1550 in music
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| 1540s 1540s in music The decade of the 1540s in music involved some significant compositions.-1542:* Jacques Arcadelt – First book of madrigals a3.* Domenico Maria Ferrabosco – First book of madrigals a4.... . 1550s in music . 1560s |
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1550 in music involved some significant compositions.
Publications
- 1550: Adrian WillaertAdrian WillaertAdrian Willaert was a Flemish composer of the Renaissance and founder of the Venetian School. He was one of the most representative members of the generation of northern composers who moved to Italy and transplanted the polyphonic Franco-Flemish style there....
– Salmi spezzati, a collection of antiphonal polychoral sacred music
Births
- 1550: July 3 – Jacobus GallusJacobus GallusJacobus Gallus Carniolus was a late Renaissance composer of Slovenian ethnicity...
, late Renaissance Czech composer of Slovene origin (d. 15911591 in music- Events :* Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer, is appointed maestro de capilla by Seville Cathedral.* Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer and successor to Palestrina at St...
) - 1550: December 6 (baptised) – Orazio VecchiOrazio VecchiOrazio Vecchi was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance. He is most famous for his madrigal comedies, particularly L'Amfiparnaso.- Life :...
, Italian composer (died 1605) - 1550: probable – John MundyJohn Mundy (composer)John Mundy was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the Renaissance period.-Life and works:...
, English composer and organist (d. 16301630 in music- Events :*Giacomo Carissimi becomes the chapelmaster at the Church of San Apollinare in the German-Hungarian College in Rome.*Ján Šimbracký buys a house in Spišské Podhradie.- Deaths :...
), son of composer William Mundy - 1550: probable – Sebastian RavalSebastian RavalSebastián Raval was a Spanish composer of vocal and instrumental music. Born in Cartagena, he served as a soldier of the Army of Flanders in Flanders and Sicily. He joined the order of St...
, Spanish composer (died 1604)