1556 in music

none December 2025 1556 music Events June – At a Corpus Christi procession in Pátzcuaro, Morelia, Mexico, the earliest extant zarabanda was sung.Robert Stevenson, "Morelia", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). Orlande de Lassus joins the court of Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria. Publications Julien Belin – fr Premier livre contenant Plusieurs motets, chansons, et Fantasies (Paris: Nicolas du Chemin), a collection of intabulations for the lute Pierre Cadéac – Mass for four voices (Paris: Nicolas du Chemin) Jacob Clemens non Papa First book of masses: la Missa Misericorde for four voices (Leuven: Pierre Phalèse), possibly published posthumously Fifth book of motets for five voices (Paris: Simon du Bosc), possibly published posthumously nl Souterliedekens I, II, & III for three voices (Antwerp: Tielman Susato), settings of Psalms in Dutch, possibly published posthumously Jhan Gero – Second book of madrigals for three voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) Claude Gervaise, ed. – Third book of dances for four instruments (Paris: widow of Pierre Attaingnant) Philibert Jambe de Fer – fr Epitome musical, des tons, sons, et accordz...Violes & violons Clément Janequin – fr Premier livre contenant plusieurs chansons spirituelles (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) Orlande de Lassus – First book of motets for five and six voices (Antwerp: Johann Laet) Pierre de Manchicourt – la Missa Quo abiit dilectus tuus for four voices (Paris: Nicolas du Chemin) Annibale Padovano – First book of ricercars for four voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano), a collection of vocal partsongs Births February 21 – Sethus Calvisius, German theorist and composer (d. 1615) June – Pomponio Nenna, Neapolitan Italian composer (d. 1608) August 10 – Philipp Nicolai, German pastor and composer (d. 1608) December 17 – Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, composer and a minister of the Mughal emperor Akbar (d. 1627) Deaths March 4 – Leonhard Kleber, German organist (b. 1495)Kleber, Leonhard https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000015112 Grove Music Online 2001 4 February 2022 en 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.15112 978-1-56159-263-0 Schuler Manfred May 7 – Hieronymus Andreae (alias Formschneider), German printer of music, amongst other things June 10 – Martin Agricola, German theorist and composer (b. 1486)Don Michael Randel The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians https://books.google.com/books?id=HXILEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT25 30 October 2002 Harvard University Press 978-0-674-25572-2 25 en References Category:1550s in music Category:1556 in the arts Music Category:16th century in music Category:Music by year