1490s in music
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the 1490s.
Events
The Renaissance was in full swing by now, and many new musical styles were being created, including the motet and madrigal. Music left an emphasis on chanting and simple melodies to polyphony and homophony. The Renaissance is considered by some to be the birth of modern music.
Works
- 1497 – Josquin des Prez - Nymphes des bois
Births
- 1496 – Johann Walter, German composer (died 1570)
- 1499 – Bernardino de Ribera (Sahagún), Spanish composer (died 1571) [see: in Spanish, Bernardino de Sahagún.]
Deaths
- November 6, 1492 – Antoine Busnois, composer and poet of the Burgundian School
- February 6, 1497 - Johannes Ockeghem, composer of the Franco-Flemish School
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