1540s in music
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| 1530s 1530s in music The decade of the 1530s in music involved some significant compositions.-1536:* Hans Neusidler – Two books of lute music, Ein newgeordent künstlich Lautenbuch and Der ander Theil des Lautenbuchs... . 1540s in music . 1550s |
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The decade of the 1540s in music (years 1540-1549) involved some significant compositions.
1542
- Jacques ArcadeltJacques ArcadeltJacques Arcadelt was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in both Italy and France, and principally known as a composer of secular vocal music...
– First book of madrigalMadrigal (music)A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Traditionally, polyphonic madrigals are unaccompanied; the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three to six....
s a3. - Domenico Maria Ferrabosco – First book of madrigals a4.
- Cipriano de RoreCipriano de RoreCipriano de Rore was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy...
– First book of madrigals a5.
1544
- Hans Neusidler – three books of lute music: Das erst Buch: ein newes Lautenbüchlein, Das ander Buch: ein new künstlich Lautten Buch, and Das dritt Buch: ein new künstlich Lauten Buch.
1547
- Loys BourgeoisLoys BourgeoisLoys "Louis" Bourgeois was a French composer and music theorist of the Renaissance. He is most famous as one of the main compilers of Calvinist hymn tunes in the middle of the 16th century...
– First book of four-part psalms, published for the CalvinistsCalvinismCalvinism is a Protestant theological system and an approach to the Christian life...
of GenevaGenevaGeneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland... - Francesco CortecciaFrancesco CortecciaFrancesco Corteccia was an Italian composer, organist, and teacher of the Renaissance. Not only was he one of the best known of the early composers of madrigals, and an important native Italian composer during a period of domination by composers from the Low Countries, but he was the most...
– First book of madrigalMadrigal (music)A madrigal is a secular vocal music composition, usually a partsong, of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Traditionally, polyphonic madrigals are unaccompanied; the number of voices varies from two to eight, and most frequently from three to six....
s a4 - Hans Neusidler – Das erst Buch: ein newes Lautenbüchlein
1549
- Claude GoudimelClaude GoudimelClaude Goudimel was a French composer, music editor and publisher, and music theorist of the Renaissance.-Biography:...
– book of chansons. - Hans Neusidler – Das ander Buch: ein new künstlich Lauten Buch
- Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola – Motets for five voices.
1540
- date unknown – Giovanni Maria Artusi, Italian composer and theorist (died 1613)
- probable – William ByrdWilliam ByrdWilliam Byrd was an English composer of the Renaissance. He wrote in many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard and consort music.-Provenance:Knowledge of Byrd's biography expanded in the late 20th century, thanks largely...
, English composer (died 1623) - probable – Jakob Regnart, Franco-Flemish composer (died 1599)
1542
- November 1 – Tarquinia MolzaTarquinia MolzaTarquinia Molza was an Italian singer and poet. She was considered a great virtuosa and many artistic works were dedicated to her; Francesco Patrizi wrote about her singing in his treatise L'amorosa filosofia, and she was perhaps the first singer to have a published biography dedicated to her...
, Italian singer (died 1617) - probable – Cesare BendinelliCesare BendinelliCesare Bendinelli was an Italian trumpeter who was the principal trumpet player of the Viennese court from 1567 to 1580. From 1580 till his death he played for the court of Munich....
, Italian trumpeter (died 1617)
1545
- October 19 – Giovenale AncinaGiovenale AncinaGiovanni Giovenale Ancina was an Italian priest, scholar and music composer, known also as an orator. He was beatified in the late nineteenth century....
– Italian priest and composer (died 1604) - probable
- Gioseppe Caimo, Italian composer and organist (died post 1584)
- Luzzasco LuzzaschiLuzzasco LuzzaschiLuzzasco Luzzaschi was an Italian composer, organist, and teacher of the late Renaissance. He was born and died in Ferrara, and despite evidence of travels to Rome it is assumed that Luzzaschi spent the majority of his life in his native city.As a pupil of Cipriano de Rore, Luzzaschi developed...
, FerrareseFerraraFerrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...
composer (died 1607)
Deaths
- 1543: probable – Ludwig SenflLudwig SenflLudwig Senfl was a Swiss composer of the Renaissance, active in Germany. He was the most famous pupil of Heinrich Isaac, was music director to the court of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and was an influential figure in the development of the Franco-Flemish polyphonic style in...
, Swiss composer (born c.1486) - 1545: April 10 – Constanzo Festa, Italian composer (born c.1485-1490)