1546 in music

Events

January 1 – Arnold von Bruck retires from his position as Kapellmeister at the Viennese court.
May - Cipriano de Rore appointed maestro do cappella at the court in Ferrara, a post he held until 1559.
Jacquet de Berchem appointed maestro di cappella at Verona Cathedral

Giulio Abondante - Intabolatura di Iulio Abondante sopra el lauto de ogni sorte de balli, the first of three extant books of lute music published in Venice by Antonio Gardano
Paolo Aretino – Pie ac devotissime Lamentationes Hyeremie prophete tum etiam Passiones Hiesu Christi Dominice Palmarum ac Veneris Sancti, a collection of litanies
Jacquet de Berchem – First book of madrigals for five voices
Simon Boyleau – Madrigals for four voices
Giovan Tomaso di Maio – Canzone villanesche a 3, book 1
Antoine de Mornable
*Motetorum Musicalium, book 1, for four voices
*17 Psalms for four voices
Alonso Mudarra - 'Three Books of Music for vihuela in tablature'
Caspar Othmayr – Epitaphium D. Martini Lutheri for five voices
Girolamo Parabosco – ''Madrigali a cinque voci''

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