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The decade of the 1520s in music (years 1520-1529) involved some significant compositions.
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Events
- none listed
Publications
- 1529: Martin Agricola - Musica instrumentalis deudsch, a description of the musical instruments common in Germany at the time.
Classical music
Births
1520
- Andrea Amati, Italian violin maker, who stands as the first of the Cremona school (d. c.1578)
- Christoph Fischer or Vischer (c.1518/1520), hymnist (d. 1598)
- Vincenzo Galilei (c.1520), lutenist who also composed other music (d. 1591)
1521
- Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer of Italian madrigals (died 1603)
1525
- March 4 - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Roman composer, primarily of sacred music (died 1594)
1529
- probable - Jacobus Vaet, Franco-Flemish composer (died 1567)
Deaths
- 1521: August 27 - Josquin des Prez, Franco-Flemish composer (born c.1450-1455)
- 1522: October 30 - Jean Mouton, Franch composer (born c.1459)
- 1525: probable - Arnolt Schlick, German organist and composer (born c.1460)
