1554 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in 1554.

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Events

• Johann Walter is appointed court composer for Moritz, Duke of Saxony, in Dresden.
• Vigevano Cathedral's first organ is built by Gian Giacomo Antegnati.[1]

Publications

• Pierre Certon – First book of psalms in lute tablature (Paris: Michel Fezendat), arranged by Guillaume Morlaye
• Ippolito Ciera – Madrigali del laberinto (Madrigals of the Labyrinth), first book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)[2]
• Pierre Clereau
  • 4 Masses for four voices (Paris: Nicolas Du Chemin)
  • Missa pro mortuis, cum duobus motetis (Requiem mass with two motets) (Paris: Nicolas Du Chemin)
• Costanzo Festa – Magnificat, tutti gli otto toni for four voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto), published posthumously
• Giulio Fiesco – First book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – First book of masses (Rome: Valerio & Aloysio Dorico)

Sacred music

• Thomas Tallis – Puer natus est nobis

Births

• May 20 – Paolo Bellasio, composer (died 1594)
• date unknown – Cosimo Bottegari, Italian lutenist and composer (died 1620)
• probable – Emmanuel Adriaenssen, Dutch lutenist and composer (died 1604)

Deaths

• February 6 – Arnold von Bruck, composer (born c.1500)
• February 24 – Philip van Wilder, lutenist and composer (born c.1500)
• September 25 – Richard Sampson, composer

References

1. "Antegnati: Italian family of organ builders, composers and musicians". www.hemingways-studio.org. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
2. Jane A. Bernstein (29 October 1998). Music Printing in Renaissance Venice: The Scotto Press (1539-1572). Oxford University Press. p. 444. ISBN 978-0-19-977160-8.