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Mikołaj Gomółka
Mikołaj Gomółka (c. 1535 – after 30 April 1591, most probably 5 March 1609) was a Polish Renaissance composer, and member of the royal court of Sigismund II Augustus, where he was a singer, flutist and trumpeter.
Gomółka was born in Sando ...
leaves the Polish royal court for Kraków.
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Orlande de Lassus succeeding
Ludwig Daser as maestro di cappella to
Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria
Albert V (German: ''Albrecht V.'') (29 February 1528 – 24 October 1579) was Duke of Bavaria from 1550 until his death. He was born in Munich to William IV and Maria Jacobäa of Baden.
Early life
Albert was educated at Ingolstadt by Catholic ...
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Nicola Vicentino becomes maestro di cappella at
Vicenza Cathedral.
Publications
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Giovanni Animuccia
Giovanni Animuccia ( – March 1571)Lockwood and O’Regan, ''Animuccia, Giovanni,'' Grove Music Online. was an Italian composer of the Renaissance who was involved in the heart of Rome's liturgical musical life. He was one of Giovanni Pier ...
– First book of
laudi (Rome:
Valerio Dorico
Valerio Dorico (Brescia, fifteenth century - Rome, late fifteenth century) was an Italian typographer. Over a period of sixteen years (1539–1555) he printed numerous editions, pioneering the use of a single impression printing process first deve ...
)
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Severin Cornet – for four voices (Antwerp: Jean Laet)
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Gallus Dressler Gallus Dressler (16 October 1533 – 1580/9) was a German composer and music theorist who served as Kantor in the church school at Magdeburg. Though a few of his works have remained in the choral repertoire, he is best known for his theoretical ...
– (MS)
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Giulio Fiesco – Madrigals for four and five voices (Venice:
Girolamo Scotto
Girolamo Scotto (Hieronymus Scotus; also Gerolamo) (c.1505 – 3 September 1572) was an Italian printer, composer, businessman and bookseller of the Renaissance, active mainly in Venice. He was the most influential member of the firm of Venetian ...
), also includes four dialogues, two for seven voice and two for eight voices
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Vincenzo Galilei – First book of (Rome: Valerio Dorico), a collection of lute music, including madrigals and ricercars, by various composers
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Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero is the name of:
*Francisco Guerrero (composer) (1528–1599), Spanish composer of the Renaissance
* Francisco Guerrero (politician) (1811–1851), Alcalde of San Francisco
*Francisco Guerrero Marín (1951–1997), Spanish composer ...
– Magnificats in all eight tones (Leuven:
Pierre Phalèse)
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Orlande de Lassus – Third book of madrigals for five voices (Rome: Antonio Barré)
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Nicolaus Listenius –
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Francesco Portinaro – First book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
Classical music
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Antonino Barges – Two motets{{Vague, date=July 2017
Births
*''date unknown''
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John Dowland, English Renaissance composer, singer and lutenist (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 ...
)
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Cornelis Verdonck
Cornelis Verdonck (1563 – 5 July 1625) was a Flanders, Flemish composer of the late Renaissance music, Renaissance. He was one of the last members of the Dutch School (music), Franco-Flemish school of polyphony, and was a notable composer of ma ...
, Flemish composer of madrigals (d.
1625
Events
January–March
* January 17 – Led by the Duke of Soubise, the Huguenots launch a second rebellion against King Louis XIII, with a surprise naval assault on a French fleet being prepared in Blavet.
* February 3 – ...
)
*''approximate date''
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Giles Farnaby, English composer, perhaps from Truro, Cornwall (d.
1640
Events
January–March
* January 6 – The Siege of Salses ends almost six months after it had started on June 9, 1639, with the French defenders surrendering to the Spanish attackers.
* January 17 – A naval battle over ...
)
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Andreas Raselius, German composer (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 ...
)
Deaths
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February 2
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law".
* 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...
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Hans Neusidler
Hans Neusidler (also Neusiedler, Newsidler) (c.1508 – 2 February 1563), was a German composer and lutenist of the Renaissance.
Life
Neusidler was born in Pressburg (today Bratislava, Slovakia) and first enters the historical record in 1530, whe ...
, composer (b. c. 1508)
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August 11
Events Pre-1600
* 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.
* 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
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Bartolomé de Escobedo
Bartolomé de Escobedo (1515 – August 11, 1563) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance.
Biography
He was born in Zamora, studied at Salamanca where he was a singer, and in 1536 joined the papal choir in Rome as only the second Spaniard t ...
, composer (b. c. 1515)
*''date unknown''
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Thomas Appleby, church musician and composer (b. c. 1488)
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Francesco Cellavenia
Francesco Cellavenia (fl. c. 1538 – 1563) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance music, Renaissance, active in Casale Monferrato.
Little is known about his life, and the few details once thought secure are contested. He may have been f ...
, composer
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Francisco de Soto
Francisco de Soto (ca. 1500 – 1563) was a Spanish composer and organist. He worked in the Royal Court at Madrid. He was one of the Franciscan Twelve, a group of twelve Franciscan missionaries who arrived in the newly founded Viceroyalty of N ...
, organist and composer (b. c. 1500)
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Thomas Preston, organist and composer
Music
Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...
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