1530s in music

The decade of the 1530s in music (years 1530-1539) involved some significant compositions.

Events

*"none listed"

Publications

1535

* Philippe Verdelot - First book of madrigals "a"5.

1536

* Philippe Verdelot - Second book of madrigals "a"4.

1538

* Maddalena Casulana - First book of madrigals for Four Voices, published in Venice. It is the first printed book of music by a woman in history.
* Philippe Verdelot - Second book of madrigals "a"5, and "Le dotte, et eccellente compositioni...".
* "Ein Hubsch new Gesangbuch", the first protestant hymn-book, publish in Ulm.

1539

* Jacques Arcadelt - First book of madrigals "a"4.

Classical music

1530

* We-Liang-Hu composed music for a play by 14th-century poet Gao-Ming.

Births

* 1530: "probable" - Orlando de Lassus aka Roland de Latre, Franco-Flemish composer of late Renaissance music (d. 1594)
* 1533: Andrea Gabrieli, Italian composer and organist (d. 1586)
* 1534: Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (d. 1590)

1535

*Giaches de Wert, Flemish composer of Italian madrigals (died 1596)
*"probable" - Innocentio Alberti, Italian instrumentalist and composer (died 1615)

Deaths

* 1537: Paul Hofhaimer, Austrian composer and organist (born 1459)