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.
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:
- 1507: late February – Francisco de la Torre, Spanish composer, possibly plague
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).
