1510s in music

The decade of the 1510s in music (years 1510-1519) involved some significant compositions.

Events

*"none listed"

Publications

* 1511: Arnolt Schlick - "Spiegel der Orgelmacher und Organisten", the first treatise on organ-making in German.

Classical music

* 1510: Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez assembled or composed "Missa de Beata Virgine", a musical setting of the Ordinary of the Mass, and it became the most popular of his masses in the 16th century.

Births

1510

* Juan Bermudo, Spanish music theorist (d. 1565)
* Antonio de Cabezon, Spanish composer and organist of the Renaissance (d. 1566)
* "probable" - Loys Bourgeois, French composer, famous for his protestant hymn tunes (died c.1561)
* "probable" - Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola, Neapolitan composer, famous for his villanescas and villanellas in the Neapolitan style (died 1592)

1511

* "date unknown" - Nicola Vicentino, Italian music theorist and composer (died 1575/1576)

1516

* "probable" - Cipriano de Rore, Flemish composer (died 1565)

1517

* January 31 or March 22 - Gioseffo Zarlino, Venetian theorist (died 1590)

Deaths

* 1517: March 26 - Heinrich Isaac, Franco-Flemish composer (born "c".1445)