1294_in_music
12th century in music – 13th century in music – 1300s in music
- c.1206 – A Minnesang contest, the Sängerkrieg auf der Wartburg, is held in Eisenach. Competitors included Walther von der Vogelweide, Heinrich von Ofterdingen, Reinmar von Zweter, and Klingsor [hu].[1]
- 1221 – the Vienna city laws (renewed in 1244) declared itinerant minstrels to have no legal rights, while minstrels resident in a parish were exempted and therefore were able to develop organizations within the framework of municipal law.[2]
- 1254 – Alfonso X of Castile establishes a chair of music at the University of Salamanca.[3]
- 1259 – An organ is installed in the Cathedral of Worms.[4]
- 1212. The Thomanerchor is founded in Leipzig.[citation needed]
- 1201 – Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, "Ara pot hom conoisser e proar" (chanson de croisade, celebrating the election of Boniface de Monferrat as leader of the Fourth Crusade)
- 1204–05 – Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, "No·m agrad' iverns ni pascors"
- 1227–34 – A Play of Daniel with music is written at the school of Beauvais Cathedral.
- 1235–39 – Theobald I of Navarre, "Seignor, sachiés, qui or ne s’en ira" (chanson de croisade)
- 1239 – Theobald I of Navarre, "Au tens plain de felonie" (chanson de croisade)
- 1239–40 – Theobald I of Navarre, "Li dous penser et li dous souvenir" (chanson de croisade)
- 1201
- 30 May – Thibaut IV, Count of Champagne and Brie, King of Navarre (d. 7 July 1253)
- date unknown – Richart de Fournival, French trouvère (d. 1260)
- 1216
- date unknown – Safi al-Din al-Urmawi, musician and theorist (d. 1296)
- 1217
- date unknown – John I, Duke of Brittany, French trouvère (d. 1286)
- 1221
- 23 November – Alfonso X of Castile, Spanish monarch, poet, and composer (d. 1284)
- 1291
- 31 October – Philippe de Vitry, French composer, music theorist, and poet (d. 1361)
- 1201 – Léonin (died this year or soon after)
- 1203
- May or June – Le Chastelain de Couci, French trouvère
- 1204
- 12 December – Maimonides, Jewish rabbi and writer on music (b. 1135 or 1138)
- 1207
- 4 September – Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, troubadour (b. c.1155)
- 1231
- 25 December – Folquet de Marseille, troubadour (b. c.1155)
- date unknown – Folquet de Marselha, troubadour
- 1236
- 26 December – Philip the Chancellor (b. c.1165)
- 1245
- date unknown – Guillaume le Vinier, French trouvère (b. c.1190)
- 1253
- 7 July – Thibaut IV, Count of Champagne and Brie, King of Navarre (b. 30 May 1201)
- 1260
- date unknown – Richart de Fournival, French trouvère
- 1284
- 4 April – Alfonso X of Castile
- 1286
- date unknown – John I, Duke of Brittany, French trouvère (b. 1217)
- 1288 – Adam de la Halle (possibly survived until at least 1306)
- G. Kraft and Percy M. Young, "Eisenach", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
- Theophil Antonicek, "Vienna, §1: To the 15th Century", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
- Jack Sage, "Alfonso el Sabio [Alfonso X]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
- Fritz Reuter, "Worms", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
- F. Alberto Gallo, "Amerus [Aluredus, Annuerus, Aumerus]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
- Joseph Dyer, "Salomo, Elias [Salomon, Hélie]", The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001).
- Heinrich Sowa, Ein anonymer glossierter Mensuraltraktat 1279, Königsberger Studien zur Musikwissenschaft 9 (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1930): 132.