1500s in music

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The first decade of the 16th century marked the creation of some significant compositions. These were to become some of the most famous compositions of the century.^[vague]

1490s
1500s in music
1510s

Music timeline

Events

1501:
- April 28 â Bartolomeo Tromboncino receives an unhelpful letter of reference from Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, after abandoning his position at the Mantua court without permission for the second time.^[1]^{[failed verification]}
- May â Francisco de PeÃ±alosa receives an increase in salary to 30,000 maravedis, the maximum paid to a singer-chaplain in the royal chapel of Ferdinand II of Aragon.^[2]
- June 1 â Antoine Brumel is hired as a singer at the court of Philibert II, Duke of Savoy at ChambÃ©ry.^[3]
- September â Jean Mouton begins a short tenure at the collegiate church of St AndrÃ© in Grenoble, teaching plainchant and polyphony to choirboys.^[4]
- October 16 â Nikolaus Decius matriculates at Leipzig University.
- exact date unknown â Robert Fayrfax graduates with a MusB at Cambridge University.^[5]
1502:
- June 1 â Antoine de Longueval joins the chapel of Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, at a salary half again higher than any other singer.^[6]
- exact date unknown â Adam of Fulda matriculates at the newly founded University of Wittenberg^[7]
1503: Pierre de la Rue, Alexander Agricola and Henry Bredemers travel to Heidelberg with the Habsburg court, where they most probably meet Arnolt Schlick.
April 1503: Josquin des Prez leaves France and is employed by Ercole d'Este I in Ferrara; he leaves for CondÃ©-sur-l'Escaut in April 1504.
1504:
- May 3 â Josquin des Prez arrives in CondÃ©-sur-l'Escaut to assume the post of Provost of the collegiate church of Notre Dame, recently vacated by Pierre Duwez.^[8]
- Jacob Obrecht succeeds Josquin des Prez as maestro di capella in Ferrara.
June 1505: After the death of Ercole d'Este and the succession of Alfonso I as Duke of Ferrara, Obrecht finds himself unemployed, but before he can secure another post, contracts the plague and dies scarcely a month after his employer.
1506:
- June 5 â Heinrich Glarean begins his studies at the University of Cologne.^[9]
- June 19 â On the recommendation of Emperor Maximilian I, Hans Buchner is appointed organist of the cathedral of Konstanz.^[10]
- exact date unknown â Antoine Brumel settles in Ferrara, replacing Jacob Obrecht (who died in July 1505) at Alfonso I's court.
1507: Paul Hofhaimer settles in Augsburg, where he could be closer to Roman emperor Maximilian I whom he served as organist

Publications

1501: Harmonice musices odhecaton A, the first printed collection of polyphonic music, published by Ottaviano Petrucci in Venice. It was followed by two more volumes, in 1502 and 1503.
1502: Josquin des Prez â Misse Josquin, published by Ottaviano Petrucci, including the Missa L'homme armÃ© super voces musicales
1503:
- Antoine Brumel â 4 Masses for four voices (Venice: Ottaviano Petricci)
- Johannes Ghiselin â Misse Ioannis Ghiselin for four voices (Venice: Ottaviano Petrucci)
- Jacob Obrecht â Misse Obrecht for four voices (Venice: Ottaviano Petrucci)
- Pierre de la Rue â Misse Petri de la Rue for four voices (Venice: Ottaviano Petrucci)
- Gregoire â Ave verum corpus/Ecce panis angelorum/Bone pastor/O salutaris hostia, motet for four voices (Venice: Ottaviano Petrucci)^[11]
1504: Alexander Agricola â Misse Alexandri agricole (Venice: Ottaviano Petrucci)
1507: Francesco Spinacino â Intabolatura de lauto (two volumes), the earliest known publication of lute music
1508: Joan Ambrosio Dalza â Intabolatura de lauto libro quarto, published by Ottaviano Petrucci, including the earliest known publication of music for the pavane
1509: Franciscus Bossinensis â First book of Tenori e contrabassi intabulati col sopran in canto figurato per cantar e sonar col lauto (Venice: Ottaviano Petrucci)

