1569 in music

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Events

January – Fabrizio Dentice entered the service of Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma as a lutenist
July 22 – Lodovico Bassano is appointed to the London-based Bassano recorder consort, retrospectively effective to 29 September 1568.^[1]
October – Valentin Bakfark, Hungarian lutenist, is arrested on suspicion of involvement in a Hungarian rebellion against his employer, Emperor Maximilian II, but he is quickly released.^[2]

Filippo Azzaiolo – Il terzo libro delle villotte del fiore alla padoana con alcune napolitanae e bergamasche, for four voices (Venice).
Ippolito Chamaterò –
- Il secondo libro delli madrigali, for four voices (Venice)
- Il secondo libro delli madrigali, for five voices (Venice)
- Il terzo libro delli madrigali, for five voices (Venice)
- Il quarto libro delli madrigali, for five voices (Venice)

^ David Lasocki, Denis Arnold, and Fabio Ferraccioli, "Bassano: (2) Lodovico Bassano", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
^ Peter Király, "Bakfark [Bacfarc, Bakfarc, Bakfarkh, Bakffark] [Greff alias Bakfark, Greff Bakfark], Valentin", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).