1592 in music explained

Events

• November 13 – Lodovico Bassano marries Elizabeth Damon^[1]

Publications

• Costanzo Antegnati – Psalms for eight voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
• Giammateo Asola
  • Cantus firmus masses for organ and choir (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti)
  • Latin: Sacra, omnium [[Solemnity|solemnitatum]] [[Vespers|vespertina]] [[Psalms|psalmodia]] for five voices (Venice:Ricciardo Amadino), also includes a Magnificat
• Paolo Bellasio – Villanellas for three voices, with lute tablature (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
• Valerio Bona – Second book of canzonettas for three voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino)
• Giovanni Croce – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Giacomo Vincenti)
• Thomas East (ed.) – The Whole Booke of Psalmes (London: Thomas East), contains new settings by English composers, including Edward Blancks, Edmund Hooper, and John Dowland
• Tiburtio Massaino
  • Latin: Sacri modulorum concentus for six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and twelve voices in two or three choirs with instruments (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
  • First book of motets for four voices (Prague: Georg Nigrinus)
  • First book of motets for six voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
• Claudio Merulo – First book of Italian: Canzoni d'intavolatura d'organo (Venice: Angelo Gardano), a collection of keyboard music
• Philippe de Monte – Fifteenth book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
• Claudio Monteverdi – Italian: Di Claudio Monteverde il terzo libro de madrigali a cinque voci (Third book of madrigals for five voices) (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino)
• Nicola Parma – Second book of madrigals for five and six voices (Venice: Ricciardo Amadino)
• Riccardo Rognoni – Italian: Passaggi per potersi esercitare nel diminuire terminatamente con ogni sorte d'instrumenti et anco diversi passaggi per la semplice voce humana di Richardo Rogniono espulso di Val Tavegia. Venice.

Classical music

• none listed

Births

• date unknown
  • John Jenkins, English composer (died 1678)
  • Domenico Mazzocchi, Italian composer (died 1665)

Deaths

• February 29 – Alessandro Striggio, diplomat and composer (b. c. 1536)
• May – Giovanni Domenico da Nola, Neapolitan poet and composer (born c. 1510)
• May 24 – Nikolaus Selnecker, theologian and musician (b. 1532)
• July 1 – Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, composer (b. c. 1547)
• date unknown – Annibale Zoilo, singer and composer (b. c. 1537)

Notes and References

1. David Lasocki, Denis Arnold, and Fabio Ferraccioli, "Bassano: (2) Lodovico Bassano", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).