1558 in music
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Events
- April – Clemens Stephani is appointed Kantor at the Lateinschule in Eger.[1]
- 9 August – Annibale Zoilo joins the Cappella Giulia in Rome[2]
- October – Nicolas de La Grotte marries Marie Cipran de St. Cloud[3]
- Orlande de Lassus marries Regina Wäckinger, the daughter of a Bavarian court official, in Munich.[4]
Bands formed
- Messina Cathedral cappella
Publications
Music
- Giaches de Wert – Il secondo libro delle muse
Theory
- Jan Blahoslav – Musica: to gest knjžka zpěwákům, published in Olomouc, the first book on music theory in the Czech language
- Gioseffo Zarlino – Le istitutioni harmoniche (Harmonic Foundations)
Classical music
Births
- date unknown – Blasius Ammon, Franciscan friar, singer and composer (died 1590)
- probable – Giovanni Bassano, Italian composer and cornettist
Deaths
- July – Georgius Macropedius, dramatist and composer (born c. 1475)
- November – Hugh Aston, composer (born c.1485)
- December – John Sheppard, singer and composer (born c.1515)
- December 29 – Hermann Finck, composer (born 1527)
- date unknown – Clément Janequin, composer (born c.1485)
References
- Hans Haase, "Stephani [Stephan, Stephanus], Clemens", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
- Harry B. Lincoln, "Zoilo, Annibale", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
- Frank Dobbins, "La Grotte [La Crotte], Nicolas de", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
- James Haar, "Lassus: (1) Orlande de Lassus", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
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