1578 in music
Events
Publications
- Costanzo Antegnati – First book of masses for six and eight voices
- Giammateo Asola – Vespers, also includes two Magnificats
- Lodovico Balbi – Ecclesiasticarum cantionum for four voices
- Paolo Bellasio – First book of madrigals for five voices
- Antoine de Bertrand
- *First book of Les Amours de Pierre Ronsard for four voices, a chanson cycle setting texts by Ronsard
- *Second book of Les Amours de Pierre Ronsard for three voices
- *Third book of chansons for four voices
- Joachim a Burck
- *Crepundia sacra for four voices, settings of hymns by Ludwig Helmbold
- *Sacrarum odarum, Ludovici Helmboldi Mulhusini, book two, a collection of hymn settings
- Antonio de Cabezón – Obras de música para tecla, arpa y vihuela, a collection of instrumental arrangements of pieces by various composers, published posthumously by his son Hernando
- Fabrice Caietain – Second book of airs, chansons, villanelles, napolitaines & espagnolles for four voices
- Ludwig Daser – Patrocinium musices for four voices, a setting of the Passion
- Johannes Eccard – Neue deutzsche Lieder for four and five voices
- George de la Hèle – 8 Masses for five, six, and seven voices
- Fernando de las Infantas
- *Sacrarum varii styli cantionum tituli Spiritus sancti, book one, for four voices
- *Sacrarum varii styli cantionum tituli Spiritus sancti, book two, for five voices
- Giorgio Mainerio – Il primo libro de' balli for four voices
- Tiburtio Massaino
- *First book of masses for five and six voices
- *Second book of madrigals for five voices
- Claudio Merulo
- *First book of motets for five voices
- *Second book of motets for five voices
- Philippe de Monte – Seventh book of madrigals for five voices
- Andreas Pevernage – Cantiones aliquot sacrae for six, seven, and eight voices
- Costanzo Porta – First book of masses for four, five, and six voices
Classical music
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