1563 in music

none August 2026 1563 music Events 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. Publications Giovanni Animuccia – First book of laudi (Rome: Valerio Dorico) Severin Cornet – it Canzoni napolitane for four voices (Antwerp: Jean Laet) Gallus Dressler – la Praecepta musicae poeticae (MS)Forgács Robert Gallus Dressler: Præcepta musicæ poëticæ (1563-64) https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ren/snls/snls_teaching_anthology/gallus_dressler.pdf 2026-08-04 University of Warwick Giulio Fiesco – Madrigals for four and five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto), also includes four dialogues, two for seven voice and two for eight voices Vincenzo Galilei – First book of it intavolature de lauto (Rome: Valerio Dorico), a collection of lute music, including madrigals and ricercars, by various composers Francisco Guerrero – Magnificats in all eight tones (Leuven: Pierre Phalèse) Orlande de Lassus – Third book of madrigals for five voices (Rome: Antonio Barré) Nicolaus Listenius – la Rudimenta Musicae Planae Francesco Portinaro – First book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto) Classical music Antonino Barges – Two motetsJuly 2017 Births date unknown John Dowland, English Renaissance composer, singer and lutenist (d. 1626) Cornelis Verdonck, Flemish composer of madrigals (d. 1625) approximate date Giles Farnaby, English composer, perhaps from Truro, Cornwall (d. 1640) Andreas Raselius, German composer (d. 1602) Deaths February 2 – Hans Neusidler, composer (b. c. 1508) August 11 – Bartolomé de Escobedo, composer (b. c. 1515) date unknown Thomas Appleby, church musician and composer (b. c. 1488) Francesco Cellavenia, composer Francisco de Soto, organist and composer (b. c. 1500) Thomas Preston, organist and composer References Category:1560s in music Category:1563 in the arts Music Category:16th century in music Category:Music by year