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 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)
• 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 (d. 1594)
• date unknown – Cosimo Bottegari, Italian lutenist and composer (d. 1620)
• probable – Emmanuel Adriaenssen, Dutch lutenist and composer (d. 1604)

Deaths

• February 6 – Arnold von Bruck, composer (b. c. 1500)
• February 24 – Philip van Wilder, lutenist and composer (b. 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.
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.