1540s in music

The decade of the 1540s in music (years 1540-1549) involved some significant compositions.

Events

*"none listed"

Publications

1541

* Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola - "Canzone villanesche a3", books 1 and 2.

1542

* Jacques Arcadelt - First book of madrigals "a"3.
* Domenico Maria Ferrabosco - First book of madrigals "a"4.
* Cipriano de Rore - First book of madrigals "a"5.

1545

* Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola - Madrigals for four voices.

1546

* Giovan Thomaso di Maio - "Canzone villanesche a3", book 1.

1547

* Loys Bourgeois - First book of four-part psalms, published for the Calvinists of Geneva
* Francesco Corteccia - First book of madrigals "a"4

1549

* Claude Goudimel - book of chansons.
* Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola - Motets for five voices.

Classical music

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Births

1540

* "date unknown" - Giovanni Maria Artusi, Italian composer and theorist (died 1613)
* "probable" - William Byrd, English composer (died 1623)
* "probable" - Jakob Regnart, Franco-Flemish composer (died 1599)

1542

*November 1 - Tarquinia Molza, Italian singer (died 1617)
*"probable" - Cesare Bendinelli, Italian trumpeter (died 1617)

1545

*October 19 - Giovenale Ancina - Italian priest and composer (died 1604)
* "probable"
**Gioseppe Caimo, Italian composer and organist (died "post" 1584)
**Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Ferrarese composer (died 1607)

1546

*"date unknown" - Luca Bati, Italian composer (died 1608)

Deaths

* 1543: "probable" - Ludwig Senfl, Swiss composer (born c.1486)
* 1545: April 10 - Constanzo Festa, Italian composer (born "c".1485-1490)