Events 20 February – John of Austria, through the agency of Girolamo Dalla Casa in Venice, purchases a large number of wind instruments and printed editions of music for his court, paying the considerable sum of 154 scudi, 3 lire, and 20 soldi in gold. William Byrd becomes a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. Publications Lodovico Agostini Enigmi musicali... il primo libro a sei... (Venice: Antonio Gardano and sons) Second book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano and sons) First book of canons and echo for six voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano and sons) Ippolito Baccusi Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto) Second book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto) Joachim a Burck First book of for four voices (Erfurt: Georg Baumann), settings of hymns by Ludwig Helmbold A Birthday song for the firstborn son of William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel for five voices (Mühlhausen: Georg Hantzsch) Girolamo Conversi – First book of for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto) Andrea Gabrieli – First book of masses for six voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano and sons) Marc'Antonio Ingegneri – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano, figliuoli) Paolo Isnardi – Lamentations for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano, figliuoli) Jacobus de Kerle for four, five, and six voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) for five and six voices (Munich: Adam Berg) Orlande de Lassus for four and eight voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) for five voices (Munich: Adam Berg) Paulus Melissus – for four voices (Heidelberg: Michael Schirat), a German translation of Clément Marot and Théodore de Bèze's French psalms Philippe de Monte – First book of motets for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Motettorum Liber Secundus (Second Book of Motets) for five, six, and eight voices Giovanni Battista Pinello di Ghirardi – Third book of for three voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto) Francesco Portinaro – Third book of motets for five, six, seven, and eight voices (Venice: sons of Antonio Gardano) Johann Rasch published in Munich: Cantiunculae Paschales (Little Easter Songs) Cantiones Ecclesiast. de Nativ. Christi, 4 voc. In Monte Olivarum Salve Regina, 6 voc. Giulio Zacchini – Motetta a 4 vocum 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