13th century in music
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12th century in music â 13th century in music â 1300s in music
Events
- c.1206 â A Minnesang contest, the Sängerkrieg auf der Wartburg, is held in Eisenach. Competitors included Walther von der Vogelweide, Heinrich von Ofterdingen, Reinmar von Zweter, and Klingsor.[1]
- 1221 â the Vienna city laws (renewed in 1244) declared itinerant minstrels to have no legal rights, while minstrels resident in a parish were exempted and therefore were able to develop organizations within the framework of municipal law.[2]
- 1254 â Alfonso X of Castile establishes a chair of music at the University of Salamanca.[3]
- 1259 â An organ is installed in the Cathedral of Worms.[4]
Bands formed
- 1212. The Thomanerchor is founded in Leipzig.[citation needed]
Treatises
Compositions
- 1201 â Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, "Ara pot hom conoisser e proar" (chanson de croisade, celebrating the election of Boniface de Monferrat as leader of the Fourth Crusade)
- 1204â05 â Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, "No·m agrad' iverns ni pascors"
- 1227â34 â A Play of Daniel with music is written at the school of Beauvais Cathedral.
- 1235â39 â Theobald I of Navarre, "Seignor, sachiés, qui or ne sâen ira" (chanson de croisade)
- 1239 â Theobald I of Navarre, "Au tens plain de felonie" (chanson de croisade)
- 1239â40 â Theobald I of Navarre, "Li dous penser et li dous souvenir" (chanson de croisade)
Births
- 1201
- 30 May â Thibaut IV, Count of Champagne and Brie, King of Navarre (d. 7 July 1253)
- date unknown â Richart de Fournival, French trouvère (d. 1260)
- 1216
- date unknown â Safi al-Din al-Urmawi, musician and theorist (d. 1296)
- 1217
- date unknown â John I, Duke of Brittany, French trouvère (d. 1286)
- 1221
- 23 November â Alfonso X of Castile, Spanish monarch, poet, and composer (d. 1284)
- 1291
- 31 October â Philippe de Vitry, French composer, music theorist, and poet (d. 1361)
Deaths
- 1201 â Léonin (died this year or soon after)
- 1203
- May or June â Le Chastelain de Couci, French trouvère
- 1204
- 12 December â Maimonides, Jewish rabbi and writer on music (b. 1135 or 1138)
- 1207
- 4 September â Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, troubadour (b. c.1155)
- 1231
- 25 December â Folquet de Marselha, troubadour (b. c.1155)
- 1236
- 26 December â Philip the Chancellor (b. c.1165)
- 1245
- date unknown â Guillaume le Vinier, French trouvère (b. c.1190)
- 1253
- 7 July â Thibaut IV, Count of Champagne and Brie, King of Navarre (b. 30 May 1201)
- 1260
- date unknown â Richart de Fournival, French trouvère
- 1284
- 4 April â Alfonso X of Castile
- 1286
- 8 October â John I, Duke of Brittany, French trouvère (b. 1217)
- 1288 â Adam de la Halle (possibly survived until at least 1306)