1572 in music

Events

• William Byrd becomes a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal.

Births

• February 14 – Hans Christoph Haiden, German composer, organist and poet
• March 16 (baptized) – Daniel Bacheler, English lutenist and composer
• May 25 – Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), German music patron and composer (died 1632)
• September 15 (baptized) – Erasmus Widmann, German composer, teacher, instrumentalist, organist, and poet
• October 19 (baptized) – Paolo Fonghetto, Italian composer
• December 27 – Johannes Vodnianus Campanus, Czech composer, pedagogue and humanist (died 1622)
• date unknown
  • Martin Peerson (born ca. 1571 – ca. 1573; died 1650 or 1651), English composer, organist and virginalist
  • Thomas Tomkins, Welsh composer (died 1656)
  • Alessandro Ghivizzani, Italian composer

Deaths

• January - Robert Parsons, composer (born c.1535)
• February 23 – Pierre Certon, French composer (born c1510)
• August 28? – Claude Goudimel, French composer, murdered in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. (born c1514)
• date unknown
  • Melchior Kreisstein, German music printer
  • Francesco Londariti (Frankiskos Leontaritis), Cretan composer, active in Venice and Munich
  • Christopher Tye, English composer (between August 27, 1571 and March 15, 1573)