1584 in music explained
Publications
- Emmanuel Adriaenssen – Pratum musicum, a collection of lute music for solo and ensemble, published in Antwerp
- Giammateo Asola
- Latin: Secundum pars continens officium [[Holy Week|hebdomadae sanctae]]... (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
- Latin: Sacrae cantiones in totius anni [[solemnity|solennitatibus]]... (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti & Ricciardo Amadino)
- Girolamo Belli – Italian: I furti amorosi (The Loving Thefts), second book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano), contains compositions based on quotes from famous madrigals
- Giulio Belli – Canzonettas for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
- Giuseppe Caimo – Second book of Italian: [[canzonetta|canzonette]] for four voices (Milan: Pietro Tini)
- Girolamo Conversi – First book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto)
- Camillo Cortellini – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Bologna: Giovanni Rossi)
- Girolamo Dalla Casa – Italian: Il vero modo di diminuir con tutte le sorti di stromenti di fiato, & corda, & di voce humana, 2 vols. (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
- Giovanni Dragoni – First book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto)
- Vincenzo Galilei
- Fronimo Dialogo, revised edition (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto)
- Italian: Contrapunti for two voices or instruments (Florence: Giorgio Marescotti)
- Francisco Guerrero – Vespers (Rome: Domenico Basa)
- Marc'Antonio Ingegneri – Fourth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
- Paolo Isnardi – Lamentations and Benedictus for four voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto)
- Orlande de Lassus
- Latin: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales for five voices (Munich: Adam Berg), a setting of the penitential psalms
- French: Continuation du mellange for three, four, five, six, and ten voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard), a collection of chansons and madrigals
- Cristofano Malvezzi – First book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto)
- Luca Marenzio
- Second book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
- First book of Italian: madrigali spirituali for five voices (Rome: Alessandro Gardano)
- Fourth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti & Ricciardo Amadino)
- First book of Italian: [[villanella|villanelle]] for three voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti & Ricciardo Amadino)
- Rinaldo del Mel
- First book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
- First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto)
- Claudio Merulo – First book of motets for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
- Philippe de Monte – Fifth book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
- Claudio Monteverdi – First book of canzonettas for three voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti & Ricciardo Amadino)
- Jakob Paix - Latin: Missa ad imitationem mottetae in illo tempore [[Jean Mouton|Joan Moutonis]] for four voices (Lauingen, Leonhard Reinmichel)
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Fifth book of motets for five voices (Rome: Alessandro Gardano)
- Benedetto Pallavicino – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
- Giovanni Battista Pinello di Ghirardi
- Latin: Cantiones for five, eight, ten, and more voices (Dresden: Matthäus Stöckel)
- German: Nawe Kurtzweilige Deutsche Lieder (New Entertaining German Songs) for five voices (Dresden: Matthäus Stöckel)
Classical music
Births
Deaths
- September/October – Gioseppe Caimo, Italian organist and composer (born 1545)
- date unknown
- probable
