Events January 1 – Arnold von Bruck retires from his position as Kapellmeister at the Viennese court. May - Cipriano de Rore appointed maestro do cappella at the court in Ferrara, a post he held until 1559. Jacquet de Berchem appointed maestro di cappella at Verona Cathedral
Publications Giulio Abondante - , the first of three extant books of lute music published in Venice by Antonio Gardano Paolo Aretino – Pie ac devotissime Lamentationes Hyeremie prophete tum etiam Passiones Hiesu Christi Dominice Palmarum ac Veneris Sancti (Venice: Angelo Gardano), a collection of litanies Jacquet de Berchem – First book of madrigals for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) Simon Boyleau – Madrigals for four voices Giovan Tomaso di Maio – Canzone villanesche a 3, book 1 Antoine de Mornable , book 1, for four voices (Paris: Pierre Attaingnant) 17 Psalms for four voices (Paris: Pierre Attaingnant) Alonso Mudarra - 'Three Books of Music for vihuela in tablature' (Seville: Juan de Leon) Caspar Othmayr – for five voices (Nuremberg: Johann vom Berg & Ulrich Neuber) Girolamo Parabosco – Madrigali a cinque voci (Venice: Antonio Gardano)
Births date unknown – September 3 – Isabella Bendidio, Italian noblewoman and singer (died 1610) October 5 – Cyriakus Schneegass, German hymnwriter (d. 1597) date unknown Luca Bati, Italian composer (died 1608) Joachim a Burck, German hymn writer, composer, organist and Kantor (died 1610)
Deaths Fridolin Sicher (56), organist and composer Hans Ott, music publisher and editor
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