1470s in music

none 1470 music art This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the 1470s. Events 1470 5 August – Guillaume Du Fay purchases some land in his homeland of Beersel to provide an income to establish his obiit.Alejandro Enrique Planchart, "Du Fay [Dufay; Du Fayt], Guillaume", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). October – Antoine Busnois first becomes a member of the Burgundian chapel as a fro demi-chappelain (he would be promoted to full chaplain in 1472).Paula Higgins, "Busnoys [Busnois, Bunoys, de Busnes], Antoine [Antonius]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). November – Antoine Busnois is paid for "services ... of which the duke [of Burgundy] wished no further mention to be made in the accounts"—probably a delicate diplomatic mission recruiting new musicians from another court. Blind organist, harpist, lutenist, and fiddle player Conrad Paumann tours Italy, where his playing on various instruments causes a sensation at the court of the Gonzagas in Mantua.Christoph Wolff, "Paumann, Conrad", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). 1471 After fifteen years in the humble position of clerc in the Burgundian court chapel, Robert Morton is promoted to chappelain, a position in which he would remain until early 1476.David Fallows, "Morton [Mourton, Moriton], Robert", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). 1475 – Organ builder Lorenzo da Prato completes his masterpiece, the organ in cornu Epistolae of the San Petronio Basilica in Bologna.Umberto Pineschi, "Prato, Lorenzo (di Jacopo) da", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). Bands formed 1479 – The Gosudarevï Pevchiye d′Yaki (literally Ruler’s Singing Clerks, the court choir of Moscow), is established by Ivan the Great.Lyudmila Kovnatskaya, "St Petersburg", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). Publications 1470 – Approximate date of the completion of the Buxheim Organ Book 1471 – Professional scribe Clara Hätzlerin completes her Liederbuch in Augsburg.Adolf Layer and Friedhelm Brusniak, "Augsburg", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). ca. 1473 – The Königsteiner Liederbuch is completed. 1475 – Johannes Tinctoris, Terminorum musicae diffinitorium, compiled by this year. 1476 – Johannes Tinctoris, Liber de natura et proprietate tonorum, completed 6 November. 1477 – Johannes Tinctoris, Liber de arte contrapuncti, completed 11 October. Compositions 1470 – Guillaume Du Fay, Requiem Mass, for three voices (lost) ca.1470–73 – Guillaume Du Fay, Missa Ave Regina Celorum 1472 – Loyset Compère, Omnium bonorum plena, motet, possibly written for the dedication of Cambrai Cathedral on 2 July. 1473 – Johannes Martini, Perfunde coeli rore, motet in four voices, composed for the wedding of Duke Ercole I d'Este and Eleonora d'AragonaLewis Lockwood, Music in Renaissance Ferrara 1400–1505: The Creation of a Musical Center in the Fifteenth Century (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009): 287. 978-0-19-970300-5 ca. 1476 – Alexander Agricola, Gaudent in celis, motet Births 1470 9 April – Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa, Italian lutenist, singer, and teacher (d. December 1530) Approximately this year Elzéar Genet, dit Carpentras, French composer (d. 1548) Antoine de Févin, French composer (d. 1511 or 1512) Mathurin Forestier, French composer Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer (d. 1528) Michele Pesenti, Italian composer and lutenist (d. after 1524) Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Italian composer of frottole (d. after 1535) Deaths 1470 25 February – Richard de Bellengues, dit Cardot, French singer and composer (b. ca. 1380) 1473 24 January – Conrad Paumann, German organist, harpist, lutenist, fiddle player, and composer (b. ca.1410) 1474 27 November – Guillaume Du Fay, French composer (b. ca. 1397; illness) 1479 After 13 March – Robert Morton (composer) (b. ca. 1430) References Category:15th century in music Music