1490—Milan and Ferrara, Italy

After a request from Ludovico Sforza, Ercole d’Este of Ferrara writes him that “Piero our trombonist will always be ready to teach Bartolomeo your trumpeter the manner and art of playing the trombone” (el modo et l’arte del sonar el trombono) (Prizer, Music at the Court of the Sforza).