1598 in music
Events
Publications
- Gregor Aichinger – Tricinia Mariana, a collection of antiphons, hymns, Magnificats, and litanies for the Office of the Blessed Virgin, for three voices
- Felice Anerio – Madrigals for three voices
- Giovanni Artusi – First book of canzonettas for four voices
- Giammateo Asola
- *Introitus in dominicis diebus totius anni... for four voices
- *In omnibus totius anni solemnitatibus Introitus et Alleluia ad Missalis Romani formam ordinati...
- *Completorium romanum primus et secundus chorus, music for Compline, including an Alma Redemptoris Mater and an Ave Regina caelorum
- Adriano Banchieri
- *Psalms for five voices, includes pieces for Vespers for the entire year
- *La pazzia senile, second book for three voices, a madrigal comedy
- Giovanni Bassano – Motetti per concerti ecclesiastici for five, six, seven, eight, and twelve voices
- Giulio Belli – Psalmi ad vesperas in totius anni solemnitatibus for five voices, Psalms for Vespers for the whole year, also includes two Magnificats and a Te Deum
- Michael Cavendish – Ayres in Tabletorie
- Scipione Dentice – Third book of madrigals for five voices
- Johannes Eccard
- *Epithalamion for five voices, a wedding song
- *Der CXXVIII Psalm, zu hochzeitlichen Ehren for five voices, a wedding song
- *Braudt Lied for four voices, a wedding song
- Giles Farnaby – Canzonets to Fowre Voyces with a Song of Eight Parts, with a dedicatory poem in Latin by Anthony Holborne
- Bartholomäus Gesius – Der Lobgesang Mariae und andere geistliche Lieder for five voices, also includes a New Year's motet for eight voices
- Claude Le Jeune – Dodécacorde, a collection of twelve psalms for two, three, four, five, six, and seven voices
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi – First book of motets for five voices
- Luca Marenzio – Eighth book of madrigals for five voices
- Tiburtio Massaino – Third book of masses for five voices
- Claudio Merulo – Toccate d’Intavolatura d’Organo, Book 1
- Philippe de Monte – Nineteenth book of madrigals for five voices
- Peter Philips – Madrigals for eight voices
- Orfeo Vecchi
- *Second book of masses for five voices
- *Second book of motets for five voices
- *Third book of motets for six voices
- Thomas Weelkes – Balletts And Madrigals to five voyces
- John Wilbye – ''The First Set Of English Madrigals To 3. 4. 5. and 6. voices''
Opera
Births
Deaths
- April 8 – Ludwig Helmbold, poet of chorales
- May 3 – Anna Guarini, virtuoso singer
- December – Giovanni Dragoni, composer and maestro di cappella
- date unknown
- *Adrian Le Roy, French music publisher, lutenist, guitarist, composer and music educator
- *Christoph Fischer or Vischer, hymnist
- probable – Simon Bar Jona Madelka, composer
- * Teodora Ginés, Dominican musician and composer