1380s in music

none 1380 music art The 1380s in music involved some significant events. Events 1381 Three harp makers are documented as active in Oxford.Susan Wollenberg, "Oxford", Grove Music Online (updated and revised, 1 July 2014), Oxford Music Online (accessed 1 September 2017). Matteo da Perugia receives the degree of Doctor in Theology in Paris.Ursula Günther and Anne Stone, "Matteo da Perugia [Matheus de Perusio, de Perusiis, Perusinis]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). 1382 – Earliest mention of the Sint Lucasgilde in Antwerp, a guild of harpsichord builders, painters, gilders, carvers, printers, cabinet makers, and other specialist crafts.Anne Beetem Acker, "Guild of St Luke", Grove Music Online (25 May 2016), Oxford Music Online (accessed 1 September 2017). 1383 21 August – A treasury document from the court of Navarre states that Jacob Senleches has entered the service of Pedro de Luna, Cardinal of Aragon, as a harpist.Ursula Günther and Maricarmen Gómez, "Senleches, Jacquemin de [Senlechos, Jacob; Selesses, Jacopinus]", Grove Music Online (updated 9 November 2009), Oxford Music Online (accessed 1 September 2017). 1384 10 January – Baude Fresnel, a harpist and organist probably identical with the composer Baude Cordier, enters the service of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, as the Duke's private harpist.Craig Wright, "Tapissier and Cordier: New Documents and Conjectures", Musical Quarterly 59, No. 2 (April 1973): 177–89. Citation on 179–80, 186–89. A new organ is installed in St. Peter's Church (Munich).Horst Leuchtmann and Robert Münster, "Munich", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). The organ built by Claus Karlen in 1324–27 for the Strasbourg Cathedral is destroyed by fire; it is replaced the following year.Jean Happel, "Strasbourg", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). 1387 Andrea da Firenze is commissioned to build an organ for the Florence Cathedral.Kurt von Fischer and Gianluca D’Agostino, "Andreas de Florentia [Magister Frater Andreas Horghanista de Florentia; Andrea degli Organi; Frate Andrea de’ Servi, Fra Andrea di Giovanni]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). A new city charter for Vilnius in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania leads to the establishment of musicians' guilds there.Juozas Antanavičius, "Vilnius", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). 1388 – first known use of the English word "recorder" to refer to the musical instrument, in a document from the household accounts of the Earl of Derby (later Henry IV of England): "i. fistula nomine Recordour mpta London pro domino".David Lasocki, "Recorder", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). Bands formed 1384 Spring – Philip the Bold founds the Burgundian ducal chapel of sixteen singers. Eight of the new singers were acquired from the household of the recently deceased Louis II, Count of Flanders, and the other eight from the papal court at Avignon.Craig Wright and David Fallows, "Burgundy", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). A reorganization of the Florentine municipal band added two new groups: (1) a trumpet ensemble of six trombetti, eight trombadori plus one or two percussionists, and (2) an alta capella of three pifferi (shawm players).Frank A. D’Accone, "Florence: §1: To 1600", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). 1386 William I, Margrave of Meissen employs fistulatores (pipers), vigellatores (fiddlers), and tympanatores (drummers) at his court for the first time.Wolfram Steude, "Dresden, §1: To 1694", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). The Stadtmusikanten (town musicians) of Osnabrück are established.Percy M. Young, "Osnabrück", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). Compositions 1382 September – Jacob de Senleches, Fuions de ci (ballade), with text referring to the recent death of Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile.Ursula Günther, "Datierbare Balladen des Späten 14. Jahrhunderts, I", Musica Disciplina 15 (1961): 39–61. Citation on 43. 1388 or 1389 – Trebor, En seumeillant m'avint une vision (ballade).Yolanda Plumley, "Trebor", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). 1389 May Anon., Cine vermeil, cine de très haut pris (ballade) for three voices, composed in connection with the wedding on 6 June (Julian) of Jehan, duc de Berry and Jeanne de Boulogne.Ursula Günther, "Unusual Phenomena in the Transmission of Late 14th Century Polyphonic Music", Musica Disciplina 38 (Aspects of Music in Church, Court and Town from the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Century, 1984): 87–118. Citation on 103–106. Egidius, Roses et lis ay veu en une fleur (ballade), possibly composed for the wedding on 6 June of Jehan, duc de Berry and Jeanne de Boulogne.Gilbert Reaney, "The Manuscript Chantilly, Musée Condé 1047", Musica Disciplina 8 (1954): 59–113. Citation on 68. SolageGilbert Reaney, "The Manuscript Chantilly, Musée Condé 1047", Musica Disciplina 8 (1954): 59–113. Citation on 76–77. S'aincy estoit (ballade) for three voices, composed for the wedding on 6 June of Jehan, duc de Berry and Jeanne de Boulogne Corps femenin par vertu de nature (ballade) for three voices, written shortly before 6 June Calextone qui fut dame (ballade) for three voices, written shortly after 6 June Trebor, Passerose de beaute, la noble flour (ballade) for three voices, possibly also written for the wedding of Jehan de Berry and Jeanne de Boulogne. Births 1389 or 1390 – Thomas Damett, English composer (d. between 15 July 1436 and 14 April 1437) Deaths Category:1380s births References Category:14th century in music