1563 in music
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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
- Gallus Dressler - Praecepta musicae poeticae (MS)
- Nicolaus Listenius - Rudimenta Musicae Planae
Classical music
- Antonino Barges - Two motets
Births
- date unknown
- John Dowland, English Renaissance composer, singer, and lutenist (died 1626)
- Cornelis Verdonck, Flemish composer of madrigals (died 1625)
- probable - Giles Farnaby, composer from Truro, Cornwall, England (died 1640)
Deaths
- February 2 - Hans Neusidler, composer (born c.1508)
- August 11 - Bartolomé de Escobedo, composer (born c.110)
- date unknown
- Thomas Appleby, church musician and composer (born c.1488)
- Francesco Cellavenia, composer
- Francisco de Soto, organist and composer (born c.1500)
- Thomas Preston, organist and composer