Editing Timeline of musical events (section)

== 1520s ==
* '''[[1529 in music]]''' –
* '''[[1528 in music]]''' –
* '''[[1527 in music]]''' –
* '''[[1526 in music]]''' –
* '''[[1525 in music]]''' – birth of [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]]
* '''[[1524 in music]]''' –
* '''[[1523 in music]]''' –
* '''[[1522 in music]]''' – death of [[Jean Mouton]] (c. 1459&nbsp;– October 30, 1522)
* '''[[1521 in music]]''' – death of [[Josquin des Prez|Josquin]]
* '''[[1520 in music]]''' – {{lang|it|Musica di messer [[Bernardo Pisano]] sopra le canzone del [[Francesco Petrarch|Petrarcha]]}} is published, the first printed book of secular music dedicated to a single composer.  It contains the first [[madrigal]]s, though they are not called by that name.