1520s in music

Overview of the events of the 1520s in music
Overview of the events of the 1520s in music
List of years in music (table)
  • … 1510
  • 1511
  • 1512
  • 1513
  • 1514
  • 1515
  • 1516
  • 1517
  • 1518
  • 1519
  • 1520
  • 1521
  • 1522
  • 1523
  • 1524
  • 1525
  • 1526
  • 1527
  • 1528
  • 1529
  • 1530
+...
1510s . 1520s in music . 1530s
. Music timeline

The decade of the 1520s in music (years 1520–1529) involved some significant events, compositions, publications, births, and deaths.

Events

Publications

Folio 47r from the Capirola Lutebook: Padoana alla Francese

Classical music

Births

1520

1521

1525

1528

  • October 4 – Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (died 1599)
  • date unknownThomas Whythorne, English composer (died 1595)

1529

  • probableJacobus Vaet, Franco-Flemish composer (died 1567)

Deaths