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EVENTS

Approximate beginning date of the late Italian Madrigal style

Luzzasco Luzzaschi becomes master of Duke Alfonso of Ferrara's private ''musica da camera'', which was soon to become one of the most distinguished in Europe

Orlande De Lassus is made a nobleman by Emperor Maximilian II , and knighted by Pope Gregory XIII

Formation in Paris of Antoine De Baïf 's Académie De Poésie Et Musique , and consequent development of Musique Mesurée by composers such as Claude Le Jeune and Guillaume Costeley

First appearance of the Air De Cour , an ubiquitous type of popular secular music in France until around 1650

Lázaro Del Álamo leaves his post as maestro di capilla in Mexico City

Approximate date of the "Son de la Má Teodora", the earliest surviving example of Son Montuno from Cuba

PUBLICATIONS

Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina publishes his third book of Mass es, for four to six voices, in Rome

Andrea Gabrieli publishes second book of madrigals, for five to eight voices, in Venice

Orlande De Lassus publishes two books of sacred music, one in Leuven and one in Venice

Maddalena Casulana publishes her second book of madrigals, the second printed collection of music by a woman in European history

BIRTHS

June 13 (baptized) - Paul Peuerl , German composer and organist

June 18 (baptized) - Juan Pujol , Catalan composer

August 19 - Salamone Rossi , Italian composer

October 21 - Wolfgang Schonsleder , German composer and music theorist

Giovanni Paolo Cima , Italian composer

Ignazio Donati , Italian composer

John Farmer , English madrigal composer

Francis Pilkington , English madrigal composer

DEATHS

Jean Maillard , French composer (approximate date)

Diego Ortiz , Spanish music theorist and composer (approximate date)

Tomás De Santa María , Spanish music theorist, organist and composer

March 25 - Johann Walter , German composer