Events

• Cipriano de Rore
  Cipriano de Rore
  Cipriano de Rore was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy...
  
   leaves his post as maestro di cappella in Ferrara
  Ferrara
  Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...
  
   when Alfonso II
  Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara
  Alfonso II d'Este was duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597. He was a member of the house of Este.-Biography:...
  
   becomes duke.

Deaths

• October 2 – Jacquet of Mantua
  Jacquet of Mantua
  Jacquet of Mantua was a French composer of the Renaissance, who spent almost his entire life in Italy...
  
  , composer (b. 1483)
• date unknown
  • Jacques Collebaut, Breton composer
  • Nicolas Payen
    Nicolas Payen
    Nicolas Payen was a Franco-Flemish composer and choirmaster of the Renaissance, associated with the Grande Chapelle, the Habsburg imperial chapel, at the end of the reign of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.-Life:Payen was born in Soignies, and received his earliest musical training in that town, in...
    
    , choirmaster and composer (b. c. 1512)