Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina becomes maestro di cappella at the Julian Chapel, St. Peter's, Rome
Andrea Gabrieli writes the music for the festivities celebrating the victory of the Venetians over the Turks after the Battle of Lepanto.
Orlande de Lassus visits France at the personal invitation of King Charles IX, who unsuccessfully attempts to employ him
Tomás Luis de Victoria begins teaching at the Collegio Germanico in Rome
Bálint Bakfark, Hungarian lutenist, moves to Padua, Italy
Elias Ammerbach publishes the first printed German organ music, the tablature Orgel oder Instrument Tabulatur
Orlande de Lassus publishes two books of music in Paris, including some of his most famous chansons
Gioseffo Zarlino published Dimonstrationi harmoniche, which establishes the primacy of the major mode
Philippe de Monte - published his Fourth book of madrigals
Alexander Utendal - publishes his Sacrae cantiones
January 15 (baptized) – Henry Ainsworth, author of the Ainsworth Psalter, the only book of music brought by the Pilgrim settlers to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1620. (died 1622)
February 15 (possibly) – Michael Praetorius, German organist, composer and music theorist (died 1621)
May 17 – William White, English composer
August 7 – Thomas Lupo, English composer of instrumental music (died 1627)
December 27 – Johannes Kepler, astronomer and writer on music (died 1630)
Dates unknown
Filipe de Magalhães, Portuguese composer
Leon Modena, Italian rabbi, cantor, scholar and writer on music
Martin Peerson (born ca. 1571 – ca. 1573; died 1650 or 1651), English composer, organist and virginalist
John Ward, English composer of madrigals
March 20 - Giovanni Animuccia, composer (born c.1520)
June 7 – Francesco Corteccia, Italian composer and organist (born 1502)
November 21 - Jan Blahoslav, Czech writer and composer (born 1523)
date unknown
Francisco de Ceballos, organist and composer
Bernardino de Ribera (Sahagún), Spanish composer (born c.1499)
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