1561 in music

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List of years in music (Table)
… 1551 • 1552 • 1553 • 1554 • 1555 • 1556 • 1557 •   
1558 • 1559 • 1560 – 1561 – 1562 • 1563 • 1564 •
   1565 • 1566 • 1567 • 1568 • 1569 • 1570 • 1571 …
Related time period or subjects
… 1558 • 1559 • 1560 – 1561 – 1562 • 1563 • 1564 …
… 1530s • 1540s • 1550s – 1560s – 1570s • 1580s • 1590s …
… 15th century – 16th century – 17th century …
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[edit] Events

  • none listed

[edit] Publications

  • Il terzo libro della muse, a collection of secular music

[edit] Classical music

[edit] Births

  • August 20 - Jacopo Peri, Italian singer and composer of early opera (died 1633)
  • probable - Peter Philips (c.1560/1561), eminent English composer, organist, and Catholic priest (d. 1628), the most published English composer in his time.

[edit] Deaths