Events

* May – Luzzasco Luzzaschi is appointed assistant organist at the Este court in Ferrara. *20 December – Virtuoso bass-tenor Alessandro Merlo joins the

Cappella Sistina Cappella Sistina may refer to: * Sistine Chapel * Sistine Chapel Choir The Sistine Chapel Choir, as it is generally called in English, or officially the Coro della Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina in Italian, is the Pope's personal choir. It p ...

in Rome *''date unknown'' – **

Rodrigo de Ceballos Rodrigo de Ceballos (also Çavallos, Cevallos, Zaballos; c.1525-c.1581) was a Spanish composer. He was born in Aracena (Huelva), and was ordained a priest in Seville in 1556. He was named ''maestro di cappella'' in Málaga in 1554, in the cathedra ...

succeeds

Bernardino de Figueroa Bernardino de Figueroa (c.1510-November 1586) was a Spanish composer, afterwards Archbishop of Brindisi in Italy. Figueroa entered the chapel choir in 1518 and was the first ''maestro de capilla'' at the Royal Chapel of Granada until 1551, being s ...

as maestro de capilla at the Royal Chapel of Granada. **

Philibert Jambe de Fer Philibert Jambe de Fer ( fl. 1548–1564) was a French Renaissance composer of religious music. This composer is only known from his publications. The first known publication is a chanson for 4 voices (a motet), which dates from 1548. It appeared i ...

sues the Lyonnais printer Jean d'Ogerelles for failing to give his name on the title page of a volume of his psalm settings.

Publications

*''Il terzo libro della muse'', a collection of secular music * Jacques Arcadelt – (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) *

Jacquet de Berchem Jacquet de Berchem (also known as Giachet(to) Berchem or Jakob van Berchem; c. 1505 – before 2 March 1567) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy. He was famous in mid-16th-century Italy for his madrigals, approximat ...

– for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano), a madrigal cycle setting stanzas of

Orlando Furioso ''Orlando furioso'' (; ''The Frenzy of Orlando'', more loosely ''Raging Roland'') is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The earliest version appeared in 1516, although the poem was no ...

, and the first musical work to be titled "Cappricio" *

Ippolito Chamaterò Ippolito Chamaterò (also Chamatterò di Negri, Camaterò; first name also Hippolito; late 1530s – after 1592) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance, originally from Rome but active in northern Italy. He wrote both sacred and secular m ...

– First book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) *

Ippolito Ciera Ippolito Ciera ( fl. 1546–1561) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance, active at Treviso and Venice. Little is yet known about his life, for neither his biography nor his works have yet been the subject of a scholarly study. He was a Dom ...

– First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) * Nicolao Dorati – Third book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) *

Jacquet of Mantua Jacquet of Mantua (Jacques Colebault, dit Jachet de Mantoue) (1483 – October 2, 1559) was a FrenchGeorge Nugent. "Jacquet of Mantua." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. 23 Sep. 2010 . composer of the Renaissance, who spent almost his entire ...

**First book of for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto), published posthumously **Second book of for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto), published posthumously * Jacobus de Kerle ** (Book of Vespers Psalms) for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) **First book of Magnificats for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) *

Gerardus Mes Gerardus Mes or Gherardus (fl. c. 1561) was a Franco-Flemish composer. Life and work Little of his work has survived, except the settings for four voices of the ''Souterliedekens'', 150 Dutch Psalm Songs and canticles, possibly written by noble ...

– (Antwerp: Tielman Susato), a collection of psalms *

Jan Nasco Jan Nasco (also Giovanni, Jhan) (c. 1510 – 1561) was a Franco-Flemish composer and writer on music, mainly active in Italy. He was the first director of the Veronese Accademia Filarmonica, and his writings, particularly a group of letters he wro ...

– Lamentations for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) *

Christoph Praetorius Christoph Praetorius (died 1590) was an author, choirmaster and composer. He entered the University of Wittenberg in 1551. Christoph was born in Bunzlau, Silesia, but the date of his birth is unknown. His earliest composition, a funeral motet, ...

