1570 in music
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Events
- Approximate beginning date of the late Italian madrigal style
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi becomes master of Duke Alfonso of Ferrara's private musica da camera, which was soon to become one of the most distinguished in Europe
- Orlande de Lassus is made a nobleman by Emperor Maximilian II, and knighted by Pope Gregory XIII
- Formation in Paris of Antoine de Baïf's Académie de Poésie et Musique, and consequent development of musique mesurée by composers such as Claude Le Jeune and Guillaume Costeley
- First appearance of the air de cour, a ubiquitous type of popular secular music in France until around 1650
- Lázaro del Álamo leaves his post as maestro di capilla in Mexico City
- Approximate date of the "Son de la Má Teodora", the earliest surviving example of son montuno from Cuba
Publications
- Vincenzo Bellavere – First book of Giustiniane
- Maddalena Casulana publishes her second book of madrigals, the second printed collection of music by a woman in European history
- Andrea Gabrieli publishes second book of madrigals, for five to eight voices, in Venice
- Orlande de Lassus publishes two books of sacred music, one in Leuven and one in Venice
- Philippe de Monte – Third book of madrigals a5
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina publishes his third book of masses, for four to six voices, in Rome
Classical music
- Geert van Turnhout – Missa ‘O Maria vernans rosa’ a 5
- Approximate date – Thomas Tallis – Spem in alium
Births
- June 13 (baptized) – Paul Peuerl, German composer and organist
- June 18 (baptized) – Juan Pujol, Catalan composer (died 1626)
- August 19 – Salamone Rossi, Italian composer (died 1630)
- October 21 – Wolfgang Schonsleder, German composer and music theorist
- probable
- Giovanni Paolo Cima, Italian composer (died 1622)
- John Cooper (Coprario), English composer (died 1626)
- Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (died 1638)
- John Farmer, English madrigal composer (died 1605)
- Claudia Sessa, Italian composer.
Deaths
- January - Pierre Clereau, composer and choirmaster
- March 25 – Johann Walter, German composer (born 1496)
- September - Jean de Bonmarché, composer (born c.1525)
- date unknown - Tomás de Santa María, Spanish music theorist, organist and composer
- probable
- Jean Maillard, French composer (approximate date) (born c1515)
- Diego Ortiz, Spanish music theorist and composer (approximate date) (born c1510)