1320s in music

Overview of the events of the 1320s in music

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The 1320s in music involved some events.

Events

1321 – The Confrérie de St Julien-des-Ménétriers, the strongest of the medieval musicians' guilds, is established in Paris.^[1]
1322 – The Valladolid Council forbids hiring Moorish musicians to enliven Christian vigils.^[2]
1323 – Guillaume de Machaut becomes secretary to John of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia,^[3]
1326
- March – Johannes de Muris moves to the double monastery of Fontevrault (Maine-et-Loire).^[4]
- Robert de Handlo writes his treatise on music notation, Regule cum maximis magistri Franconis cum additionibus aliorum musicorum.^[5]

1324 – Guillaume de Machaut – Bone pastor Guillerme/Bone pastor qui pastores/[tenor], motet for three voices, composed for the appointment of Guillaume de Trie as Archbishop of Reims.^[6]

1325
- 7 January – Denis of Portugal, monarch and troubadour (b. 1261).
- 27 September – Amir Khusrow, Indian poet, scholar, and musician (b. 1253).

^ Anon., "Confrérie de St Julien-des-Ménétriers", Grove Online, Oxford Music Online (accessed 2 September 2017).
^ Robert Stevenson and Maricarmen Gómez, "Spain §I Art Music: 1 Early History", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
^ F. Alberto Gallo, Music of the Middle Ages II, translated by Karen Wales (Cambridge, New York, New Rochelle, Melbourne, Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 1985): 39.
^ Lawrence Gushee, C. Matthew Balensuela, and Jeffrey Dean, "Muris, Johannes de [Des Murs, Jehan]", Grove Online, Oxford Music Online (updated 10 July 2012; accessed 2 September 2017).
^ Peter M. Lefferts, "Robert de Handlo [Haudlo]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
^ Wulf Arlt, "Machaut [Machau, Machault], Guillaume de [Guillelmus de Machaudio]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).