1575 in music
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Events
- January 22 - Thomas Tallis and William Byrd are granted a 25-year monopoly for printing and selling part-music and manuscript paper by Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- The first performance of a mixed consort takes place in the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- First appearance of the dulcian in Nuremberg.
- Tomás Luis de Victoria is ordained a priest.
Publications
- Elias Nicolaus Ammerbach publishes Ein new künstlich Tabulaturbuch, a book of 40 vocal intabulations and one praeambulum.
- Costanzo Antegnati publishes a book of four- and five-part motets.
- Jean d'Arras publishes a chanson.
- William Byrd & Thomas Tallis – Cantiones Sacrae
- Ippolito Chamaterò publishes Li Magnificat, works for 8, 9, and 12 voices, in Venice.
- Giovanni Ferretti publishes the Canzoni, his second book of light, secular pieces, for six voices
- Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola – Motets for six voices
- Costanzo Porta – Litaniae, published in Venice.
- Antonio Scandello – Newe schöne ausserlesene geistliche deudsche Lieder, published in Dresden.
- Il secondo libro de madrigali a cinque voci de floridi virtuosi del Serenissimo Ducca di Baviera, an anthology of music by court composers from Munich, is published.
- Kurtzer Ausszug der Christlichen und Catholischen Geseng, a defense of conservative music during the Reformation, is published.
Births
- December 18 - Michelagnolo Galilei, lutenist and composer (died 1631)
- date unknown
- John Bennet, English composer
- Estêvão de Brito, Portuguese composer
- Christoph Strauss, cantor, organist and composer (died 1631)
- probable
- Vittoria Aleotti, Italian composer (died c.1620)
- Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger, viol player and composer (died 1628)
- Ennemond Gaultier, French lutenist and composer (died 1651)
- Giovanni Priuli, composer (died 1626)
- Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer (died 1647)
Deaths
- March 15 – Annibale Padovano, Venetian organist and composer (born 1527)
- April 17 – Johann Bertram, German composer, kantor, and theologian
- August 16 – Francesco Adriani, Italian composer
- probable – Giacomo Gorzanis, Italian lutenist
- possible (alternatively 1576) – Nicola Vicentino, Italian music theorist and composer (born 1511)