1568 in music

List of years in music (table)
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Events

Publications

  • Giovanni Animuccia – Canticum Beatae Mariae Virginis (Rome: Valerio and Luigi Dorico)
  • Joachim a Burck – Die deutsche Passion (Wittenberg: Johann Schwertel)
  • Maddalena Casulana – First book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto), the first printed book of music by a woman in history.
  • Pierre Certon – Missa Christus resurgens for four voices (Paris: Nicolas Du Chemin)
  • Baldassare Donato – Second book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)
  • Vincenzo Galilei – Fronimo Dialogo (Venice: Girolamo Scotto), an instructional book for playing, composing and arranging vocal music for lute.
  • Paolo Isnardi
    • Masses for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
    • First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)
  • Orlande de Lassus – Selectissimae cantiones for four, five, six, and more voices (Nuremberg: Theodor Gerlach)
  • Claudio Merulo – Messe d'intavolatura d'organo, book four (Venice), a collection of masses arranged for organ
  • Francesco Portinaro
    • Le vergine for six voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
    • Second book of motets for six, seven, and eight voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)
  • Cipriano de Rore
    • Gli amorosi concenti, a posthumous collection of madrigals
    • Il quinto libro de madrigali, posthumous second, expanded edition (first edition: 1566)

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