1577 in music
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Events
- July â Annibale Zoilo resigns from the Sistine Chapel Choir, due to ill health.[1]
- 25 October â Pope Gregory XIII appoints Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Annibale Zoilo to prepare a corrected edition of the Graduale Romanum.[2]
Publications
- Giovanni Animuccia â 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 â Lyricorum Ludovici Helmboldi Mulhusini, two volumes (of the lyrics of Ludwig Helmbold) (Mühlhausen: Georg Hantzsch), a collection of hymns
- Eucharius Hoffmann â 24 Cantiones for four, five, and six voices (Wittenberg: Johann Schwertel), a collection of motets
- Paolo Isnardi â 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 â Schöne und auserlesene Deudsche und Lateinische Geistliche Gesenge for three voices (Dresden: Gimel Bergen)
- Cristofano Malvezzi â First book of ricercars for four voices (Perugia: Pietroiacomo Petrucci)
Classical music
- Johannes Eccard â Crepundia sacra Helmboldi
Births
- probable â Robert Jones, English lutenist and composer (d. 1617)
Deaths
- none listed