Compositions

1501: Loyset CompÃ¨re â Gaude prole regia/Sancta Catharina, ceremonial motet for five voices, written for the reception of Duke Philip the Fair, in his capacity of Governor of the Netherlands, in Paris on November 25.^[12]
1502: Josquin des Prez â Salve regina, for five voices.
1503â04: Josquin des Prez
- Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 50/51), for five voices
- Virgo salutiferi (motet)
1504: August â Bartolomeo Tromboncino, "SÃ¬ Ã¨ debile il filo", frottola, and the earliest known setting of a Petrarchan canzone; later published in Petrucci's seventh book of frottolas (Venice, 1507).^[1]
1507: Heinrich Isaac â Virgo prudentissima, motet for six voices

Births

1500:
- November 3, Benvenuto Cellini, cornettist and recorder player, best known as a goldsmith and sculptor (died February 13, 1571)
- probable
  - Arnold von Bruck, Franco-Flemish composer (died 1554)^[13]
  - CristÃ³bal de Morales, Spanish composer (died 1553)^[14]
1502: July 27 â Francesco Corteccia, Italian composer (died 1571)
c. 1505
- Thomas Tallis, English composer (died 1585)^[15]
- Christopher Tye, English composer and organist (died c. 1572)^[15]
c. 1507: Jacques Arcadelt, Franco-Flemish composer (died 1568)

Deaths

1500: estimated â John Browne, English composer of music from the Eton Choirbook (born c. 1453)^[16]
1501: February 17 â Stephan Plannck, German music printer active in Italy (born c. 1457)
1505
- date unknown â Adam of Fulda, German composer and theoretician (born c. 1445; plague)^[17]
- July â Jacob Obrecht, Flemish composer (born 1457 or 1458; plague)^[18]
1506:
- May 2 â Johannes von Soest, German composer (born 1448)
- August 15 â Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (born c. 1445; plague)
1507: late February â Francisco de la Torre, Spanish composer (possibly plague)

References

[1]
William F. Prizer, "Tromboncino [Trombonzin, Trombecin etc.], Bartolomeo", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
[2]
Tess Knighton, "PeÃ±alosa [Penyalosa], Francisco de", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
[3]
Barton Hudson, "Brumel [Brummel, Brommel, Brunel, Brunello], Antoine", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
[4]
Howard Mayer Brown, Thomas G. MacCracken, and Paul L. Ranzini, "Mouton [de Holluigue], Jean", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
[5]
Nicholas Sandon, "Fayrfax [Fayrefax, Fairfax], Robert", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
[6]
Jeffrey Dean, "Longueval [Longaval, Longheval], Antoine de", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
[7]
Klaus Wolfgang NiemÃ¶ller, "Adam von Fulda", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
[8]
Patrick Macey, Jeremy Noble, Jeffrey Dean, and Gustave Reese, "Josquin des Prez", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
[9]
Clement A. Miller, "Glarean, Heinrich [Glareanus, Henricus; Loriti]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
[10]
Hans Joachim Marx, "Buchner [Buschner, Puchner], Hans [Johannes] [M. Hans von Constanz]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
[11]
Sherr, Richard (2001). "Gregoire". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.40546.
[12]
Joshua Rifkin, Jeffrey Dean, and David Fallows, "CompÃ¨re, Loyset", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
[13]
Othmar Wessely/Walter Kreyszig, "Arnold von Bruck"; Albert Dunning, "Pieter Maessens"; Norbert BÃ¶ker-Heil, "Copus Caspar", Robert L. Marshall/Robin A. Leaver, "Chorale settings." Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed July 4â5, 2007), (subscription access) Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
[14]
"CristÃ³bal de Morales," in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980. ISBN 1-56159-174-2
[15]
Stanford E. Lehmberg (14 July 2014). The Reformation of Cathedrals: Cathedrals in English Society. Princeton University Press. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-4008-5980-1.
[16]
Whent, Chris. "John Browne". www.hoasm.org (early music database). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
[17]
Burkhalter, A. Louis; Romain Goldron (1968). Music of the Renaissance. H. S. Stuttman Company. p. 87.
[18]
Martin Picker (1988). Johannes Ockeghem and Jacob Obrecht: A Guide to Research. Garland Pub. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-8240-8381-6.

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