1566 in music
List of years in music (table) |
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Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . Music . Philosophy . Science +... |
Events
- none listed
Publications
- Melchior Neusidler – Il primo libro intabolatura di liuto (two volumes)
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Il desiderio secondo libro
Births
- probable – Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa, madrigalist, composer of church music (d. 1613)
Deaths
- March 26 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish composer and organist of the Renaissance (b. 1510)
- October 31 – Richard Edwardes, English choral musician, playwright and poet (b. 1525)