1583 in music

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Events

Cornet virtuoso Luigi Zenobi relocates to Ferrara, becoming the most highly paid musician at the Este court.

Claudio Monteverdi – Madrigali spirituali a quattro voci posti in musica da Claudio Monteverde Cremonese, discepolo del Signor Marc'Antonio Ingegnieri – (book of madrigals)

September 13 – Girolamo Frescobaldi, Ferrarese keyboardist and composer (died 1643)
December 25 – Orlando Gibbons, English composer (died 1625)
probable
- Paolo Agostino, organist and composer (died 1629)
- Johann Daniel Mylius, chemist and composer for the lute (died 1642)
- Nicolas Vallet, lutenist and composer (died c.1642)

date unknown - Sebastian Westcott, organist of St Paul's Cathedral (born c.1524)