1568 in music

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List of years in music (table)
... 1558 ^. 1559 ^. 1560 ^. 1561 ^. 1562 ^. 1563 ^. 1564 ... 1565 1566 1567 -1568- 1569 1570 1571 ... 1572 ^. 1573 ^. 1574 ^. 1575 ^. 1576 ^. 1577 ^. 1578 ...
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Events

Philippe de Monte becomes Kapellmeister for the Habsburg Emperor Maximilian II.
Second recorded Eisteddfod, at Caerwys in Wales.
Antonio Scandello becomes Kapellmeister at the court of the Electors of Saxony in Dresden.
Girolamo Dalla Casa and his two brothers are hired as musicians at St Mark's Basilica, Venice.

Publications

Cipriano de Rore – Gli amorosi concenti, a collection of madrigals
Vincenzo Galilei - Fronimo Dialogo, an instructional book for playing, composing and intabulating vocal music for lute.

Classical music

Births

February 29 – Juan Bautista Comes, composer (died 1643)
September 3 – Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer (died 1634)
date unknown – Christian Erbach, organist and composer (died 1635)

Deaths

June 5 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont, subject of Goethe's play and Beethoven's overture (born 1522; executed)
October 14 – Jacques Arcadelt, Flemish composer (born 1514/1515)
November 12 – Georg Forster, composer (born 1510)

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