1490s in music
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the 1490s.
Events
- 1490
- January â Emperor Maximilian I writes a letter of recommendation for Jacobus Barbireau's visit to the Hungarian Court at Buda.[1]
- 24 October â Johannes Tinctoris petitions Pope Innocent VIII for the title and privileges of doctor of canon and civil law.[2]
- 1491 â After an extended legal disputation, the singer and composer Francisco de la Torre receives a half-prebendary at the Seville Cathedral.[3]
- 1498 â The Wiener Hofmusikkapelle, a forerunner of the Vienna Boys' Choir, is founded by Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Works
- 1497 â Josquin des Prez â Nymphes des bois[4]
Births
- 1490
- 6 March â Fridolin Sicher, Swiss composer and organist (died 1546)
- 12 October â Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer, singer, and classical scholar (died 1548)
- 1496 â Johann Walter, German composer (died 1570)
- 1499 â Bernardino de Sahagún, Spanish composer (died 1571)
Deaths
- November 6, 1492 â Antoine Busnois, composer and poet of the Burgundian School (b. c. 1430).
- January 28, 1495 â Juan de Triana, Spanish singer and composer
- February 6, 1497 â Johannes Ockeghem, composer of the Franco-Flemish School (b. c. 1410).