– for five voices (Wittenberg), a wedding motet

Births

* January 24 –

Camillo Cortellini Camillo Cortellini (24 January 156112/13 February 1630) was an Italian composer, singer, and violinist. Biography Cortellini was born in Bologna, and was the son of the composer Gaspare "the viola" Cortellini. In following his father's profession ...

, Italian composer, singer, and violinist (d.

1630 Events January–March * January 2 – A shoemaker in Turin is found to have the first case of bubonic plague there as the plague of 1630 begins spreading through Italy. * January 5 – A team of Portuguese military advisers ...

) * July 17 – Jacopo Corsi, Italian composer and patron of the arts (d.

1602 Events January–June * January 3 – Battle of Kinsale: The English defeat Irish rebels and their Spanish allies. (The battle happens on this date according to the Gregorian calendar used by the Irish and Spanish but on Thursday, 24 Dec ...

) *August –

Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia (August 1561 – 16 December 1627Robert Cummings, "Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia", aAllMusic.com/ref>) was a Spanish monk, musician and composer. He was first the organist at the cathedral in Huesca from 1585 to 160 ...

, Spanish monk, organist and composer (d. 1627) * August 20 – Jacopo Peri, Italian singer and composer of early opera (d.

1633 Events January–March * January 20 – Galileo Galilei, having been summoned to Rome on orders of Pope Urban VIII, leaves for Florence for his journey. His carriage is halted at Ponte a Centino at the border of Tuscany, where ...

) *''date unknown'' – Juan Blas de Castro, Spanish singer, musician, and composer (d.

1631 Events January–March * January 23 – Thirty Years' War: Sweden and France sign the Treaty of Bärwalde, a military alliance in which France provides funds for the Swedish army invading northern Germany. * February 5 &ndash ...

) *''probable'' ** Elias Mertel, German lutenist, composer and intabulator (d.

1626 Events January–March * January 7 – Polish-Swedish War: Battle of Wallhof in Latvia – Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, defeats a Polish army. * January 9 – Peter Minuit sails from Texel Island for America's Ne ...

) ** Peter Philips (c.1560/1561), eminent English composer, organist, and Catholic priest, the most published English composer in his time (d.

1628 Events January–March * January 19 – (26 Jumada al-Awwal 1037 A.H.) The reign of Salef-ud-din Muhammad Shahryar as the Mughal Emperor, Shahryar Mirza, comes to an end a little more than two months after the November 7 dea ...

). ** Philippe Rogier, Franco-Flemish composer at the Spanish court (d.

1596 Events January–June * January 6– 20 – An English attempt led by Francis Drake to cross the Isthmus of Panama ends in defeat. * January 28 – Francis Drake dies of dysentery off Portobelo. * February 14 – Archbishop John Whitg ...

Deaths

February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...

–

Cornelius Canis Cornelius Canis (also de Hondt, d'Hondt) (between 1500 and 1510 – 15 February 1562) was a Franco-Flemish composer, singer, and choir director of the Renaissance, active for much of his life in the ''Grande Chapelle'', the imperial Habsburg music ...

, Franco-Flemish composer, singer, and choir director (b. c. 1500/1510) *''date unknown'' –

, Franco-Flemish composer and writer on music (b. c. 1510) *''probable'' ** Louis Bourgeois, French composer, famous for his Protestant

hymn tune A hymn tune is the melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung. Musically speaking, a hymn is generally understood to have four-part (or more) harmony, a fast harmonic rhythm (chords change frequently), with or without refrain ...

s (b. c. 1510) **

, Italian composer **

Luis de Milán Luis de Milán (also known as Lluís del Milà or Luys Milán) (c. 1500 – c. 1561) was a Spanish Renaissance composer, vihuelist, and writer on music. He was the first composer in history to publish music for the vihuela de mano, an instru ...

, Spanish Renaissance composer, vihuelist and writer on music (b. c. 1500) ** Hendrik Niehoff, Dutch pipe organ builder (b. 1495)

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