Thomas Appleby appointed organist and choirmaster at Lincoln Cathedral
1539: Joan Brudieu appointed maestro di capilla at la Seu d'Urgell Cathedral in Catalonia, a position he held until his death (bar a couple of gaps) until his death in 1591.
Publications[]
1530[]
Madrigali de diversi musici: libro primo de la Serena (Rome: Valerio Dorico). The first book of madrigals to be identified by that name. The majority of pieces are by Philippe Verdelot.
Hans Gerle - 2nd collection of lute music Tabulatur auff die Laudten published in Nuremberg. It included arrangements of pieces by Jean Mouton, Josquin and Jacob Obrecht
Clement Janequin – Vingt et quatre chansons musicales...composes par maistre CL Janequin published by Pierre Attaignant in Paris
Philippe Verdelot – First book of madrigals for four voices, published by Ottaviano Scotto in Venice
1534[]
Philippe Verdelot – Second book of madrigals for four voices, published by Scotto in Venice
First book of motets for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
First book of motets for four voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
Pierre de Manchicourt – Book 14: 19 Motets for four voices (Paris: Pierre Attaingnant & Hubert Jullet), the last volume in Attaingnant's motet series and the only one dedicated to a single composer
Classical music[]
1530[]
We-Liang-Hu composed music for a play by 14th-century poet Gao-Ming.
Sacred music[]
1533[]
Nicolas Gombert – Cuis colis Ausoniam, motet for six voices to a text by Nicolaus Grudius, celebrating the treaty signed in Bologna by Emperor Charles V, Pope Clement VII, and several other Italian rulers
1539[]
Johannes Heugel – Consolamini, popule meus, for eight voices, probably the earliest German composition for double choir[4]
^Wilfried Brennecke, "Heugel, Johannes", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).