1563 in music
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Events
- Mikołaj Gomółka leaves the Polish royal court for Kraków.
- Orlande de Lassus succeeding Ludwig Daser as maestro di cappella to Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria.
- Nicola Vicentino becomes maestro di cappella at Vicenza Cathedral.
Publications
- Giovanni Animuccia – First book of laudi (Rome: Valerio Dorico)
- Severin Cornet – Script error: No such module "Lang". for four voices (Antwerp: Jean Laet)
- Gallus Dressler – Script error: No such module "Lang". (MS)
- Giulio Fiesco – Madrigals for four and five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto), also includes four dialogues, two for seven voice and two for eight voices
- Vincenzo Galilei – First book of Script error: No such module "Lang". (Rome: Valerio Dorico), a collection of lute music, including madrigals and ricercars, by various composers
- Francisco Guerrero – Magnificats in all eight tones (Leuven: Pierre Phalèse)
- Orlande de Lassus – Third book of madrigals for five voices (Rome: Antonio Barré)
- Nicolaus Listenius – Script error: No such module "Lang".
- Francesco Portinaro – First book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
Classical music
- Antonino Barges – Two motetsScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
Births
- date unknown
- John Dowland, English Renaissance composer, singer and lutenist (d. 1626)
- Cornelis Verdonck, Flemish composer of madrigals (d. 1625)
- approximate date
- Giles Farnaby, English composer, perhaps from Truro, Cornwall (d. 1640)
- Andreas Raselius, German composer (d. 1602)
Deaths
- February 2 – Hans Neusidler, composer (b. c. 1508)
- August 11 – Bartolomé de Escobedo, composer (b. c. 1515)
- date unknown
- Thomas Appleby, church musician and composer (b. c. 1488)
- Francesco Cellavenia, composer
- Francisco de Soto, organist and composer (b. c. 1500)
- Thomas Preston, organist and composer