1490s in music

none 1490 music art This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the 1490s. Events 1490 January – Emperor Maximilian I writes a letter of recommendation for Jacobus Barbireau's visit to the Hungarian Court at Buda.Rob C. Wegman, "Barbireau [Barbirianus], Jacobus", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001). 24 October – Johannes Tinctoris petitions Pope Innocent VIII for the title and privileges of doctor of canon and civil law.Ronald Woodley, "Tinctoris, Johannes [Le Taintenier, Jehan]", Grove Music Online, edited by Deane L. Root (Oxford Music Online, updated 16 September 2010; accessed 15 August 2017). 1491 – After an extended legal disputation, the singer and composer Francisco de la Torre receives a half-prebendary at the Seville Cathedral.Juan Ruiz Jiménez, "'The Sounds of the Hollow Mountain': Musical Tradition and Innovation in Seville Cathedral in the Early Renaissance", Early Music History 29 (2010): 189–239. Citation on 220. 1498 – The Wiener Hofmusikkapelle, a forerunner of the Vienna Boys' Choir, is founded by Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. Works 1497 – Josquin des Prez – Nymphes des boisSadie Stanley Latham Alison The Cambridge Music Guide 5 April 1990 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-39942-5 116 https://books.google.com/books?id=KO7yTQqryNUC&pg=PA116 en Births 1490 6 March – Fridolin Sicher, Swiss composer and organist (died 1546) 12 October – Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer, singer, and classical scholar (died 1548) Approximate date – John Taverner, English composer and organist (died 1545) 1496 – Johann Walter, German composer (died 1570) 1499 – Bernardino de Sahagún, Spanish composer (died 1571) Deaths November 6, 1492 – Antoine Busnois, composer and poet of the Burgundian School (b. c. 1430). January 28, 1495 – Juan de Triana, Spanish singer and composer February 6, 1497 – Johannes Ockeghem, composer of the Franco-Flemish School (b. c. 1410). References Category:15th century in music Music