William Byrd becomes a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal.
February 14 – Hans Christoph Haiden, German composer, organist and poet
March 16 (baptized) – Daniel Bacheler, English lutenist and composer
May 25 – Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), German music patron and composer (died 1632)
September 15 (baptized) – Erasmus Widmann, German composer, teacher, instrumentalist, organist, and poet
October 19 (baptized) – Paolo Fonghetto, Italian composer
December 27 – Johannes Vodnianus Campanus, Czech composer, pedagogue and humanist (died 1622)
date unknown
Martin Peerson (born ca. 1571 – ca. 1573; died 1650 or 1651), English composer, organist and virginalist
Thomas Tomkins, Welsh composer (died 1656)
Alessandro Ghivizzani, Italian composer
January - Robert Parsons, composer (born c.1535)
February 23 – Pierre Certon, French composer (born c1510)
August 28? – Claude Goudimel, French composer, murdered in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. (born c1514)
date unknown
Melchior Kreisstein, German music printer
Francesco Londariti (Frankiskos Leontaritis), Cretan composer, active in Venice and Munich
Christopher Tye, English composer (between August 27, 1571 and March 15, 1573)
1572 in music Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
