1569 in music

Events

January – Fabrizio Dentice entered the service of Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma as a lutenist
July 22 – Lodovico Bassano is appointed to the London-based Bassano recorder consort, retrospectively effective to 29 September 1568.David Lasocki, Denis Arnold, and Fabio Ferraccioli, "Bassano: (2) Lodovico Bassano", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
October – Valentin Bakfark, Hungarian lutenist, is arrested on suspicion of involvement in a Hungarian rebellion against his employer, Emperor Maximilian II, but he is quickly released.Peter Király, "Bakfark [Bacfarc, Bakfarc, Bakfarkh, Bakffark] [Greff alias Bakfark, Greff Bakfark], Valentin", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
date unknown – A portrait of Josquin des Prez, possibly painted in his lifetime, is installed as a side panel of a triptych in the church of Ste Gudule, Brussels. It was destroyed a decade later, along with all the other images in the church, by Protestant iconoclasts.Barbara Haggh, "Josquin’s Portrait: New Evidence", in From Ciconia to Sweelinck: Donum natalicium Willem Elders, edited by Albert Clement and Eric Jas (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1994): 91–110.

Jacques Arcadelt
Sixth book of chansons (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard), published posthumously
Ninth book of chansons (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard), published posthumously
Filippo Azzaiolo – {{lang|it|Il terzo libro delle villotte del fiore alla padoana con alcune napolitanae e bergamasche}}, for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)
Ippolito Chamaterò
{{lang|it|Il secondo libro delli madrigali}}, for four voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
{{lang|it|Il secondo libro delli madrigali}}, for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
{{lang|it|Il terzo libro delli madrigali}}, for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
{{lang|it|Il quarto libro delli madrigali}}, for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
Giovanni Matteo Faà di Bruno – First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)
Giovanni Ferretti – Second book of {{lang|it|Canzoni alla napolitana}} for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
Giulio Fiesco – First book of {{lang|it|Musica nova}} for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano), the first book to set the poetry of Giovanni Battista Guarini
Tiburtio Massaino – First book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)
Philippe de Monte
First book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Claudio da Correggio)
Second book of madrigals for six voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
Second book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
Costanzo Porta – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)

Paolo Aretino – Magnificat for five voices, book 1 (Venice: Claudio Correggio)
Joachim a Burck – {{lang|la|Symbolum apostolicum, nicenum, et canticum symbolum sanctorum Augustinii et Ambrosii}} for four voices (Mühlhausen: Georg Hantzsch)
Ippolito Chamaterò – First book of masses for five and seven voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
Sigmund Hemmel – {{lang|de|Der ganz Psalter Davids}} for four voices (Tubingen: Ulrich Morharts), a German-language psalter, published posthumously
Paolo Isnardi
{{lang|la|Psalmi omnes ad vesperas per totum annum}} for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)
{{lang|la|Psalmi omnes qui ad vesperas}} for five voices (Venice: heirs of Girolamo Scotto)
Orlande de Lassus – {{lang|la|Cantiones aliquot}} for five voices (Munich: Adam Berg), a collection of motets
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Liber primus motettorum, for five to seven voices, published in Rome

11 September – Vincenza Armani, Italian opera singer, musician and composer (b. c. 1530).
20 September – Agostino Agostini, Italian composer and singer
date unknown – Hoste da Reggio, composer (b. c. 1520)