1490s in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the 1490s.

Events

1490
- January – Emperor Maximilian I writes a letter of recommendation for Jacobus Barbireau's visit to the Hungarian Court at Buda.^[1]
- 24 October – Johannes Tinctoris petitions Pope Innocent VIII for the title and privileges of doctor of canon and civil law.^[2]
1491 – After an extended legal disputation, the singer and composer Francisco de la Torre receives a half-prebendary at the Seville Cathedral.^[3]
1498 – The Wiener Hofmusikkapelle, a forerunner of the Vienna Boys' Choir, is founded by Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.

1490
- 6 March – Fridolin Sicher, Swiss composer and organist (died 1546)
- 12 October – Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer, singer, and classical scholar (died 1548)
1496 – Johann Walter, German composer (died 1570)
1499 – Bernardino de Sahagún, Spanish composer (died 1571)

November 6, 1492 – Antoine Busnois, composer and poet of the Burgundian School (b. c. 1430).
January 28, 1495 – Juan de Triana, Spanish singer and composer
February 6, 1497 – Johannes Ockeghem, composer of the Franco-Flemish School (b. c. 1410).