1577 in music explained

Events

• 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 Latin: [[Graduale Romanum]].^[2]

Publications

• Giovanni Animuccia – Third book of laudi (Rome: Antonio Blado), also includes "Italian: una instrutione per promovere e conservare il peccatore convertito" (an instruction for encouraging and retaining the converted sinner)
• Joachim a Burck – Latin: Lyricorum Ludovici Helmboldi Mulhusini, two volumes (of the lyrics of Ludwig Helmbold) (Mühlhausen: Georg Hantzsch), a collection of hymns
• Eucharius Hoffmann – 24 Latin: 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
  • Latin: Missae variis concentibus ornatae (Masses for various voices) (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard)
  • Latin: Novae aliquot (Several new pieces) for two voices (Munich: Adam Berg)
• Mattheus Le Maistre – German: 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)

Classical music

• Johannes Eccard – Latin: Crepundia sacra Helmboldi

Births

• probable – Robert Jones, English lutenist and composer (d. 1617)

Deaths

• none listed

Notes and References

1. 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).
2. 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).