1568 in music
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Events
- Philippe de Monte becomes Kapellmeister for the Habsburg Emperor Maximilian II.
- Second recorded Eisteddfod, at Caerwys in Wales.
- Antonio Scandello becomes Kapellmeister at the court of the Electors of Saxony in Dresden.
- Girolamo Dalla Casa and his two brothers are hired as musicians at St Mark's Basilica, Venice.
Publications
- Cipriano de Rore – Gli amorosi concenti, a collection of madrigals
- Vincenzo Galilei - Fronimo Dialogo, an instructional book for playing, composing and arranging vocal music for lute.
Births
- February 29 – Juan Bautista Comes, composer (died 1643)
- September 3 – Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer (died 1634)
- date unknown – Christian Erbach, organist and composer (died 1635)
Deaths
- June 5 – Lamoral, Count of Egmont, subject of Goethe's play and Beethoven's overture (born 1522; executed)
- October 14 – Jacques Arcadelt, Flemish composer (born 1514/1515)
- November 12 – Georg Forster, composer (born 1510)
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