1562 in music
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Events
- January 1 â Ippolito Chamaterò is appointed maestro di cappella of the Accademia Filarmonica of Verona.[1]
- January 18 â The Council of Trent begins a new session, in the course of which it considers decrees relating to sacred music.[citation needed]
- Cristofano Malvezzi enters the service of the Medici in Florence.[citation needed]
- Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder arrives in England and is employed at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England.[citation needed]
- Rinaldo del Mel begins his musical studies at the Cathedral of St. Rombaut.[citation needed]
Publications
- Pietro Aron â Thoscanello de la musica, fourth edition
- Claude Goudimel â Fifth book of psalms for four and five voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard)
- Jacobus de Kerle
- Preces Speciales Pro Salubri Generalis Concilii Successu (Special Prayers for the Health and Success of the General Council) for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano), setting of texts by Pedro de Soto for the Council of Trent
- First book of six masses for four and five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)
- Orlande de Lassus â Sacrae cantiones for five voices (Nuremberg: Johann vom Berg & Ulrich Neuber)
- Philippe de Monte â First book of madrigal for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
Births
- January 20 â Ottavio Rinuccini, Italian librettist (d. 1621)
- April/May â Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch organist and composer (d. 1621)
- John Milton, English amateur composer (d. 1647)
- probable â John Bull, English composer and organ builder (d. 1628)
Deaths
- February 15 â Cornelius Canis, Flemish composer (b. c. 1500â1510)
- October 13 â Claudin de Sermisy, French composer (b. c. 1490)
- December 7 â Adrian Willaert, Flemish composer (b. c. 1490)
- probable â Perissone Cambio, Franco-Flemish composer and singer (b. c. 1520)