1553 in music

none December 2025 1553 music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in 1553. Publications Francesco Bendusi – it Opera nova di balli for four (Venice: Antonio Gardano), a collection of dance music Baldassare Donato – First book of madrigals for five and six voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) Jhan Gero – 40 Madrigals for three voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) Jacquet of Mantua – Motets for five voices (Venice: Antonio Gardano) Vicente Lusitano – it Introduttione facilissima, et novissima, di canto fermo, figurato, contraponto semplice, et in concerto, con regole generali per far fughe differenti sopra il canto fermo, a 2, 3, et 4 voci, et compositioni, proportioni, generi. s. diatonico, cromatico, enarmonico (Rome) Guillaume de Morlaye first collection for lute Second book of guitar tablature (Paris: Michel Fezendat) Diego Ortiz es Trattado de glossas sobre clausulas y otros generos de puntos en la musica de violones nuevamente puestos en luz, 10 December, Rome (Spanish edition) it Glose sopra le cadenze et altre sorte de punti in la musica del violone, 10 December, Rome (Italian edition of Trattado de glossas) Births October 18? – Luca Marenzio (c.1553), Italian composer (d. 1599) date unknown – Johannes Eccard, German composer and kapellmeister (d. 1611) probable – Leonhard Lechner, German composer (d. 1606) Deaths February 4 – Caspar Othmayr, German Protestant pastor, theologian and composer (b. 1515) October 7 – Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (b. 1500)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cristobal-de-Morales Cristóbal de Morales Encyclopædia Britannica 10 December 2025 date unknown Mateo Flecha, Catalan composer (b. 1481) Mattio Rampollini, Italian composer (b. 1497) References Category:1550s in music Category:1553 in the arts Music Category:16th century in music Category:Music by year