Emmanuel Adriaenssen – Pratum musicum, a collection of lute music for solo and ensemble, published in Antwerp
Giuseppe Caimo – Second book of canzonette
Girolamo Dalla Casa - Il vero modo di diminuir con tutte le sorti di stromenti di fiato, & corda, & di voce humana
Vincenzo Galilei - Fronimo Dialogo, revised edition
Luca Marenzio – First book of villanelle
Paschal de l'Estocart - Ecce quam bonum et quam jucundum
May 27 – Michael Altenburg, German baroque composer (died 1640)
date unknown
Francisco Correa de Arauxo, Spanish organist, composer, and theorist (died 1654)
Andreas Berger, German composer (died 1656)
Daniel Friderici, German cantor, conductor, and composer (died 1638)
September/October - Gioseppe Caimo, Italian organist and composer (born 1545)
date unknown
Paolo Aretino, Venetian sacred music composer and choirmaster (born 1508)
Pietro Vinci, composer (born 1535)
probable
Lucrezia Bendidio, Italian singer and noblewoman (born 1547)
Marcin Leopolita, Polish composer (born c.1540)
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