1460s in music
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the 1460s.
Events
1464
- 22 February â Henry Abyngdon receives a Bachelor of Music at Cambridge, the first recorded musical degree[1]
1465
- May â Henry Abyngdon is appointed Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal in London
- September â Antoine Busnois is appointed master of the choirboys at Ãglise Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand in Poitiers[2]
1467
- Antoine Busnois is employed at the court of Count Charles of Charolais before he becomes Duke of Burgundy[3]
1468
- Anna Inglese and her entourage are hired by Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan to devise and perform entertainments for his marriage to Bona of Savoy[4]
Compositions
1464
- May â Robert Morton writes the first known setting of L'homme armé[5]
Manuscripts
1460
- Wolfenbüttel Chansonnier, including compositions by Philippe Basiron[6]
Births
1468
- probable
- William Cornysh, English composer (d. 1523)
Deaths
1460
- 20 September â Gilles Binchois, Burgundian composer (b. c.1400)[7]
1466
- date unknown
- Nicolaus Zacharie, Italian composer (b. c.1400)[8]