1587 in music
Events
Publications
- Felice Anerio – First book of madrigals for five voices
- Giammateo Asola
- *Nova Vespers for eight voices, also includes a Magnificat
- *Le Vergini for three voices, book 2, a madrigal cycle, setting Petrarch's
- *Madrigals for two voices
- Ippolito Baccusi – Fourth book of madrigals for six voices
- Ludovico Balbi – Ecclesiasticarum cantionum in sacris totius anni Sanctorum sollemnitatibus for four voices
- Giovanni Bassano – Canzonettas for four voices
- Johannes Eccard – Epithalamion nuptiis for five voices, a wedding song
- Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder
- *First book of madrigals for five voices
- *Second book of madrigals for five voices
- Andrea Gabrieli & Giovanni Gabrieli – Concerti, the majority of the pieces are by Andrea, published posthumously
- Vincenzo Galilei – Second book of madrigals for four and five voices
- Jacobus Gallus – Opus musicum, volumes 2 & 3
- Marc'Antonio Ingegneri
- *Second book of masses for five voices
- *Fifth book of madrigals for five voices
- Orlande de Lassus – Madrigals for four, five, and six voices, his seventh and final book of only madrigals
- Carolus Luython – Popularis anni jubilus for six voices, a collection of motets
- Giovanni de Macque – Second book of madrigals for five voices
- Luca Marenzio
- *Fourth book of madrigals for six voices
- *Fourth book of villanelle for three voices
- *Fifth book of villanelle for three voices
- Tiburtio Massaino
- *Psalmi omnes ad vesperas per totum annum for four voices
- *Second book of masses for five voices
- *Third book of madrigals for five voices
- Rinaldo del Mel – Third book of madrigals for five voices
- Philippe de Monte
- *First book of masses
- *Second book of motets for six voices
- *Twelfth book of madrigals for five voices
- Claudio Monteverdi – Madrigali a cinque voci di Claudio Monteverde Cremonese discepolo del Sig.r Marc'Antonio Ingegnieri... Libro primo, a book of madrigals
- Jakob Paix – Parodia mottetae Domine da nobis auxilium, Thomae Crequilonis, senis vocibus, ad Dorium
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Second book of motets for four voices
- Benedetto Pallavicino – First book of madrigals for six voices
Compositions
- Adam Puschmann, Wachtelweise, a Meisterton, collected in his manuscript Singebuch
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