1556 in music

List of years in music (table)
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Events

  • June – At a Corpus Christi procession in Pátzcuaro, Morelia, Mexico, the earliest extant zarabanda was sung.[1]
  • Orlande de Lassus joins the court of Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria.

Publications

  • Julien Belin – Premier livre contenant Plusieurs motets, chansons, et Fantasies (Paris: Nicolas du Chemin), a collection of intabulations for the lute
  • Pierre Cadéac – Mass for four voices (Paris: Nicolas du Chemin)
  • Jacob Clemens non Papa
    • First book of masses: Missa Misericorde for four voices (Leuven: Pierre Phalèse), possibly published posthumously
    • Fifth book of motets for five voices (Paris: Simon du Bosc), possibly published posthumously
    • Souterliedekens I, II, & III for three voices (Antwerp: Tielman Susato), settings of Psalms in Dutch, possibly published posthumously
  • Jhan Gero – Second book of madrigals for three voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)
  • Claude Gervaise, ed. – Third book of dances for four instruments (Paris: widow of Pierre Attaingnant)
  • Philibert Jambe de Fer – Epitome musical, des tons, sons, et accordz...Violes & violons
  • Clément Janequin – Premier livre contenant plusieurs chansons spirituelles (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard)
  • Orlande de Lassus – First book of motets for five and six voices (Antwerp: Johann Laet)
  • Pierre de Manchicourt – Missa Quo abiit dilectus tuus for four voices (Paris: Nicolas du Chemin)
  • Annibale Padovano – First book of ricercars for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano), a collection of vocal partsongs

Classical music

Births

  • February 21 – Sethus Calvisius, German theorist and composer (d. 1615)
  • June – Pomponio Nenna, Neapolitan Italian composer (d. 1608)
  • August 10 – Philipp Nicolai, German pastor and composer (d. 1608)
  • December 17 – Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, composer and a minister of the Mughal emperor Akbar (d. 1627)

Deaths

  • March 4 – Leonhard Kleber, German organist (b. 1495)[2]
  • May 7 – Hieronymus Andreae (alias Formschneider), German printer of music, amongst other things
  • June 10 – Martin Agricola, German theorist and composer (b. 1486)[3]

References

  1. ↑ Robert Stevenson, "Morelia", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
  2. ↑ Schuler, Manfred (2001). "Kleber, Leonhard". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.15112. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  3. ↑ Don Michael Randel (30 October 2002). The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Harvard University Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-674-25572-2.
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