1594 in music
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Events
- Thomas Ravenscroft joins the choir of St Paul's Cathedral, London.
- Alfonso Fontanelli and Carlo Gesualdo visit Venice, Florence, Naples, and Venosa.
Publications
- Thomas Morley – Madrigalls To Foure Voyces ... The First Booke
Classical music
Births
- February 5 – Biagio Marini, violinist and composer (d. 1663)
- September 13 – Francesco Manelli, Italian composer and theorbist (died 1667)
Deaths
- February 2 – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer (born c.1525)
- June 14 – Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer (born 1532)
- July – Girolamo Mei, humanist and inspiration of the Florentine Camerata (b. 1519)
- July 10 – Paolo Bellasio, organist and composer (b. 1554)