1599 in music
Events
Publications
- Richard Allison – The psalmes of David in meter
- Giovanni Francesco Anerio – First book of madrigals for five voices
- Giammateo Asola
- *Nova omnium solemnitatum vespertina psalmodia for six voices
- *Secundi chori vespertinae omnium solemnitatum psalmodiae for three voices
- Adriano Banchieri – Messa solenne for eight voices
- Giovanni Bassano – Second book of Concerti ecclesiastici for five, six, seven, eight, and twelve voices
- Lodovico Bellanda – Canzonette spirituali for two, three, and four voices
- Giulio Belli – First book of masses for four voices
- John Bennet – Madrigalls to Foure Voyces
- Valerio Bona – Fourth book of canzonettas for three voices
- Joachim a Burck – Quadraginta Odae catecheticae in laudem Dei, et piae iuventutis usum for four voices, texts by Ludwig Helmbold
- Giovanni Paolo Cima – First book of motets for four voices
- Giovanni Croce – Masses for five and six voices
- Baldassare Donato – First book of motets for five, six, and eight voices
- Johannes Eccard – Hochzeit Liedt for six voices, a wedding song
- Thomas Elsbeth
- *Neue Ausserlesene Weltliche Lieder for five voices
- *Neue geistliche, zu Christlicher Andacht bewegende Lieder for five voices
- John Farmer – The First Set Of English Madrigals: To Foure Voices
- Ruggiero Giovannelli – Third book of madrigals for five voices
- Hans Leo Hassler – Masses for four, five, six, and eight voices
- Anthony Holborne – Pavans, Galliards, Almains and other short Aeirs, both grave and light, in five parts, for Viols, Violins, or other Musicall Winde Instruments
- Giovanni de Macque – Fourth book of madrigals for five voices
- Luca Marenzio – Ninth book of madrigals for five voices
- Tiburtio Massaino
- *Fourth book of motets for five voices
- *Musica super Threnos Ieremie prophete for five voices, music for Holy Week
- Simone Molinaro
- *First book of madrigals for five voices
- *First book of Intavolatura di liuto
- Philippe de Monte – La fiammetta for seven voices, a collection of canzoni and madrigals
- Giovanni Bernardino Nanino – Second book of madrigals for five voices
- Asprilio Pacelli – Chorici psalmi et mocteta quatuor vocum, liber primus
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
- *Eighth book of masses
- *Ninth book of masses
- Tomaso Pecci – Canzonettas for three voices, contains fifteen pieces by Pecci and fifteen by Mariano Tantucci
- Hieronymus Praetorius – Cantiones sacrae de praecipuis festis totius anni for five, six, seven, and eight voices
- Enrico Antonio Radesca – Thesoro amoroso, first book of canzonettas for three and four voices
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