1567 in music
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Classical music
- Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola – Neapolitan villanellaVillanellaIn music, a villanella is a form of light Italian secular vocal music which originated in Italy just before the middle of the 16th century...
s for three and four voices
Births
- February 12 – Thomas CampionThomas CampionThomas Campion was an English composer, poet and physician. He wrote over a hundred lute songs; masques for dancing, and an authoritative technical treatise on music.-Life:...
, English composer, poet and physician (died 1620) - May 15 (baptised) – Claudio MonteverdiClaudio MonteverdiClaudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the Renaissance style of music to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition – the...
, Italian composer (died 1643) - December 15 – Christoph DemantiusChristoph DemantiusChristoph Demantius was a German composer, music theorist, writer and poet. He was an exact contemporary of Monteverdi, and represented a transitional phase in German Lutheran music from the polyphonic Renaissance style to the early Baroque.-Life:He was born in Reichenberg Christoph Demantius (15...
, composer and music theorist (died 1643)
Deaths
- January 8 – Jacobus VaetJacobus VaetJacobus Vaet was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was a representative of the generation between Josquin and Palestrina, writing smooth polyphony with pervasive imitation, and he was a friend both of Clemens non Papa and Lassus.-Life:...
, Franco-Flemish composer (born c.1529) - date unknown – Bartolomeo TrosylhoBartolomeo TrosylhoBartolomeo Trosylho was a Portuguese composer of the Renaissance. He was a singer in the Royal Chapel of Dom Joao III and became master of the chapel in 1548. mestre de capela at Lisbon Cathedral beginning in 1551....
, Portuguese composer (born 1500)