1558 in music
Events
- April – Clemens Stephani is appointed Kantor at the Lateinschule in Eger.
- 9 August – Annibale Zoilo joins the Cappella Giulia in Rome
- October – Nicolas de La Grotte marries Marie Cipran de St. Cloud
- Orlande de Lassus marries Regina Wäckinger, the daughter of a Bavarian court official, in Munich.
Bands formed
- Messina Cathedral ''cappella''
Publications
Music
- Paolo Aretino – Li madrigali for five to eight voices
- Cyprian Bazylik
- *Nabożna piosnka a obiecna modlitwa człowieka krześciańskiego do Syna Bożego for four voices
- *Pieśń nowa w ktorej jest dziękowanie Panu Bogu wszechmogącemu ze malutkim i prostakom raczył objawić tajemnice Krolestwa swego for four voices
- *Pieśń o niebezpieczeństwie żywota csłowieczego for four voices
- *Psalm 79. Deus venerunt gentes in haereditatem tuam for four voices
- *Psalm 127. Beati omnes qui timent Dominum for four voices
- *Psalm 129. De profundis clamavi ad te Domine for four voices
- Simon Boyleau – Second book of madrigals and canzonas for four voices
- Pierre Cadéac – 3 Masses for four voices
- Pierre Certon
- *Missa pro defunctis for four voices
- *Missa Le temps qui court for four voices
- *3 Masses for four voices
- Jacob Clemens non Papa – Seventh book of masses: Missa Languir my fault for five voices, published posthumously
- Giovanni Battista Conforti – First book of ricercars for four voices
- Claude Goudimel – 3 Masses for four voices
- Clément Janequin – Proverbes de Salomon for four voices
- Jacobus de Kerle – Hymni totius anni secundum ritum Sanctae Rom. Eccl. et Magnificat for four and five voices
- Jean Maillard – Missa super M'amie un jour for four voices
- Jan Nasco – First book of canzon villanesce alla Napolitana for four voices
- Giaches de Wert – Il secondo libro delle muse
Theory
- Jan Blahoslav – Musica: to gest knjžka zpěwákům, published in Olomouc, the first book on music theory in Czech
- Gioseffo Zarlino – Le istitutioni harmoniche
Births
- date unknown – Blasius Ammon, Franciscan friar, singer and composer
- probable – Giovanni Bassano, Italian composer and cornettist
Deaths
- July – Georgius Macropedius, dramatist and composer
- November – Hugh Aston, composer
- December – John Sheppard, singer and composer
- December 29 – Hermann Finck, composer
- date unknown – Clément Janequin, composer