1591 in music
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Overview of the events of 1591 in music
Overview of the events of 1591 in music
Alonso Lobo , Spanish composer, is appointed maestro de capilla by Seville Cathedral. Ruggiero Giovannelli , Italian composer and successor to Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina at St. Peter's, acquires post at Collegio Germanico in Rome . Giulio Belli , Italian composer, is appointed maestro di cappella at cathedral in Carpi, Italy. Giovanni Bernardino Nanino , Italian composer of the Roman School , is appointed maestro di cappella at S Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. John Bull becomes organist for Elizabeth I at the Chapel Royal. Emilio de' Cavalieri serves as a papal spy, engaging in several secret vote-buying missions to Florence . Publications [ edit ] Giammateo Asola Second book of masses for five voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino ) 3 Masses for six voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) John Baldwin completes My Ladye Nevells Booke , a manuscript anthology of keyboard music by William Byrd Paolo Bellasio – Madrigals for three, four, five, six, seven, and eight voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino) William Byrd, Catholic composer in England, publishes his Cantiones sacrae , Book 2, for five and six voices (London: Thomas East for William Byrd) Giovanni Croce – Compietta for eight voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti ), music for Compline , his first publication Scipione Dentice – First book of madrigals for five voices (Naples: Matteo Cancer) John Farmer – Divers and sundrie waies of two parts in one (London: Thomas East), a collection of vocal canons Stefano Felis Third book of motets for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto) Sixth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Scipione Rizzo for Girolamo Scotto) Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi – Balletti a5 , published in Venice Gioseffo Guami – Fourth book of madrigals for five and six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Adam Gumpelzhaimer Compendium musicae (Augsburg: Valentin Schönigk), a music theory textbook in Latin and German Neue Teutsche Geistliche Lieder for three voices (Augsburg: Valentin Schönigk) Hans Leo Hassler – Cantiones sacrae de festis praecipuis totius anni for four, five, six, seven, eight, and more voices (Augsburg : Valentin Schönigk), a large collection of motets Marc'Antonio Ingegneri – First book of motets for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Luca Marenzio – Fifth book of madrigals for six voices (Venice : Angelo Gardano) Philippe de Monte – Sixth book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Johannes Nucius – Modulationes sacrae modis musicis for five and six voices (Prague: Georg Nigrinus) Pietro Paolo Paciotto has his first book of masses published in Venice by Alessandro Gardano Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina , Italian composer, publishes a group of Magnificat settings, in Rome Andreas Pevernage – Fourth book of chansons for five voices (Antwerp: widow of Plantin & Jean Mourentorf) Giaches de Wert , Franco-Flemish composer, publishes his tenth book of madrigals