1558 in music

Events April – Clemens Stephani is appointed Kantor at the Lateinschule in Eger.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). 9 August – Annibale Zoilo joins the Cappella Giulia in RomeHarry 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). October – Nicolas de La Grotte marries Marie Cipran de St. CloudFrank 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). Orlande de Lassus marries Regina Wäckinger, the daughter of a Bavarian court official, in Munich.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).

Bands formed Messina Cathedral cappella

Publications

Music Paolo Aretino – for five to eight voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto) Cyprian Bazylik for four voices (Kraków: Matthäus Siebeneicher) for four voices (Kraków: Matthäus Siebeneicher) for four voices (Kraków: Matthäus Siebeneicher) Psalm 79. for four voices (Kraków: Matthäus Siebeneicher) Psalm 127. for four voices (Kraków: Matthäus Siebeneicher) Psalm 129. for four voices (Kraków: Matthäus Siebeneicher) Simon Boyleau – Second book of madrigals and canzonas for four voices (Milan: Francesco Moscheni & Cesare Pozzo) Pierre Cadéac – 3 Masses for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) Pierre Certon (Requiem mass) for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) 3 Masses for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) Jacob Clemens non Papa – Seventh book of masses: for five voices (Leuven: Pierre Phalèse), published posthumously Giovanni Battista Conforti – First book of ricercars for four voices (Rome: Valerio Dorico) Claude Goudimel – 3 Masses for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) Clément Janequin – for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) Jacobus de Kerle – (Hymns for the whole year following the rite of the Holy Roman Church, and a Magnificat) for four and five voices (Rome: Antoine Barré) Jean Maillard – for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard) Jan Nasco – First book of for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano) Giaches de Wert –

Theory Jan Blahoslav – , published in Olomouc, the first book on music theory in Czech Gioseffo Zarlino – (Harmonic Foundations) Births date unknown – Blasius Ammon, Franciscan friar, singer and composer (d. 1590) probable – Giovanni Bassano, Italian composer and cornettist (d. 1617)

Deaths July – Georgius Macropedius, dramatist and composer (b. c. 1475; possibly plague) November – Hugh Aston, composer (b. c. 1485) December – John Sheppard, singer and composer (b. c. 1515; possibly influenza) December 29 – Hermann Finck, composer (b. 1527) date unknown – Clément Janequin, composer (b. c. 1485)

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