1596 in music
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Classical music
- Carlo Gesualdo – Fourth book of madrigals a5
- Hans Leo Hassler – Neüe teüsche Gesäng nach Art der welschen Madrigalien und Canzonetten (published in Augsburg)
Opera
- Piero Strozzi - La mascherata degli accecati
Births
- September 4 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch composer and poet (died 1687)
Deaths
- February 29 - Philippe Rogier, composer (born 1561)
- May 6 – Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer (born 1535)
- December 27 - Pietro Pontio, composer (born 1532)