1600 in music

Events

• Start of Artusi–Monteverdi controversy, with publication of Artusi's treatise, L'Artusi Ovvero delle Imperfettioni della moderna musica.

  Publications

• Agostino Agazzari – First book of madrigals for five voices
• Giovanni Francesco Anerio – Dialogo pastorale al presepio di nostro signore
• Giammateo Asola
• *Divinae Dei laudes for two voices
• *Sacro sanctae dei laudes for eight voices
• Adriano Banchieri – Il studio dilettevole, the third book of canzonettas for three voices
• Giulio Belli – First book of Sacrae cantiones for four, five, six, eight, and twelve voices
• Valerio Bona – Psalmi omnes ad vesperas per totum annum
• Giulio Caccini – Euridice , not premiered until 1602
• John Dowland – The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres of 2, 4. and 5. parts, including Flow my Tears
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
• *Tenth book of masses
• *Eleventh book of masses
• *Litaniae deiparae Virginis...
• Benedetto Pallavicino — Sixth book of madrigals for five voices
• Thomas Weelkes – Madrigals Of 5. and 6. parts, apt for the Viols and voices

  Classical music

• Emilio de' Cavalieri – Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo, the first oratorio

  [Opera]

• Giulio Caccini – Il Rapimento di Cefalo, premièred October 8
• Jacopo Peri – Euridice, produced by Emilio de' Cavalieri for the wedding of Henry IV of France and Maria de' Medici in Florence, premièred October 6

  Births

• date unknown
• *Carlo Farina, Italian violinist and composer
• *Pietro Paolo Sabbatini, composer and conductor
• *probable – Etienne Moulinié, French composer

  Deaths

• April – Thomas Deloney, balladeer
• September – Claude Le Jeune, French composer
• November 25 – Ginés Pérez de la Parra, composer