1583

Events in 1583 2

• 1583 – 1643 Girolamo Frescobaldi Italian keyboard composer Girolamo Frescobaldi was the greatest keyboard composer of the early Baroque period. His toccatas, ricercars and fantasias transformed the possibilities of keyboard music.
• 1583 – 1625 Orlando Gibbons English Renaissance composer Orlando Gibbons was the foremost English composer of his generation whose anthems, fantasias and keyboard music represent the pinnacle of late English Renaissance polyphony.