1561 in music
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Births
- August 20 – Jacopo PeriJacopo PeriJacopo Peri was an Italian composer and singer of the transitional period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles, and is often called the inventor of opera...
, Italian singer and composer of early opera (died 1633) - probable – Peter PhilipsPeter PhilipsPeter Philips was an eminent English composer, organist, and Catholic priest exiled to Flanders...
(c.1560/1561), eminent English composer, organist, and Catholic priest (d. 16281628 in music- Events :*November 22 – Girolamo Frescobaldi is given permission by St Peter's Basilica to leave Rome.* Heinrich Schütz returns to Venice to visit Monteverdi and Alessandro Grandi....
), the most published English composer in his time.
Deaths
- probable – Loys BourgeoisLoys BourgeoisLoys "Louis" Bourgeois was a French composer and music theorist of the Renaissance. He is most famous as one of the main compilers of Calvinist hymn tunes in the middle of the 16th century...
, French composer, famous for his ProtestantProtestantismProtestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
hymn tuneHymn tuneA hymn tune is the melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung. Musically speaking, a hymn is generally understood to have four-part harmony, a fast harmonic rhythm , and no refrain or chorus....
s (born c.1510)