Events

January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. *1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the ...

– Pedro Bermúdez is dismissed from the position of ''maestro de capilla'' of the collegiate church at Antequera and briefly imprisoned, for gross negligence and a fight with one of his tenors. *

November 15 Events Pre-1600 * 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. * 1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Mo ...

– Tobias Kühn is appointed to a musical post as a singer but also as a lutenist at the court in Wolfenbüttel.

Publications

Felice Anerio Felice Anerio (26 or 27 September 1614) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, and a member of the Roman School of composers. He was the older brother of another important, and somewhat more progressive composer ...

– First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) *

Giammateo Asola Giammateo Asola (also spelled Gian Matteo, Giovanni Matteo; Asula, Asulae; 1532 or earlier – 1 October 1609) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance. He was a prolific composer of sacred music, mostly in a conservative style, althoug ...

** for eight voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), also includes a

Magnificat The Magnificat (Latin for " y soulmagnifies he Lord) is a canticle, also known as the Song of Mary, the Canticle of Mary and, in the Byzantine tradition, the Ode of the Theotokos (). It is traditionally incorporated into the liturgical servic ...

** for three voices, book 2 (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti), a madrigal cycle, setting

Petrarch Francesco Petrarca (; 20 July 1304 – 18/19 July 1374), commonly anglicized as Petrarch (), was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited ...

's **Madrigals for two voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) * Ippolito Baccusi – Fourth book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) * Ludovico Balbi – for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) *

Giovanni Bassano Giovanni Bassano (c. 1561 – 3 September 1617) was an Italian composer associated with the Venetian School of composers and a cornettist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was a key figure in the development of the instrumental en ...

– Canzonettas for four voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) * Johannes Eccard – for five voices (Königsberg: Georg Osterberger), a wedding song *

Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder Alfonso Ferrabosco (baptized 18 January 154312 August 1588) was an Italian composer. While mostly famous as the solitary Italian madrigalist working in England, and the one mainly responsible for the growth of the madrigal there, he also compos ...

**First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) **Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) *

Andrea Gabrieli Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1533Bryant, Grove online – August 30, 1585) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. The uncle of the somewhat more famous Giovanni Gabrieli, he was the first internationally renowned member of the V ...

Giovanni Gabrieli Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557 – 12 August 1612) was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School, at the time of the shift f ...

– ''Concerti'' (Venice: Angelo Gardano), the majority of the pieces are by Andrea, published posthumously *

Vincenzo Galilei Vincenzo Galilei (born 3 April 1520, Santa Maria a Monte, Italy died 2 July 1591, Florence, Italy) was an Italian lutenist, composer, and music theorist. His children included the astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei and the lute virtuoso and ...

– Second book of madrigals for four and five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) * Jacobus Gallus – , volumes 2 & 3 (Prague: Georg Nigrinus) *

Marc'Antonio Ingegneri Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (also spelled Ingegnieri, Ingignieri, Ingignero, Inzegneri) (c. 1535 or 1536 – 1 July 1592) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance. He was born in Verona and died in Cremona. Even though he spent most of his life ...

**Second book of masses for five voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) **Fifth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) *

Orlande de Lassus Orlande de Lassus ( various other names; probably – 14 June 1594) was a composer of the late Renaissance. The chief representative of the mature polyphonic style in the Franco-Flemish school, Lassus stands with Giovanni Pierluigi da Pale ...

– Madrigals for four, five, and six voices (Nuremberg: Catharina Gerlach), his seventh and final book of only madrigals * Carolus Luython – for six voices (Prague: Georg Nigrinus), a collection of motets * Giovanni de Macque – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) *

Luca Marenzio Luca Marenzio (also Marentio; October 18, 1553 or 1554 – August 22, 1599) was an Italian composer and singer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most renowned composers of madrigals, and wrote some of the most famous examples of the fo ...

**Fourth book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) **Fourth book of for three voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) **Fifth book of for three voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto) * Tiburtio Massaino ** for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) **Second book of masses for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) **Third book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) * Rinaldo del Mel – Third book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) *

Philippe de Monte Philippe de Monte (1521 – 4 July 1603), sometimes known as Philippus de Monte, was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance active all over Europe. He was a member of the 3rd generation madrigalists and wrote more madrigals than any other comp ...

**First book of masses (Antwerp: Christophe Plantin) **Second book of motets for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) **Twelfth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) * Claudio Monteverdi – (Venice: Angelo Gardano), a book of

madrigals A madrigal is a form of secular vocal music most typical of the Renaissance (15th–16th c.) and early Baroque (1600–1750) periods, although revisited by some later European composers. The polyphonic madrigal is unaccompanied, and the number ...

* Jakob Paix – (

Lauingen Lauingen (Swabian: ''Lauinga'') is a town in the district of Dillingen in Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the left bank of the Danube, 5 km west of Dillingen, and 37 km northeast of Ulm. In June 1800, the armies of the French Fir ...

, Leonhard Reinmichel) *

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina ( – 2 February 1594) was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music. The central representative of the Roman School, with Orlande de Lassus and Tomás Luis de Victoria, Palestrina is considered the leading ...

– Second book of motets for four voices *

Benedetto Pallavicino Benedetto Pallavicino (c. 1551 – 26 November 1601) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. A prolific composer of madrigals, he was resident at the Gonzaga court of Mantua in the 1590s, where he was a close associate of Gia ...

– First book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti)

Compositions

* Adam Puschmann, , a , collected in his manuscript (1588)

Births

* February 26 (baptized) –

Stefano Landi Stefano Landi (baptized 26 February 1587 – 28 October 1639) was an Italian composer and teacher of the early Baroque Roman School. He was an influential early composer of opera, and wrote the earliest opera on a historical subject: '' Il ...

, Roman composer and teacher (died 1639) *

September 18 Events Pre-1600 * 96 – Domitian, who has been conducting a reign of terror for the past three years, is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. * 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor a ...

– Francesca Caccini, Florentine composer and lutenist (died after 1641) *

November 3 Events Pre-1600 * 361 – Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia; on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor. *1333 – The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Fl ...

(baptized) –

Samuel Scheidt Samuel Scheidt (baptised 3 November 1587 – 24 March 1654) was a German composer, organist and teacher of the early Baroque era. Life and career Scheidt was born in Halle, and after early studies there, he went to Amsterdam to study with Sw ...

, German composer (died 1654) *''date unknown'' –

Francesco Lambardi Francesco Lambardi (1587–1642) was a Neapolitan Baroque composer who participated in the staging of ''feste a ballo'' with Giovanni Maria Trabaci. He was born in Naples. Recordings *''Canto d'Amore'' on ''Festa teatrale'', Thomas Hengelbr ...

, Neapolitan composer (died 1642)

Deaths

February 9 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 1003 – Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland. *1539 – The first recorded race is held ...

– Vincenzo Ruffo, Veronese composer (born 1508) *

June 15 Events Pre-1600 * 763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. * 844 – Louis II is crowned as king of Italy at Rome by pope Sergius II. * 923 – Battle of So ...

– Giovanni Battista Pinello di Ghirardi, Italian composer and singer (born c.1544) *

August 29 Events Pre-1600 * 708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). * 870 – The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine M ...

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Vincenzo Bellavere Vincenzo Bellavere (also Bell'haver, Bell'aver, Belaver) (c.1540-1541 – 29 August 1587) was an Italian composer of the Venetian School. While a fairly minor figure in the Venetian School, he was a competent composer of madrigals and wrote a ...

, Venetian composer (born c.1540/1541)

References

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