Hans Neusidler (also Neusiedler, Newsidler) (c. 1508 – February 2, 1563) was a German composer and lutenist of the Renaissance.
Neusidler was born in Pressburg (today Bratislava, Slovakia) and first appears in historical records in 1530 when he settled in Nuremberg. In February he received a residence permit from the city council and married there in September. In April 1531 he became a citizen and shortly thereafter bought a house on the Zotenberg. In the 1530s he taught lute there, published eight books of lute music between 1536 and 1549, and also established himself as a lute maker by 1550. With his first wife he had thirteen children, which led to enormous financial difficulties; he eventually sold his house to pay his debts. In January 1556 his wife died, and five months later he remarried; his second wife bore him four more children before she passed away in August 1562. Neusidler died in Nuremberg.
Hans’ sons Melchior Neusidler (1531–1590) and Konrad Neusidler (1541–after 1604) were also well-known lutenists and composers.
