Births

• date unknown - Blasius Ammon
  Blasius Ammon
  Blasius Amon was an Austrian composer, singer and Franciscan monk in the late Renaissance. He was born in Hall in Tirol, and died in Vienna....
  
  , Franciscan monk, singer and composer (died 1590)
• probable – Giovanni Bassano
  Giovanni Bassano
  Giovanni Bassano was an Italian Venetian School composer and cornettist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was a key figure in the development of the instrumental ensemble at St. Mark's basilica, and left a detailed book on instrumental ornamentation, which is a rich resource for...
  
  , Italian composer and cornettist

Deaths

• November - Hugh Aston
  Hugh Aston
  Hugh Aston was an English composer of the early Tudor period. While little of his music survives, he is notable for his innovative keyboard writing.- Life :...
  
  , composer (born c.1485)
• December - John Sheppard, singer and composer (born c.1515)
• December 28 - Hermann Finck
  Hermann Finck
  Hermann Finck was a German composer.The great-nephew of composer Heinrich Finck, Hermann was born in Pirna, and died at Wittenberg. After 1553 he lived at Wittenberg, where he was organist, and there, in 1555, was published his collection of wedding songs...
  
  , composer (born 1527)
• date unknown - Clément Janequin
  Clément Janequin
  Clément Janequin was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous composers of popular chansons of the entire Renaissance, and along with Claudin de Sermisy, was hugely influential in the development of the Parisian chanson, especially the programmatic type...
  
  , composer (born c.1485)