1500s in music
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.
Events
- 1501:
- 1502:
- June 1 – 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 – 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 Condé-sur-l'Escaut in April 1504.
- 1504:
- May 3 – Josquin des Prez arrives in Condé-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:
- 1507: Paul Hofhaimer settles in Augsburg, where he could be closer to Roman emperor Maximilian I whom he served as organist.
Publications
Compositions
- 1501: Loyset Compère – 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.[11]
- 1502: Josquin des Prez – Salve regina, for five voices.
- 1503–04: Josquin des Prez
- 1504: August – Bartolomeo Tromboncino, "Sì è 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 – Virgo prudentissima, motet for six voices
Births
- 1500: November 1, Benvenuto Cellini, cornettist and recorder player, best known as a goldsmith and sculptor (died February 13, 1571)
- 1502: July 27, Francesco Corteccia, Italian composer (died 1571)
- c. 1505
- c. 1507: Jacques Arcadelt, Franco-Flemish composer (died 1568)
Deaths
- 1501: February 17 – Stephan Plannck, German music printer active in Italy (born c. 1457)
- 1505
- Adam of Fulda, German composer and theoretician (born c. 1445), plague
- July Jacob Obrecht, Flemish composer (born 1457 or 1458), plague
- 1506:
References
- 1 2 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).
- ↑ Tess Knighton, "Peñalosa [Penyalosa], Francisco de", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller, "Adam von Fulda", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Joshua Rifkin, Jeffrey Dean, and David Fallows, "Compère, Loyset", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
