1360s in music
The 1360s in music involved some significant events.
Events
- 1361
- *The Dauphin of France is a guest in the house of Guillaume de Machaut in Reims.
- *Francesco Landini is appointed organist at the monastery of Santa Trinita in Florence.
- 1362 –
- * Niccolò da Perugia and Gherardello da Firenze visit the monastery of Santa Trinita in Florence.
- *The first documented use of polyphony in Brussels, at the collegiate church of Ste Gudule.
Compositions
- 1360
- *January – Two motets by Guillaume de Machaut, No. 21 Veni, creator spiritus and No. 23 Inviolata genitrix, are composed in response to the Siege of Reims.
- after 1360 – Guillaume de Machaut motet No. 21 "Plange, regni respublica / Tu qui gregem tuum ducis / Apprehende arma et scutum et exurge"
- 1365 – Guillaume de Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame had been composed by this year.
- 1369 – Johannes Vaillant's double-texted for three voices, Dame doucement trait / Doulz amis de cuer parfait, was copied in Paris into the Chantilly Codex, and thus likely was composed in that year.
- unknown – Guillaume de Machaut – ''David Hoquetus''
Deaths
- 1361 –
- *?May – Lodewijk Heyligen, Franco-Flemish music theorist.
- * 9 June – Philippe de Vitry, French composer.