1551 in music
# 1551 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in 1551.

## Events

* Pope Julius III brings his protégé Palestrina to Rome as maestro di cappella of the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter's Basilica.
* Famous confrontation between Nicola Vicentino and Vicente Lusitano about Greek diatonic, chromatic and enharmonic genera.
* Giralamo Parabosco elected first organist at St Mark's, Venice
* The music printing and publishing company Le Roy & Ballard was founded in Paris by cousins Adrian Le Roy and Robert Ballard
   * August 14 – Le Roy & Ballard obtain royal privilege to print music from Henry II
* Francisco Guerrero appointed voce-maestro de capilla at Seville Cathedral
* Cristobal Morales appointed maestro di capilla at Malaga Cathedral
* Loys Bourgeois imprisoned in Geneva for changing psalm tunes without a license. He was released following John Calvin's personal intervention

## Publications

* Giovanni Animuccia – Second book of madrigals for five voices (Rome: Antonio Blado)
* Constanzo Festa – First book of madrigals for three voices, published posthumously
* Claude Goudimel – First book of psalms for three, four, and five voices (Paris: Nicolas du Chemin)
* Adrian Le Roy – Book of lute arrangements Premier Livre de Tablature de Luth (Paris: Le Roy and Ballard)
* Tielman Susato – Collection of dance music Het derde musyck boexken alderhande dansyerye was published in Antwerp

## Sacred music

* Johann Walter – Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ

## Births

* October 8 – Giulio Caccini, Italian composer (died 1618)
* probable – Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian organist and composer (died 1601)
* approx. year – Paolo Virchi, Italian composer, viol player and organist (died 1610)
* approx. year – Sebastian de Vivanco, Spanish composer, priest and teacher (died 1622)

## Deaths

* date unknown – Albert de Rippe, Italian lutenist and composer (born c.1500)
* Johannes Wannenmacher, German composer
* August 12 – Paul Speratus, theologian and hymn writer
* November – Juan Alvarez de Almorox, died in Segovia
* approx. year – Jean L'Heritier, composer and singer, died probably in northern Italy
