1540s in music

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The decade of the 1540s in music (years 1540-1549) involved some significant compositions.

Contents 1 Events 2 Publications 2.1 1540 2.2 1541 2.3 1542 2.4 1544 2.5 1545 2.6 1546 2.7 1547 2.8 1549 3 Classical music 4 Births 4.1 1540 4.2 1542 4.3 1545 4.4 1546 5 Deaths

Events

• none listed

Publications

1540

• Hans Neusidler – Ein newes Lautenbüchlein, a collection of lute music

1541

• Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola – Canzone villanesche a3, books 1 and 2.

1542

• Jacques Arcadelt – First book of madrigals a3.
• Domenico Maria Ferrabosco – First book of madrigals a4.
• Cipriano de Rore – First book of madrigals a5.

1544

• Hans Neusidler – three books of lute music: Das erst Buch: ein newes Lautenbüchlein, Das ander Buch: ein new künstlich Lautten Buch, and Das dritt Buch: ein new künstlich Lauten Buch.

1545

• Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola – Madrigals for four voices.

1546

• Giovan Thomaso di Maio – Canzone villanesche a3, book 1.

1547

• Loys Bourgeois – First book of four-part psalms, published for the Calvinists of Geneva
• Francesco Corteccia – First book of madrigals a4
• Hans Neusidler – Das erst Buch: ein newes Lautenbüchlein

1549

• Claude Goudimel – book of chansons.
• Hans Neusidler – Das ander Buch: ein new künstlich Lauten Buch
• Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola – Motets for five voices.

Classical music

Births

1540

• date unknown – Giovanni Maria Artusi, Italian composer and theorist (died 1613)
• probable – William Byrd, English composer (died 1623)
• probable – Jakob Regnart, Franco-Flemish composer (died 1599)

1542

• November 1 – Tarquinia Molza, Italian singer (died 1617)
• probable – Cesare Bendinelli, Italian trumpeter (died 1617)

1545

• October 19 – Giovenale Ancina – Italian priest and composer (died 1604)
• probable
  • Gioseppe Caimo, Italian composer and organist (died post 1584)
  • Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Ferrarese composer (died 1607)

1546

• date unknown – Luca Bati, Italian composer (died 1608)

Deaths

• 1543: probable – Ludwig Senfl, Swiss composer (born c.1486)
• 1545: April 10 – Constanzo Festa, Italian composer (born c.1485-1490)