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Luca Marenzio an Italian composer is born
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The Violin in its present form begins to develop
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Giovanni Gabrieli an Italian composer is born
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William Byrd is made Organist at Lincoln Cathedral
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Richard Edwards English composer and poet dies
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Johann Walters dies
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Pier Francesco Valentini a composer and theorist is born
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John Maynard an English composer is born
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English folk tune "Greensleeves" is mentioned for the first time
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Orlando Gibbons an English composer is born
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Giovanni Antonio Bertoli an Italian composer is born
