title: 1551 in music
text: # 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
  