1330s in music
The 1330s in music included several notable events and developments.
Events
- 1330
- *Juan Ruiz, the Arcipreste de Hita, writes the first version of his El libro de buen amor, which describes many musical practices in Spain.
- 1334
- *February – Merlin, a Vielle at the court of Edward III was given leave and a grant towards his expenses to go to minstrel schools on the Continent, probably at Mechelen, Ypres, or Deventer, where there were celebrated schools for fiddlers.
- 1337
- *exact date unknown – Pedro IV of Aragon summons to his court the musicians Ali Eziqua and Çahat Mascum, his favourite players of the rebec and exabeba.
- 1338
- *28 January – Guillaume de Machaut takes up a canonicate in Reims, "per procuratiorem".
Bands formed
- 1334 – Pope Benedict XII institutes the Papal Cappella, which would eventually become the Capella Sistina.