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1540s in music

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The decade of the 1540s in music (years 1540-1549) involved some significant compositions.

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Events

  • 1543: Thomas Tallis becomes a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in England.
  • 1548: Staatskapelle Dresden formed in Saxony.

    • 1540

  • Hans Neusidler – Ein newes Lautenbüchlein, a collection of lute music
  • Sebald Heyden – De arte canendi, third installment, important treatise on singing

    • 1541

  • Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola – Canzone villanesche a3, books 1 and 2.

    • 1542

  • Jacques Arcadelt – First book of madrigals a3.
  • Domenico Maria Ferrabosco – First book of madrigals a4.
  • Cipriano de Rore – 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.

    • 1545

  • Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola – Madrigals for four voices.

    • 1546

  • Giovan Thomaso di Maio – Canzone villanesche a3, book 1.

    • 1547

  • Loys Bourgeois – First book of four-part psalms, published for the Calvinists of Geneva
  • Francesco Corteccia – First book of madrigals a4
  • Hans Neusidler – Das erst Buch: ein newes Lautenbüchlein

    • 1549

  • Claude Goudimel – 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 Byrd, English composer (died 1623)
  • probable – Jakob Regnart, Franco-Flemish composer (died 1599)

    • 1542

  • February 22 - Santino Garsi da Parma, lutenist and composer (died 1604)
  • November 1 – Tarquinia Molza, Italian singer (died 1617)
  • probable – Cesare Bendinelli, Italian trumpeter (died 1617)

    • 1545

  • October 19 – Giovenale Ancina – Italian priest and composer (died 1604)
  • probable
  • Gioseppe Caimo, Italian composer and organist (died post 1584)
  • Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Ferrarese composer (died 1607)

    • 1546

  • date unknown – Luca Bati, Italian composer (died 1608)

    • 1549

  • December 9 - Costanzo Antegnati - Italian organ builder, organist, and composer

    • Deaths

  • 1543: probable – Ludwig Senfl, Swiss composer (born c.1486)
  • 1545: April 10 – Constanzo Festa, Italian composer (born c.1485-1490)
  • 1547: October or November – John Redford, English composer, poet and playwright (born c. 1500)

    • References

    1540s in music Wikipedia
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