1553

Events in 1553 4

• 1494 – 1553 Francois Rabelais French writer and satirist Rabelais used humor and satire in Gargantua and Pantagruel to critique society and human nature.
• 1500 – 1553 Cristóbal de Morales Spanish Renaissance composer Cristóbal de Morales was the most important Spanish composer of the Renaissance whose masses and motets were performed throughout Europe and the Americas.
• 1553 – 1602 Luzzasco Luzzaschi Italian Renaissance composer Luzzasco Luzzaschi was court organist at Ferrara whose chromatic madrigals for virtuoso solo voices influenced Gesualdo and Frescobaldi, both of whom he taught.
• 1553 – 1599 Luca Marenzio Italian madrigal composer Luca Marenzio was the most prolific and influential Italian madrigalist of the late 16th century. His expressive text-painting and harmonic refinement made him famous throughout Europe.