1572 in music

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Events

February 14 – Hans Christoph Haiden, German composer, organist and poet
March 16 (baptized) – Daniel Bacheler, English lutenist and composer
May 25 – Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), German music patron and composer (died 1632)
September 15 (baptized) – Erasmus Widmann, German composer, teacher, instrumentalist, organist, and poet
October 19 (baptized) – Paolo Fonghetto, Italian composer
December 27 – Johannes Vodnianus Campanus, Czech composer, pedagogue and humanist (died 1622)
date unknown
- Martin Peerson (born ca. 1571 – ca. 1573; died 1650 or 1651), English composer, organist and virginalist
- Thomas Tomkins, Welsh composer (died 1656)
- Alessandro Ghivizzani, Italian composer

January - Robert Parsons, composer (born c.1535)
February 23 – Pierre Certon, French composer (born c1510)
August 28? – Claude Goudimel, French composer, murdered in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. (born c1514)
date unknown
- Melchior Kreisstein, German music printer
- Francesco Londariti (Frankiskos Leontaritis), Cretan composer, active in Venice and Munich
- Christopher Tye, English composer (between August 27, 1571 and March 15, 1573)