1556 in music

Events

• June – At a Corpus Christi procession in Pátzcuaro, Morelia, Mexico, the earliest extant zarabanda was sung.
• Orlande de Lassus joins the court of Albrecht V, Duke of Bavaria.

Publications

• Julien Belin – (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: for four voices (Leuven: Pierre Phalèse), possibly published posthumously
• Fifth book of motets for five voices (Paris: Simon du Bosc), possibly published posthumously
• 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 –
• Clément Janequin – (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard)
• Orlande de Lassus – First book of motets for five and six voices (Antwerp: Johann Laet)
• Pierre de Manchicourt – 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)
• May 7 – Hieronymus Andreae (alias Formschneider), German printer of music, amongst other things
• June 10 – Martin Agricola, German theorist and composer (b. 1486)

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