Births

• January 20 – Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (died 1630)
• July 1 - Claudio Saracini
  Claudio Saracini
  Claudio Saracini was an Italian composer, lutenist, and singer of the early Baroque era. He was one of the most famous and distinguished composers of monody.-Life:Saracini was born to a noble family, probably in Siena...
  
  , lutenist, singer and composer (died 1630)

Deaths

• August 27 – George de La Hèle
  George de La Hèle
  George de La Hèle was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, mainly active in the Habsburg chapels of Spain and the Low Countries. Among his surviving music is a book of eight masses, some for as many as eight voices...
  
  , Franco-Flemish composer
• November - Bernardino de Figueroa
  Bernardino de Figueroa
  Bernardino de Figueroa was a Spanish composer, afterwards Bishop of Brindisi in Italy.Figueroa entered the chapel choir in 1518 and was the first maestro de capilla at the Royal Chapel of Granada till 1551, being succeeded by Rodrigo de Ceballos in 1561...
  
  , composer (born c.1510)