1552 in music
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| 1540s 1540s in music The decade of the 1540s in music involved some significant compositions.-1542:* Jacques Arcadelt – First book of madrigals a3.* Domenico Maria Ferrabosco – First book of madrigals a4.... . 1550s in music . 1560s |
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- Death of Heinrich FaberHeinrich FaberHeinrich Faber was a German music theorist, composer, and Kantor.Born in Lichtenfels, Bavaria, he was employed as a singer by Christian II of Denmark in Copenhagen, from 1515 to 1524. He later studied in Wittenberg, and is known to have lectured there, in 1551...
, Johannes Cochlaeus, and (probably) Philippe VerdelotPhilippe VerdelotPhilippe Verdelot was a French composer of the Renaissance, who spent most of his life in Italy. He is commonly considered to be the father of the Italian madrigal, and certainly was one of its earliest and most prolific composers; in addition he was prominent in the musical life of Florence...