Mikołaj Gomółka leaves the Polish royal court for Kraków.
Orlande de Lassus succeeding Ludwig Daser as maestro di cappella to Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria.
Nicola Vicentino becomes maestro di cappella at Vicenza Cathedral.
Gallus Dressler - Praecepta musicae poeticae (MS)
Nicolaus Listenius - Rudimenta Musicae Planae
Antonino Barges - Two motets
date unknown
John Dowland, English Renaissance composer, singer and lutenist (died 1626)
Cornelis Verdonck, Flemish composer of madrigals (died 1625)
approximate date
Giles Farnaby, English composer, perhaps from Truro, Cornwall (died 1640)
Andreas Raselius, German composer (died 1602)
February 2 - Hans Neusidler, composer (born c.1508)
August 11 - Bartolomé de Escobedo, composer (born c.110)
date unknown
Thomas Appleby, church musician and composer (born c.1488)
Francesco Cellavenia, composer
Francisco de Soto, organist and composer (born c.1500)
Thomas Preston, organist and composer
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