Events Publications Costanzo Antegnati – First book of masses for four voices (Brescia: Vincenzo Sabbio) Ippolito Baccusi First book of motets, for five, six, and eight voices (Venice: Francesco Rampazatto) Third book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Joachim a Burck (March 21) – (Mühlhausen: George Hantzsch) Johannes de Cleve – for four, five, six, seven, eight, and ten voices (Augsburg: Philipp Ulhard & Andreas Reinheckel) Nicolao Dorati – First book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Giovanni Dragoni – Third book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto) Placido Falconio – for four voices (Brescia: Vincenzo Sabbio) Stefano Felis – First book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Eucharius Hoffmann – for four voices (Rostock: Augustin Ferber) Fernando de las Infantas , book three, for six voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto) (Venice: Girolamo Scotto), a book of counterpoint exercises Marc'Antonio Ingegneri – Second book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Ondřej Chrysoponus Jevíčský – (Prague: Georg Nigrinus) Orlando di Lasso – Giovanni de Macque – Madrigals for four, five, and six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Claudio Merulo – First book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Philippe de Monte for six voices (Antwerp: Christophe Plantin) Fifth book of motets for five voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto) Benedetto Pallavicino – First book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Births date unknown – John Amner, composer and choirmaster at Ely Cathedral (died 1641) probable – Melchior Franck, composer (died 1639) Deaths date unknown – Miguel de Fuenllana, composer (born c.1500) probable – David Peebles, composer Music 16th century in music Music by year