1599 in music

List of years in music (table)
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Events

• Claudio Monteverdi marries court singer Claudia Cattaneo,
• Gregor Aichinger begins a two-year sojourn in Rome.

Publications

Luca Marenzio

• John Bennet – Madrigalls to Foure Voyces
• John Farmer – The First Set Of English Madrigals: To Foure Voices
• Hans Leo Hassler – book of masses, published in Nuremberg
• Anthony Holborne – Pavans, Galliards, Almains and other short Aeirs, both grave and light, in five parts, for Viols, Violins, or other Musicall Winde Instruments, published in London
• Luca Marenzio – Ninth book of madrigals a5

Sacred music

• Philipp Nicolai
  • "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
  • "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"

Opera

• None recorded

Births

• March 23 – Thomas Selle, composer (died 1663)
• October 10 – Étienne Moulinié, composer (died 1676)

Deaths

• January 22 – Cristofano Malvezzi, organist and composer (born 1547)
• August 22 – Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (born c.1553)
• October 16 – Jakob Regnart, Franco-Flemish composer (born c.1540)
• November 8 – Francisco Guerrero, composer (born 1528)