1584 in music
Publications
- Emmanuel Adriaenssen – Pratum musicum, a collection of lute music for solo and ensemble, published in Antwerp
- Giammateo Asola
- *Secundum pars continens officium Holy Week
- *Sacrae cantiones in totius anni solemnity...
- Girolamo Belli – I furti amorosi, second book of madrigals for six voices, contains compositions based on quotes from famous madrigals
- Giulio Belli – Canzonettas for four voices
- Giuseppe Caimo – Second book of canzonetta for four voices
- Girolamo Conversi – First book of madrigals for six voices
- Camillo Cortellini – Second book of madrigals for five voices
- Girolamo Dalla Casa – Il vero modo di diminuir con tutte le sorti di stromenti di fiato, & corda, & di voce humana, 2 vols.
- Giovanni Dragoni – First book of madrigals for six voices
- Vincenzo Galilei
- *Fronimo Dialogo, revised edition
- *Contrapunti for two voices or instruments
- Francisco Guerrero – Vespers
- Marc'Antonio Ingegneri – Fourth book of madrigals for five voices
- Paolo Isnardi – Lamentations and Benedictus for four voices
- Orlande de Lassus
- *Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales for five voices, a setting of the penitential psalms
- *Continuation du mellange for three, four, five, six, and ten voices, a collection of chansons and madrigals
- Cristofano Malvezzi – First book of madrigals for six voices
- Luca Marenzio
- *Second book of madrigals for six voices
- *First book of madrigali spirituali for five voices
- *Fourth book of madrigals for five voices
- *First book of villanella for three voices
- Rinaldo del Mel
- *First book of madrigals for six voices
- *First book of madrigals for five voices
- Claudio Merulo – First book of motets for four voices
- Philippe de Monte – Fifth book of madrigals for six voices
- Claudio Monteverdi – First book of canzonettas for three voices
- Jakob Paix - Missa ad imitationem mottetae in illo tempore Jean Mouton for four voices
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Fifth book of motets for five voices
- Benedetto Pallavicino – Second book of madrigals for five voices
- Giovanni Battista Pinello di Ghirardi
- *Cantiones for five, eight, ten, and more voices
- *Nawe Kurtzweilige Deutsche Lieder for five voices
Classical music
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