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The decade of the 1540s in music (years 1540–1549) involved some significant compositions. Events - 1540
- 27 April – Gioseffo Zarlino is elected capellini and mansionario of the Scuola di San Francesco in Chioggia
- 1543: Thomas Tallis becomes a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in England.
Bands formed - 1548: Staatskapelle Dresden formed in Saxony.
Publications 1540- Hans Neusidler – Ein newes Lautenbüchlein, a collection of lute music
- Sebald Heyden – De arte canendi, third installment, important treatise on singing
1541- Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola – Canzone villanesche a3, books 1 and 2.
1542- Jacques Arcadelt – First book of madrigals a3.
- Pierre Certon – Second Book of Motets, Paris: Attaignant
- Domenico Maria Ferrabosco – First book of madrigals a4.
- Silvestro Ganassi dal Fontego – Regola rubertina, Venice
- Cipriano de Rore – First book of madrigals a5.
1543- Silvestro Ganassi dal Fontego – Lettione seconda [=second book of Regola rubertina], Venice
1544- Hans Neusidler – three books of lute music: Das erst Buch: ein newes Lautenbüchlein, Das ander Buch: ein new künstlich Lautten Buch, and Das dritt Buch: ein new künstlich Lauten Buch.
1545- Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola – Madrigals for four voices.
1546- Giovan Thomaso di Maio – Canzone villanesche a3, book 1.
1547- Loys Bourgeois – First book of four-part psalms, published for the Calvinists of Geneva
- Francesco Corteccia – First book of madrigals a4
- Hans Neusidler – Das erst Buch: ein newes Lautenbüchlein
1549- Claude Goudimel – book of chansons.
- Hans Neusidler – Das ander Buch: ein new künstlich Lauten Buch
- Gian Domenico del Giovane da Nola – Motets for five voices.
Sacred music 1541- Gasparo Alberti – Magnificat
1542- Gasparo Alberti – Magnificat
Births 1540- date unknown – Giovanni Maria Artusi, Italian composer and theorist (died 1613)
- probable – William Byrd, English composer (died 1623)
- probable – Jakob Regnart, Franco-Flemish composer (died 1599)
1542- February 22 – Santino Garsi da Parma, lutenist and composer (died 1604)
- November 1 – Tarquinia Molza, Italian singer (died 1617)
- probable – Cesare Bendinelli, Italian trumpeter (died 1617)
1545- October 19 – Giovenale Ancina – Italian priest and composer (died 1604)
- probable
- Gioseppe Caimo, Italian composer and organist (died post 1584)
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Ferrarese composer (died 1607)
1546- date unknown – Luca Bati, Italian composer (died 1608)
1549- December 9 – Costanzo Antegnati – Italian organ builder, organist, and composer
- date unknown – Kaspar Ulenberg, German theologian, poet, and composer (died 1617)
Deaths - 1543: probable – Ludwig Senfl, Swiss composer (born c.1486)
- 1545: April 10 – Constanzo Festa, Italian composer (born c.1485-1490)
- 1547: October or November – John Redford, English composer, poet and playwright (born c. 1500)
- 1548: June 14 – Elzéar Genet de Carpentras, French composer (born c. 1470)
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