1460s in music

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

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

1467

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

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

Compositions

1464

• May – Robert Morton writes the first known setting of

Manuscripts

1460

• Wolfenbüttel Chansonnier, including compositions by Philippe Basiron

Births

1468

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

Deaths

1460

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

1466

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

References