This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the 1460s.
Events 1464 22 February – Henry Abyngdon receives a Bachelor of Music at Cambridge, the first recorded musical degree 1465 May – Henry Abyngdon is appointed Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal in London September – Antoine Busnois is appointed master of the choirboys at Église Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand in Poitiers 1467 Antoine Busnois is employed at the court of Count Charles of Charolais before he becomes Duke of Burgundy 1468 Anna Inglese and her entourage are hired by Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan to devise and perform entertainments for his marriage to Bona of Savoy
Compositions 1464 May – Robert Morton writes the first known setting of
Manuscripts 1460 Wolfenbüttel Chansonnier, including compositions by Philippe Basiron Der Wolfenbütteler Chansonnier Births 1468 probable William Cornysh, English composer (d. 1523)
Deaths 1460 20 September – Gilles Binchois, Burgundian composer (b. c.1400) 1466 date unknown Nicolaus Zacharie, Italian composer (b. c.1400)
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