This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the 1490s.

• 1490
  • January –Emperor Maximilian I writes a letter of recommendation forJacobus Barbireau's visit to the Hungarian Court atBuda.^[1]
  • 24 October –Johannes Tinctoris petitionsPope Innocent VIII for the title and privileges of doctor of canon and civil law.^[2]
• 1491 – After an extended legal disputation, the singer and composerFrancisco de la Torre receives a half-prebendary at theSeville Cathedral.^[3]
• 1498 – TheWiener Hofmusikkapelle, a forerunner of theVienna Boys' Choir, is founded byMaximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.

• 1497 –Josquin des Prez –Nymphes des bois^[4]

• 1490
  • 6 March –Fridolin Sicher, Swiss composer and organist (died1546)
  • 12 October –Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer, singer, and classical scholar (died1548)
• 1496 –Johann Walter, German composer (died1570)
• 1499 –Bernardino de Sahagún, Spanish composer (died1571)

• November 6, 1492 –Antoine Busnois, composer and poet of theBurgundian School (b. c. 1430).
• January 28, 1495 –Juan de Triana, Spanish singer and composer
• February 6, 1497 –Johannes Ockeghem, composer of theFranco-Flemish School (b. c. 1410).

• 15th century in music
• 1490s

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