1460s in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the 1460s.

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Events

1464

• 22 February – Henry Abyngdon receives a Bachelor of Music at Cambridge, the first recorded musical degree[1]

1465

• May – Henry Abyngdon is appointed Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal in London
• September – Antoine Busnois is appointed master of the choirboys at Église Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand in Poitiers[2]

1467

• Antoine Busnois is employed at the court of Count Charles of Charolais before he becomes Duke of Burgundy[3]

1468

• Anna Inglese and her entourage are hired by Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan to devise and perform entertainments for his marriage to Bona of Savoy[4]

Compositions

1464

• May – Robert Morton writes the first known setting of L'homme armé[5]

Manuscripts

1460

• Wolfenbüttel Chansonnier, including compositions by Philippe Basiron[6]

Births

1468

• probable
  • William Cornysh, English composer (d. 1523)

Deaths

1460

• 20 September – Gilles Binchois, Burgundian composer (b. c.1400)[7]

1466

• date unknown
  • Nicolaus Zacharie, Italian composer (b. c.1400)[8]

References

1. "Abyngton, Henry (ABNN463H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. Higgins, Paula, ed. (1999). Antoine Busnoys: Method, Meaning, and Context in Late Medieval Music. Oxford University Press. p. 552. ISBN 0-19-816406-8.
3. Montagna, Gerald (1987). Fenlon, Iain (ed.). Early Music History 7: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music (2009 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-521-74654-0.
4. Archivio Storico Lombardo: Indici Anni I - XX. Milan: Societa Storica Lombarda. 1893. p. 107.
5. Taruskin, Richard (1986). "Antoine Busnoys and the "L'Homme armé" Tradition". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 39 (2).
6. "Der Wolfenbütteler Chansonnier". RISM Catalog. RISM. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
7. Fallows, David. "Binchois [Binchoys], Gilles de Bins [Binch, Binche] dit". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
8. Fallows, David. "Zacharie, Nicolaus". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 July 2020.