Events 8 July – Thomas Morley received the degree Bachelor of Music from Oxford University Ferdinando de' Medici appoints Emilio de' Cavalieri artistic superintendent of the Medici court in Florence Publications Blasius Amon – 4 Masses (Vienna: Michael Apffl) Giammateo Asola Masses for eight voices, 2 vols. (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) 4 Masses for five voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Lamentations (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Ippolito Baccusi – First book of masses for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Giovanni Bassano – for four voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti), a collection of instrumental pieces William Byrd – Psalmes, Sonets and Songs of Sadness and Pietie for five voices (London: Thomas East for William Byrd) Giovanni Croce – First book of canzonettas for four voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Giovanni Dragoni – First book of villanelle for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto) Placido Falconio – for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Stefano Felis – First book of masses for six voices (Prague: Georg Nigrinus) Andrea Gabrieli – (Venice: Angelo Gardano), incidental music from a 1585 play, published posthumously Bartholomäus Gesius – for two, three, four, and five voices (Wittenberg: Mattäus Welack) Ruggiero Giovannelli – First book of for three voices (Rome: Alessandro Gardano) Gioseffo Guami – Lamentations for six voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Marc'Antonio Ingegneri for four and six voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Lamentations for four voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Orlande de Lassus Motets for four and eight voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) Motets for five voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) Motets for six voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) Luca Marenzio – First book of madrigals for four, five, and six voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Rinaldo del Mel for five, six, seven, eight, and twelve voices (Antwerp: Pierre Phalèse and Jean Bellère) Madrigals for six voices (Antwerp: Pierre Phalèse & Jean Bellère) Philippe de Monte – Thirteenth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Giovanni Bernardino Nanino – First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – First book of Lamentations (Rome: Alessandro Gardano) Benedetto Pallavicino – Fourth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Giuliano Paratico – Second book of canzonettas for three voices (Brescia: Pietro Maria Marchetti) Giovanni Battista Pinello di Ghirardi – Motets for five voices (Prague: Georg Nigrinus) Orfeo Vecchi – Masses for five voices (Milan: Francesco & heirs of Simon Tini) Giaches de Wert – Ninth book of madrigals