13th century in music

12th century in music – 13th century in music – 1300s in music

Events

• c.1206 – A Minnesang contest, the Sängerkrieg auf der Wartburg, is held in Eisenach. Competitors included Walther von der Vogelweide, Heinrich von Ofterdingen, Reinmar von Zweter, and Klingsor.[1]
• 1221 – the Vienna city laws (renewed in 1244) declared itinerant minstrels to have no legal rights, while minstrels resident in a parish were exempted and therefore were able to develop organizations within the framework of municipal law.[2]
• 1254 – Alfonso X of Castile establishes a chair of music at the University of Salamanca.[3]
• 1259 – An organ is installed in the Cathedral of Worms.[4]

Bands formed

• 1212. The Thomanerchor is founded in Leipzig.

Treatises

• 1271 – Amerus, Practica artis musicae.[5]
• 1274 – Elias Salomo, Scientia artis musicae.[6]
• 1279 – Anonymous of St Emmeram, De musica mensurata (Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. Lat. Mon. [Cim.] 14523), one of the two main treatises on the theory of Notre Dame polyphony.[7]

Compositions

• 1201 – Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, "Ara pot hom conoisser e proar" (chanson de croisade, celebrating the election of Boniface de Monferrat as leader of the Fourth Crusade)
• 1204–05 – Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, "No·m agrad' iverns ni pascors"
• 1227–34 – A Play of Daniel with music is written at the school of Beauvais Cathedral.
• 1235–39 – Theobald I of Navarre, "Seignor, sachiés, qui or ne s’en ira" (chanson de croisade)
• 1239 – Theobald I of Navarre, "Au tens plain de felonie" (chanson de croisade)
• 1239–40 – Theobald I of Navarre, "Li dous penser et li dous souvenir" (chanson de croisade)

Births

• 1201
  • 30 May – Thibaut IV, Count of Champagne and Brie, King of Navarre (d. 7 July 1253)
  • date unknown – Richart de Fournival, French trouvère (d. 1260)
• 1217
  • date unknown – John I, Duke of Brittany, French trouvère (d. 1286
• 1221
  • 23 November – Alfonso X of Castile, Spanish monarch, poet, and composer (d. 1284)
• 1291
  • 31 October – Philippe de Vitry, French composer, music theorist, and poet (d. 1361)

Deaths

• 1201 – Léonin (died this year or soon after)
• 1203
  • May or June – Le Chastelain de Couci, French trouvère
• 1204
  • 12 December – Maimonides, Jewish rabbi and writer on music (b. 1135 or 1138)
• 1207
  • 4 September – Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, troubadour (b. c.1155)
• 1231
  • 25 December – Folquet de Marseille, troubadour (b. c.1155)
  • date unknown – Folquet de Marselha, troubadour
• 1236
  • 26 December – Philip the Chancellor (b. c.1165)
• 1245
  • date unknown – Guillaume le Vinier, French trouvère (b. c.1190)
• 1253
  • 7 July – Thibaut IV, Count of Champagne and Brie, King of Navarre (b. 30 May 1201)
• 1260
  • date unknown – Richart de Fournival, French trouvère
• 1284
  • 4 April – Alfonso X of Castile
• 1286
  • date unknown – John I, Duke of Brittany, French trouvère (b. 1217)
• 1288 – Adam de la Halle (possibly survived until at least 1306)

References

1. G. Kraft and Percy M. Young, "Eisenach", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
2. Theophil Antonicek, "Vienna, §1: To the 15th Century", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
3. Jack Sage, "Alfonso el Sabio [Alfonso X]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
4. Fritz Reuter, "Worms", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
5. F. Alberto Gallo, "Amerus [Aluredus, Annuerus, Aumerus]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
6. Joseph Dyer, "Salomo, Elias [Salomon, Hélie]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
7. Heinrich Sowa, Ein anonymer glossierter Mensuraltraktat 1279, Königsberger Studien zur Musikwissenschaft 9 (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1930): 132.