1576 in music

none December 2025 1576 music Events Pierre-Francisque Caroubel relocated to Paris. Carolus Luython becomes court organist and composer to Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, at Vienna. Publications Giammateo Asola la Vespertina majorem solennitatum psalmodia for six voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto), also includes two Magnificats la Missa pro defunctis (Mass for the dead) for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Lodovico Balbi – Second book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Antoine de Bertrand – fr Les amours de Pierre Ronsard put to music for three voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard), a chanson cycle setting texts from Pierre de Ronsard's fr Les Amours Fabrice Caietain – Airs for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard), contains settings of poems by Ronsard and other contemporary poets Thomas Crecquillon – Motets for four, five, six and eight voices (Leuven: Pierre Phalèse), published posthumously Estevan Daça – it El Parnasso (Valladolid: Diego Fernando de Cordova), a collection of pieces for the vihuela Andrea Gabrieli – la Ecclesiasticarum cantionum, liber primus for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Marc'Antonio Ingegneri – First book of motets for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Orlande de Lassus la Patrocinium musices, Part 5 (Munich: Adam Berg), a collection of Magnificats for four, five, six, and eight voices Third book of de schöner, neuer, teutscher Lieder for five voices (Munich: Adam Berg) Luzzasco Luzzaschi – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Giovanni de Macque – First book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Tiburtio Massaino Psalms for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) First book of motets for five and six voices (Venice: Giuseffo Guglielmo) Philippe de Monte – Third book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Leonhard Päminger – la Tertius tomus ecclesiasticarum cantionum... (Third book of ecclesiastical songs), published posthumously in Nuremberg Bonifacio Pasquale – it I salmi che si cantano tutto l'anno al Vespro a cinque voci et un Magnificat a otto... (Venice: Girolamo Scotto) Classical music Luzzasco Luzzaschi – Quivi sospiri Births October – Thomas Weelkes, organist and composer (d. 1623) Deaths January 19 – Hans Sachs, meistersinger (b. 1494)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hans-Sachs Hans Sachs Encyclopædia Britannica 10 December 2025 August – Bálint Bakfark, Hungarian and Polish composer and lutenist (b. 1507; plague) probable David Abell, organist and composer Josquin Baston, court composer Jan van Wintelroy, Franco-Flemish composer and choirmaster References Category:1570s in music Category:1576 in the arts Music Category:16th century in music Category:Music by year