1460s in music explained

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

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 French: [[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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Abyngton, Henry (ABNN463H) . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge . 22 July 2020.
2. Book: Higgins . Paula . Antoine Busnoys: Method, Meaning, and Context in Late Medieval Music . 1999 . Oxford University Press . 0-19-816406-8 . 552.
3. Book: Montagna . Gerald . Fenlon . Iain . Iain Fenlon . Early Music History 7: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music . 1987 . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-74654-0 . 121 . 2009.
4. Book: Archivio Storico Lombardo: Indici Anni I - XX . 1893 . Societa Storica Lombarda . Milan . 107.
5. Taruskin . Richard . Antoine Busnoys and the "L'Homme armé" Tradition . Journal of the American Musicological Society . 1986 . 39 . 2. 255–293 . 10.2307/831531 . 831531 .
6. Der Wolfenbütteler Chansonnier
7. Encyclopedia: Fallows . David . Binchois [Binchoys], Gilles de Bins [Binch, Binche] dit . Grove Music Online . 2001 . Oxford University Press . 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03094.
8. Encyclopedia: Fallows . David . Zacharie, Nicolaus . Grove Music Online . 2001 . Oxford University Press . 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.52676.