1545

Events in 1545 2

• 1490 – 1545 John Taverner English Renaissance composer John Taverner was the greatest English composer of sacred polyphony in the early Tudor period. His masses and motets represent a high point of English Renaissance church music.
• 1495 – 1545 Costanzo Festa Italian Renaissance composer Costanzo Festa was an Italian composer active at the papal chapel who wrote some of the earliest Italian madrigals alongside sacred works of considerable quality.