1490

Events in 1490 4

• 1490 – 1562 Adrian Willaert Franco-Flemish composer Adrian Willaert founded the Venetian school of composition as maestro di cappella at St Mark's Basilica. His innovations in chromatic harmony and double-choir writing were highly influential.
• 1490 – 1562 Claudin de Sermisy French Renaissance composer Claudin de Sermisy was one of the most prominent composers at the French royal court whose chansons helped define the Parisian chanson style of the early 16th century.
• 1490 – 1545 John Taverner English Renaissance composer John Taverner was the greatest English composer of sacred polyphony in the early Tudor period. His masses and motets represent a high point of English Renaissance church music.
• 1490 – 1552 Philippe Verdelot Franco-Flemish madrigal composer Philippe Verdelot was one of the earliest composers of the Italian madrigal. Active in Florence and Venice, his works helped define the new genre in its formative years.