1591 in music
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Events
- Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer, is appointed maestro de capilla by Seville Cathedral.
- Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer and successor to Palestrina at St. Peter's, acquires post at Collegio Germanico in Rome.
- Giulio Belli, Italian composer, is appointed maestro di cappella at cathedral in Carpi, Italy.
- Giovanni Bernardino Nanino, Italian composer of the Roman School, is appointed maestro di cappella at S Luigi dei Francesi in Rome.
- John Bull becomes organist for Elizabeth I at the Chapel Royal.
- Emilio de' Cavalieri serves as a papal spy, engaging in several secret vote-buying missions to Florence.
Publications
- William Byrd, Catholic composer in England, publishes his Cantiones sacrae, Book 2
- First collection by Giovanni Croce, his Compietta for eight voices
- Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi – Balletti a5, published in Venice
- Hans Leo Hassler, German composer, publishes the large collection Cantiones sacrae de festis praecipuis totius anni in Augsburg
- Luca Marenzio, Italian composer of madrigals, publishes his fifth book of madrigals in Venice
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer, publishes a group of Magnificat settings, in Rome
- Giaches de Wert, Franco-Flemish composer, publishes his tenth book of madrigals
Births
- October 6 – Settimia Caccini, Italian composer and singer, younger daughter of Giulio Caccini and sister of Francesca Caccini (died 1638)
- date unknown
- Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Cretan music theorist, in Candia (Iraklion) (died 1655)
- Robert Dowland, lutenist and composer (died 1641)
Deaths
- January 7 – Jacobus de Kerle, Netherlandish composer
- February 10 - Ambrose Lupo, court musician and composer to Tudor monarchs (date of birth unknown)
- May 23 - John Blitheman, organist and composer (born 1525)
- July 2 – Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer, lutenist and music theorist, father of Galileo (born 1520)
- July 18 – Jacobus Gallus (Jakob Handl), Slovene composer (born 1550)
- date unknown
- Joan Brudieu, composer (born 1520)
- William Mundy, composer of sacred music (born 1529)