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 ofAlfonso 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.
Antoine Brumel – 4 Masses for four voices (Venice: Ottaviano Petricci)
Johannes Ghiselin –Misse Ioannis Ghiselin for four voices (Venice: Ottaviano Petrucci)
Jacob Obrecht –Misse Obrecht for four voices (Venice: Ottaviano Petrucci)
Pierre de la Rue –Misse Petri de la Rue for four voices (Venice: Ottaviano Petrucci)
Gregoire –Ave verum corpus/Ecce panis angelorum/Bone pastor/O salutaris hostia, motet for four voices (Venice: Ottaviano Petrucci)[11]
1504:Alexander Agricola –Misse Alexandri agricole (Venice: Ottaviano Petrucci)
1507:Francesco Spinacino –Intabolatura de lauto (two volumes), the earliest known publication of lute music
1508:Joan Ambrosio Dalza –Intabolatura de lauto libro quarto, published by Ottaviano Petrucci, including the earliest known publication of music for thepavane
1509:Franciscus Bossinensis – First book ofTenori e contrabassi intabulati col sopran in canto figurato per cantar e sonar col lauto (Venice: Ottaviano Petrucci)
1501:Loyset Compère –Gaude prole regia/Sancta Catharina, ceremonial motet for five voices, written for the reception ofDuke Philip the Fair, in his capacity of Governor of the Netherlands, in Paris on November 25.[12]
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
^abWilliam F. Prizer, "Tromboncino [Trombonzin, Trombecin etc.], Bartolomeo",The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited byStanley Sadie andJohn Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
^Tess Knighton, "Peñalosa [Penyalosa], Francisco de",The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited byStanley Sadie andJohn Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
^Barton Hudson, "Brumel [Brummel, Brommel, Brunel, Brunello], Antoine",The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited byStanley Sadie andJohn 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, andGustave 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).
^Othmar Wessely/Walter Kreyszig, "Arnold von Bruck"; Albert Dunning, "Pieter Maessens"; Norbert Böker-Heil, "Copus Caspar", Robert L. Marshall/Robin A. Leaver, "Chorale settings." Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed July 4–5, 2007),(subscription access)Archived 2008-05-16 at theWayback Machine
^"Cristóbal de Morales," inThe New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1980.ISBN1-56159-174-2
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