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Events[edit]

July – Annibale Zoilo resigns from the Sistine Chapel Choir, due to ill health.^[1]
25 October – Pope Gregory XIII appoints Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Annibale Zoilo to prepare a corrected edition of the Graduale Romanum.^[2]

Giovanni Animuccia – Third book of laudi (Rome: Antonio Blado), also includes "una instrutione per promovere e conservare il peccatore convertito" (an instruction for encouraging and retaining the converted sinner)
Joachim a Burck – Lyricorum Ludovici Helmboldi Mulhusini, two volumes (of the lyrics of Ludwig Helmbold) (Mühlhausen: Georg Hantzsch), a collection of hymns
Eucharius Hoffmann – 24 Cantiones for four, five, and six voices (Wittenberg: Johann Schwertel), a collection of motets
Paolo Isnardi – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
Orlande de Lassus
- Missae variis concentibus ornatae (Masses for various voices) (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard)
- Novae aliquot (Several new pieces) for two voices (Munich: Adam Berg)
Mattheus Le Maistre – Schöne und auserlesene Deudsche und Lateinische Geistliche Gesenge for three voices (Dresden: Gimel Bergen)
Cristofano Malvezzi – First book of ricercars for four voices (Perugia: Pietroiacomo Petrucci)

^ Harry B. Lincoln, "Zoilo, Annibale", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
^ Harry B. Lincoln, "Zoilo, Annibale", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).