1551. With other artists, Hans Sachs, Gioseffo Zarlino and Vincenzo Galilei influenced their time (renaissance era). That year would see the birth of future classical or lyrical artists, while others would disappear.
All these moments, more or less notable, make the year 1551 a page in the history of classical and lyrical music to be discovered or rediscovered. soclassiq currently lists 6 of these moments for 1551.
1551, those moments that counted
Birth of Benedetto PallavicinoThat year: 1551, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1601).
Birth of Scipione CerretoThat year: 1551, Classical music, Italian composer, musicologist, music theorist and writer (dead in 1633).
Death of Jean l'HéritierThat year: 1551, Classical music, French Renaissance composer (born in 1480).
Birth of Sebastián de VivancoThat year: 1551, Classical music, Spanish priest and composer (dead in 1622).
Birth of Paolo VirchiThat year: 1551, Classical music, Italian composer and instrumentalist (dead in 1610).
1551-10-08 - Birth of Giulio CacciniThat year: 1551, Classical music, Italian composer (dead in 1618).