer and writer on music (d. 1630) Dates unknown Filipe de Magalhães, Portuguese composer (d. 1652). Leon Modena, Italian rabbi, cantor, scholar and writer on music (d. 1648). Martin Peerson (born ca. 1571 – ca. 1573; died 1650 or 1651), English composer, organist and virginalist John Ward, English composer of madrigals (d. 1638).
Deaths February 13 – Benvenuto Cellini, cornettist and recorder player, best known as a goldsmith and sculptor (b. 1500) March 20 – Giovanni Animuccia, composer (b. c. 1520) June 7 – Francesco Corteccia, Italian composer and organist (b. 1502)Andrew C. Minor, "Francesco Corteccia", in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. November 21 – Jan Blahoslav, Czech writer and composer (b. 1523) date unknown Francisco de Ceballos, organist and composer Bernardino de Ribera (Sahagún), Spanish composer (b. c.1499)
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