1591 in music

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See also: 1590 in music, other events of 1591, 1592 in music, list of years in music.

Contents 1 Events 2 Publications 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer, appointed maestro de capilla by Seville Cathedral
• Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer and successor to Palestrina at St. Peter's, acquires post at Collegio Germanico in Rome
• Giulio Belli, Italian composer, appointed maestro di cappella at cathedral in Carpi, Italy
• Giovanni Bernardino Nanino, Italian composer of the Roman School, appointed maestro di cappella at S Luigi dei Francesi in Rome
• John Bull becomes organist for Elizabeth I at the Chapel Royal
• Emilio de' Cavalieri serves as a papal spy, engaging in several secret vote-buying missions to Florence

[edit] Publications

• William Byrd, Catholic composer in England, publishes his Cantiones sacrae, Book 2
• First collection by Giovanni Croce, his Compietta for eight voices
• Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi - Balletti a5, published in Venice
• Hans Leo Hassler, German composer, publishes the large collection Cantiones sacrae de festis praecipuis totius anni in Augsburg
• Luca Marenzio, Italian composer of madrigals, publishes his fifth book of madrigals in Venice
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer, publishes a group of Magnificat settings, in Rome
• Giaches de Wert, Franco-Flemish composer, publishes his tenth book of madrigals

[edit] Births

• October 6 - Settimia Caccini, Italian composer and singer, younger daughter of Giulio Caccini and sister of Francesca Caccini (died 1638)
• Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Cretan music theorist, in Candia (Iraklion) (died 1655)

[edit] Deaths

• January 7 - Jacobus de Kerle, Netherlandish composer, dies in Prague
• July 2 - Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer, lutenist and music theorist, father of Galileo (born 1520)
• July 18 - Jacobus Gallus (Jakob Handl) - Slovene composer (born 1550)