1578 in music
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Events
- Autumn – Pope Gregory XIII's plans for a corrected edition of the Graduale Romanum is abandoned due to lack of funds.[1]
- Bernardino Bertolotti becomes a court musician of the Este family at Ferrara.
Publications
- Il primo libro de' balli by Giorgio Mainerio is published in Venice
Classical music
- Jan Trojan Turnovský – Missa super Jerusalem cito veniet
Opera
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(probably because opera had not yet been invented)
Births
- December 2 – Agostino Agazzari, Sienese composer (died 1640)
Deaths
- probable – Francesco Portinaro, composer and humanist (born c.1520)
References
- ^ Harry B. Lincoln, "Zoilo, Annibale", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).