1572 in music
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Births
- February 14 – Hans Christoph Haiden, German composer, organist and poet
- March 16 (baptized) – Daniel BachelerDaniel Bachelerthumb|right|250px|Daniel Bacheler from an engraving by [[Thomas Lant]] of the funeral procession of Sir Philip Sidney in 1586Daniel Bacheler, also variously spelt Bachiler, Batchiler or Batchelar, was an English lutenist and composer...
, English lutenist and composer - May 25 – Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-KasselMaurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel-External links:...
(or Hesse-Cassel), German music patron and composer (died 1632) - September 15 (baptized) – Erasmus WidmannErasmus WidmannErasmus Widmann was a South German composer.Widmann studied in Tübingen. His first musical positions were in Eisenerz , Graz , Schwäbisch Hall, and from 1602 Kapellmeister to Count Wolfgang von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim till the count's death in 1610...
, German composer, teacher, instrumentalist, organist, and poet - October 19 (baptized) – Paolo Fonghetto, Italian composer
- December 27 – Johannes Vodnianus CampanusJohannes Vodnianus CampanusJan Campanus Vodňanský was a Czech humanist, composer, pedagogue, poet, and dramatist. He was born in Vodňany , in southern Bohemia...
, Czech composer, pedagogue and humanist (died 1622) - date unknown
- Martin PeersonMartin PeersonMartin Peerson was an English composer, organist and virginalist...
(born ca. 1571 – ca. 1573; died 1650 or 1651), English composer, organist and virginalistVirginalistVirginalist denotes a composer of the so-called virginalist school, and usually refers to the English keyboard composers of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods. The term does not appear to have been applied earlier than the 19th century... - Thomas TomkinsThomas TomkinsThomas Tomkins was an English composer of the late Tudor and early Stuart period. In addition to being one of the prominent members of the English madrigal school, he was a skilled composer of keyboard and consort music, and the last member of the English virginalist school.-Life:Tomkins was born...
, Welsh composer (died 1656) - Alessandro Ghivizzani, Italian composer
- Martin Peerson
Deaths
- January - Robert ParsonsRobert Parsons (composer)Robert Parsons was an English composer.Although little is known about the life of Robert Parsons, it is likely that in his youth he was a choir boy, as until 1561 he was an assistant to Richard Bower, Master of the Children Choristers of the Chapel Royal.Parsons was appointed Gentleman of the...
, composer (born c.1535) - February 23 – Pierre CertonPierre CertonPierre Certon was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was a representative of the generation after Josquin and Mouton, and was influential in the late development of the French chanson.-Life:...
, French composer (born c1510) - August 28? – Claude GoudimelClaude GoudimelClaude Goudimel was a French composer, music editor and publisher, and music theorist of the Renaissance.-Biography:...
, French composer, murdered in the St. Bartholomew's Day MassacreSt. Bartholomew's Day massacreThe St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence, both directed against the Huguenots , during the French Wars of Religion...
. (born c1514) - date unknown
- Melchior Kreisstein, German music printer
- Francesco Londariti (Frankiskos Leontaritis), Cretan composer, active in Venice and Munich
- Christopher TyeChristopher TyeChristopher Tye was an English composer and organist, who studied at Cambridge University and in 1545 became a Doctor of Music both there and at Oxford.He was choirmaster of Ely Cathedral from about 1543 and also organist there from 1559...
, English composer (between August 27, 1571 and March 15, 1573)