1558 in music explained

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

• Paolo Aretino – Italian: Li madrigali for five to eight voices (Venice: Girolamo Scotto)
• Cyprian Bazylik
  • Polish: Nabożna piosnka a obiecna modlitwa człowieka krześciańskiego do Syna Bożego for four voices (Kraków: Matthäus Siebeneicher)
  • Polish: Pieśń nowa w ktorej jest dziękowanie Panu Bogu wszechmogącemu ze malutkim i prostakom raczył objawić tajemnice Krolestwa swego for four voices (Kraków: Matthäus Siebeneicher)
  • Polish: Pieśń o niebezpieczeństwie żywota csłowieczego (Wspominając początek żywota naszego) for four voices (Kraków: Matthäus Siebeneicher)
  • Psalm 79. Latin: Deus venerunt gentes in haereditatem tuam for four voices (Kraków: Matthäus Siebeneicher)
  • Psalm 127. Latin: Beati omnes qui timent Dominum for four voices (Kraków: Matthäus Siebeneicher)
  • Psalm 129. Latin: De profundis clamavi ad te Domine 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
  • Latin: Missa pro defunctis (Requiem mass) for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard)
  • Latin: Missa French: Le temps qui court for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard)
  • 3 Masses for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard)
• Jacob Clemens non Papa – Seventh book of masses: Latin: Missa French: Languir my fault 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 – French: Proverbes de Salomon for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard)
• Jacobus de Kerle – Latin: Hymni totius anni secundum ritum Sanctae Rom. Eccl. et Magnificat (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 – Latin: Missa super M'amie un jour for four voices (Paris: Le Roy & Ballard)
• Jan Nasco – First book of Italian: canzon villanesce alla Napolitana for four voices (Venice: Angelo Gardano)
• Giaches de Wert – Italian: Il secondo libro delle muse

Theory

• Jan Blahoslav – Czech: Musica: to gest knjžka zpěwákům, published in Olomouc, the first book on music theory in Czech
• Gioseffo Zarlino – Italian: Le istitutioni harmoniche (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)

Notes and References

1. 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).
2. 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).
3. 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).
4. 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).