Events January 31 – Pedro Bermúdez is dismissed from the position of maestro de capilla of the collegiate church at Antequera and briefly imprisoned, for gross negligence and a fight with one of his tenors. November 15 – Tobias Kühn is appointed to a musical post as a singer but also as a lutenist at the court in Wolfenbüttel. Publications Felice Anerio – First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Giammateo Asola for eight voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino), also includes a Magnificat for three voices, book 2 (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti), a madrigal cycle, setting Petrarch's Madrigals for two voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Ippolito Baccusi – Fourth book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Ludovico Balbi – for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Giovanni Bassano – Canzonettas for four voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Johannes Eccard – for five voices (Königsberg: Georg Osterberger), a wedding song Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Andrea Gabrieli & Giovanni Gabrieli – Concerti (Venice: Angelo Gardano), the majority of the pieces are by Andrea, published posthumously Vincenzo Galilei – Second book of madrigals for four and five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Jacobus Gallus – , volumes 2 & 3 (Prague: Georg Nigrinus) Marc'Antonio Ingegneri Second book of masses for five voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) Fifth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Orlande de Lassus – Madrigals for four, five, and six voices (Nuremberg: Catharina Gerlach), his seventh and final book of only madrigals Carolus Luython – for six voices (Prague: Georg Nigrinus), a collection of motets Giovanni de Macque – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Luca Marenzio Fourth book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Fourth book of for three voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti) Fifth book of for three voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto) Tiburtio Massaino for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Second book of masses for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Third book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Rinaldo del Mel – Third book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Philippe de Monte First book of masses (Antwerp: Christophe Plantin) Second book of motets for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Twelfth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Claudio Monteverdi – (Venice: Angelo Gardano),