1585 in music
Publications
- Felice Anerio
- *First book of madrigali spirituali for five voices
- *Second book of madrigali spirituali for five voices
- Giammateo Asola
- *Completorium romanum duae Beatae Virginis antiphonae, scilicet Salve Regina & Regina caeli, also includes four other motets
- *Hymni ad Vespers..., in two parts
- Ippolito Baccusi – Second book of masses, for five, six, and eight voices
- Giovanni Bassano
- *Fantasies for three voices
- *Ricercate, passagi, et cadentie, a collection of examples of instrumental ornamentation.
- Girolamo Belli
- *Psalmi ad vesperas cum hymnis et Magnificat for four voices, a collection of music for Vespers, including psalms, hymns, and a Magnificat
- *First book of Sacrae cantiones for six voices
- *Second book of madrigals for five voices
- Joan Brudieu – Madrigals for four voices
- Joachim a Burck – Dreissig geistliche Lieder auff die Fest durchs Jahr for four voices, settings of hymn texts by Ludwig Helmbold
- Gioseppe Caimo – Fourth book of madrigals for five voices
- Giovanni Croce – First book of madrigals for five voices
- Johannes Eccard – Epithalamion in honorem nuptiarum D. Simonis Levskeri et Catharinae Joannis Pasauri filiae for six voicer, a wedding song
- Stefano Felis
- *Second book of motets for five, six, and eight voices
- *Fourth book of madrigals for five voices
- Giovanni Ferretti – Fifth book of canzoni alla napolitana for five voices
- Ruggiero Giovannelli – Gli sdruccioli, his first book of madrigals for four voices
- Gioseffo Guami – First book of motets for five, six, seven, eight, and ten voices
- Francisco Guerrero – Passio secundum Matthaeum et Joannem
- Paolo Isnardi – Omnes ad vesperas psalmi for four voices
- Jacobus de Kerle – Selectiorum aliquot modulorum for four, five, and eight voices
- Orlande de Lassus
- *Sacrae cantiones for four voices
- *Cantica sacra for six and eight voices
- *Lamentations for five voices
- *Madrigals for five voices
- Claude Le Jeune – Livre de mélanges, a collection of chansons
- Luca Marenzio
- *Third book of madrigals for six voices
- *Fifth book of madrigals for five voices
- *First book of madrigals for four voices
- *Second book of canzonette alla napolitana for three voices, his second collection of villanelle
- *Third book of villanelle for three voices
- Rinaldo del Mel
- *Third book of motets for five and six voices
- *First book of madrigals for five and six voices
- Philippe de Monte – First book of motets for six and twelve voices
- Benedetto Pallavicino – Third book of madrigals for five voices
- Costanzo Porta – Third book of motets for six voices
Classical music
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