– for seven voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano), a collection of canzoni and madrigals Giovanni Bernardino Nanino – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto) Asprilio Pacelli – (Rome: Nicolo Mutii) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (posthumous publications) Eighth book of masses Ninth book of masses Tomaso Pecci – Canzonettas for three voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti), contains fifteen pieces by Pecci and fifteen by Mariano Tantucci Hieronymus Praetorius – for five, six, seven, and eight voices (Hamburg: Philip von Ohr) Enrico Antonio Radesca – Thesoro amoroso, first book of canzonettas for three and four voices (Milan: Simon Tini & Francesco Besozzi) Sacred music Philipp Nicolai "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" Opera None recorded Births March 23 – Thomas Selle, composer (died 1663) October 10 – Étienne Moulinié, composer (died 1676) Deaths January 22 – Cristofano Malvezzi, organist and composer (born 1547) August 22 – Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (born c.1553) October 16 – Jacob Regnart, Franco-Flemish composer (born c.1540) November 8 – Francisco Guerrero, composer (born 1528) References Music 16th century in music Music by year