1554 in music

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

Events[]

Johann Walter is appointed court composer for Moritz, Duke of Saxony, in Dresden.
Vigevano Cathedral's first organ is built by .^[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)
Miguel de Fuenllana – Orphenica lyra (Sevilla: Martin de Montesdoca), arrangements for vihuela of works by various composers^[3]
Hoste da Reggio
- First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
- Second book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
- Third book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
- First book of madrigals for three voices (Milan: Francesco & Simone Moscheni)
Jacquet of Mantua – First book of masses for five voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
Jean de Latre – Lamentations for three, four, five, and six voices (Maastricht: Jacob Baethen)
Philippe de Monte – First book of madrigals for five voices (Rome: Valerio & Luigi Dorico)
Guillaume Morlaye – First book of psalms by Pierre Certon in lute tablature (Paris: Michel Fezendat)
Jan Nasco – First book of madrigals for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – First book of masses (Rome: Valerio & Luigi Dorico)
Pierre Phalèse (ed.) – Ninth book of motets, for five and six voices (Leuven: Pierre Phalèse), contains only compositions by Pierre de Manchicourt^[4]
Dominique Phinot – Second book of motets for five voices (Pesaro: Bartolomeo Cesano)
Francesco Portinaro – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano)

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[]

^ "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.
^ 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.
^ Roger D. Tinnell (1980). An Annotated Discography of Music in Spain Before 1650. Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies. pp. 63–65.
^ Andrew Pettegree; Malcolm Walsby (11 November 2010). Netherlandish Books (NB) (2 Vols.): Books Published in the Low Countries and Dutch Books Printed Abroad before 1601. BRILL. p. 883. ISBN 978-90-04-21660-0.

[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.

[3] Roger D. Tinnell (1980). An Annotated Discography of Music in Spain Before 1650. Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies. pp. 63–65.

[4] Andrew Pettegree; Malcolm Walsby (11 November 2010). Netherlandish Books (NB) (2 Vols.): Books Published in the Low Countries and Dutch Books Printed Abroad before 1601. BRILL. p. 883. ISBN 978-90-04-21660-0.

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