1564 in music

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Events

• Claude Le Jeune comes to Paris and begins to associate with Huguenots.
• Richard Farrant is appointed master of the children of St. George's Chapel, Windsor.

Classical music

• Philibert Jambe de Fer
  • Music for the arrival of King Charles IX of France
  • Les 150 Psaumes de David à 4 et 5 voix
• Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola – Madrigals for five voices

Births

• October 26 – Hans Leo Hassler, German composer (died 1612)
• date unknown - Kryštof Harant, nobleman, traveller, humanist, soldier, writer and composer (died 1621)

Deaths

• October 5 - Pierre de Manchicourt, composer of the Franco-Flemish School (born c.1510)
• date unknown
  • Jacques Brunel, organist and composer
  • Purandara Dasa, composer of Carnatic music (born 1484)