Events November 13 – Lodovico Bassano marries Elizabeth DamonDavid Lasocki, Denis Arnold, and Fabio Ferraccioli, "Bassano: (2) Lodovico Bassano", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
Publications Costanzo Antegnati – Psalms for eight voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Giammateo Asola Cantus firmus masses for organ and choir (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) for five voices (Venice:Ricciardo Amadino), also includes a Magnificat Paolo Bellasio – Villanellas for three voices, with lute tablature (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Valerio Bona – Second book of canzonettas for three voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Giovanni Croce – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Thomas East (ed.) – The Whole Booke of Psalmes (London: Thomas East), contains new settings by English composers, including Edward Blancks, Edmund Hooper, and John Dowland Angelo Gardano (publisher) – Il Trionfo di Dori (Venice), a collection of 29 madrigals by 29 composers Tiburtio Massaino for six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and twelve voices in two or three choirs with instruments (Venice: Angelo Gardano) First book of motets for four voices (Prague: Georg Nigrinus) First book of motets for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Claudio Merulo – First book of (Venice: Angelo Gardano), a collection of keyboard music Philippe de Monte – Fifteenth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Claudio Monteverdi – (Third book of madrigals for five voices) (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Nicola Parma – Second book of madrigals for five and six voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Riccardo Rognoni – . Venice.
Classical music none listed
Births date unknown John Jenkins, English composer (died 1678) Domenico Mazzocchi, Italian composer (died 1665)
Deaths February 29 – Alessandro Striggio, diplomat and composer (b. c. 1536) May – Giovanni Domenico da Nola, Neapolitan poet and composer (born c. 1510) May 24 – Nikolaus Selnecker, theologian and musician (b. 1532) July 1 – Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, composer (b. c. 1547) date unknown Alessandro Romano, Italian composer, singer, and violist (b. 1533) Annibale Zoilo, singer and composer (b. c. 1537)
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