1557 in music

Events

• August 10 - A precursor of the Royal Artillery Mounted Band makes its first recorded appearance at the Battle of St. Quentin with "drumme and phife".
• Hoste da Reggio replaces Simon Boyleau as maestro di cappella at Milan Cathedral.

Publications

• Filippo Azzaiolo - First collection
• Cipriano de Rore
  • Second Book of Madrigals in Four Parts
  • Fourth Book of Madrigals in Five Parts

Births

• February 15 – Alfonso Fontanelli, composer, writer and nobleman (died 1622)
• September 16 - Jacques Mauduit, composer (died 1627)
• date unknown - Giovanni Croce, composer (died 1609)
• probable - Thomas Morley, composer, theorist, editor and organist (died 1602)

Deaths

• April 21 - Girolamo Parabosco, composer, organist and poet (born 1524)
• probable
  • Thomas Crecquillon, Franco-Flemish composer (born 1505)
  • Nicholas Ludford, composer of masses (born c.1485)