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.[vague]
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.
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]
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)
^ abWilliam 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).