1551 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in 1551.

Events[]

  • Pope Julius III brings his protégé Palestrina to Rome as maestro di cappella of the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter's Basilica.
  • Famous confrontation between Nicola Vicentino and Vicente Lusitano about Greek diatonic, chromatic and enharmonic genera.
  • Giralamo Parabosco elected first organist at St Mark's, Venice
  • The music printing and publishing company Le Roy & Ballard was founded in Paris by cousins Adrian Le Roy and Robert Ballard
    • August 14 – Le Roy & Ballard obtain royal privilege to print music from Henry II
  • Francisco Guerrero appointed voce-maestro de capilla at Seville Cathedral
  • Cristobal Morales appointed maestro di capilla at Malaga Cathedral
  • Loys Bourgeois imprisoned in Geneva for changing psalm tunes without a license. He was released following John Calvin's personal intervention

Publications[]

  • Giovanni Animuccia – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Rome: Antonio Blado)
  • Constanzo Festa – First book of madrigals for three voices, published posthumously
  • Claude Goudimel – First book of psalms for three, four, and five voices (Paris: Nicolas du Chemin)
  • Adrian Le Roy – Book of lute arrangements Premier Livre de Tablature de Luth (Paris: Le Roy and Ballard)
  • Tielman Susato – Collection of dance music Het derde musyck boexken alderhande dansyerye was published in Antwerp

Sacred music[]

Births[]

  • October 8 – Giulio Caccini, Italian composer (died 1618)
  • probable – Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian organist and composer (died 1601)
  • approx. year – Paolo Virchi, Italian composer, viol player and organist (died 1610)
  • approx. year – Sebastian de Vivanco, Spanish composer, priest and teacher (died 1622)

Deaths[]

  • date unknown – Albert de Rippe, Italian lutenist and composer (born c.1500)
  • Johannes Wannenmacher, German composer
  • August 12 – Paul Speratus, theologian and hymn writer
  • November – Juan Alvarez de Almorox, died in Segovia
  • approx. year – Jean L'Heritier, composer and singer, died probably in northern Italy
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