First book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)
First book of motets for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)
Nicola Vicentino – L'antica musica ridotta alla moderna prattica ("Ancient Music Adapted to Modern Practice"), a treatise aimed at revising the chromatic and enharmonic genera of the ancient Greeks.
Adrian Willaert – 'I sacri e santi salmi (Venice: Antonio Gardano), the first printed collection by a single composer of complete polyphonic office settings
^Chaney, Edward (1998). The Evolution of the Grand Tour: Anglo-Italian Cultural Relations Since the Renaissance. London: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN0-7146-4577-X.