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active during the

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period of European history. Since the 14th century is not usually considered by music historians to be part of the musical Renaissance, but part of the

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, composers active during that time can be found in the

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. Composers on this list had some period of significant activity after 1400, before 1600, or in a few cases they wrote music in a Renaissance idiom in the several decades after 1600.

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Burgundian

The ''Burgundian School'' was a group of composers active in the 15th century in what is now northern and eastern

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, and the

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, centered on the court of the Dukes of Burgundy. The school also included some

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composers at the time when part of modern France was controlled by England. The ''Burgundian School'' was the first phase of activity of the Franco-Flemish School, the central musical practice of the Renaissance in Europe.

Franco-Flemish

The Franco-Flemish School refers, somewhat imprecisely, to the style of polyphonic vocal music composition in

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in the 15th and 16th centuries. See Renaissance music for a more detailed description of the style. The composers of this time and place, and the music they produced, are also known as the ''Dutch School''. However, this is a misnomer, since Dutch (as well as The Netherlands) now refers to the northern Low Countries. The reference is to modern Belgium, northern

and the south of the modern Netherlands. Most artists were born in Hainaut,

Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to cultu ...

and

Brabant Brabant is a traditional geographical region (or regions) in the Low Countries of Europe. It may refer to: Place names in Europe * London-Brabant Massif, a geological structure stretching from England to northern Germany Belgium * Province of Bra ...

1370–1450

* Thomas Fabri (1380–1420) * Johannes de Limburgia (''fl.'' 1408–1431), also spelled ''Lymburgia''; also called ''Johannes Vinandi'' * Acourt (''fl.'' sometime in the first half of the 15th century) * Clement Liebert (''fl.'' 1433–1454) * Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410–1497) *

Johannes Regis Johannes Regis (French: ''Jehan Leroy''; – ) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance. He was a well-known composer at the close of the 15th century, was a principal contributor to the Chigi Codex, and was secretary to Guillaume Dufay. ...

(c. 1425–c. 1496) * Johannes Tinctoris (c. 1435–1511) *

Johannes Martini Johannes Martini (c. 1440 – late 1497 or early 1498) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. Life He was born in Brabant around 1440, but information about his early life is scanty. He probably received his early training in Fl ...

(c. 1440–1497/98) * Petrus de Domarto (''fl.''c. 1445–1455) *

Alexander Agricola Alexander Agricola (; born Alexander Ackerman; – 15 August 1506) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance writing in the Franco-Flemish style. A prominent member of the ''Grande chapelle'', the Habsburg musical establishment, he wa ...

(1445/1446–1506) * Johannes de Stokem (c. 1445–1487 or 1501) * Gaspar van Weerbeke (c. 1445–after 1516) * Johannes Pullois (died 1478), active in the Low Countries and Italy * Josquin des Prez (c. 1450–1521) * Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450–1517) * Matthaeus Pipelare (c. 1450–c. 1515) * Abertijne Malcourt (c. 1450–c. 1510)

1451–1500

* Jean Japart (fl.c. 1474–1481), active in Italy * Jacobus Barbireau (1455–1491) * Jacob Obrecht (1457/58–1505) * Nycasius de Clibano (fl. 1457–1497) *

Jheronimus de Clibano Jheronimus de Clibano (Jherome Du Four) (c. 1459 – between March 26 and May 16, 1503) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of the Renaissance. He was a member of the Habsburg ''Grande chapelle'', the distinguished choir of Philip I of Casti ...

(c. 1459–1503) * Pierre de La Rue (c. 1460–1518), most famous composer of the ''Grande chapelle'' of the Habsburg court * Marbrianus de Orto (c. 1460–1529) * Johannes Prioris (c. 1460?–c. 1514) * Antonius Divitis (c. 1470–c. 1530) *

Johannes Ghiselin Johannes Ghiselin (Verbonnet) (fl. 1455–1511) was a Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in France, Italy and in the Low Countries. He was a contemporary of Josquin des Prez, and a significant composer of masses, motets, and secular music. ...

(fl. 1491–1507) *

Nicolas Champion Nicolas Champion (also ''Nicolas Liégeois'', ''dis le Liégeois''; – 20 September 1533) was a Franco-Flemish composer and singer of the Renaissance. He was a member of the renowned musical establishments of the Habsburg court, includi ...

(c. 1475–1533) * Jacotin (died 1529), also called ''Jacob Godebrye'' *

Noel Bauldeweyn Noel Bauldeweyn (first name also ''Noe'', ''Natalis''; surname also ''Balbun'', ''Balduin'', ''Bauldewijn'', ''Baulduin'', ''Baulduvin'', and ''Valdovin''; (c. 1480 – after 1513) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in the Lo ...

(c. 1480–after 1513) * Jean Richafort (c. 1480–1547) *

Benedictus Appenzeller Benedictus Appenzeller (between 1480 and 1488 – after 1558) was a Franco-Flemish singer and composer of the Renaissance, active in Bruges and Brussels. He served Dowager Queen Mary of Hungary for much of his career, and was a prolific composer ...

(1480 to 1488–after 1558), served Mary of Hungary for most of his career *

Pierre Moulu Pierre Moulu (1484?c. 1550) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance who was active in France, probably in Paris. Life Little is known of his life, but internal evidence in his compositions indicates he was probably at the French royal ch ...

(c. 1485–c. 1550), active in France *

Pierre Passereau Pierre Passereau (''fl.'' 1509–1547) was a French composer of the Renaissance. Along with Clément Janequin, he was one of the most popular composers of "Parisian" chansons in France in the 1530s. His output consisted almost exclusively of cha ...

(fl. 1509–1547), popular composer of chansons in the 1530s * Adrian Willaert (c. 1490–1562), founder of the Venetian School; active in Italy; influential as a teacher as well as a composer *

Lupus Hellinck Lupus Hellinck (also Wulfaert) (1493 or 1494 – ) was a Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was a prominent composer of masses, as well as German chorales and motets. Although he was a Roman Catholic all of his life, his music shows evi ...

(c. 1494–1541) * Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495–c. 1560), prominent contrapuntist of generation after Josquin; worked for Charles V *

Adrianus Petit Coclico Adrianus Petit Coclico (1499 in Flanders – after September 1562 in Copenhagen) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance. Biography Like many Renaissance composers, very little is known about Coclico's early life. He was raised Catholi ...

(1499–after 1562) * Philip van Wilder (1500–1554), active in England * Arnold von Bruck (c. 1500–1554), especially active in German-speaking areas during the early

Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

period * Jacques Buus (c. 1500–1565), active at Venice, and assisted in the development of the instrumental

ricercar A ricercar ( , ) or ricercare ( , ) is a type of late Renaissance and mostly early Baroque instrumental composition. The term ''ricercar'' derives from the Italian verb which means 'to search out; to seek'; many ricercars serve a preludial funct ...

Cornelius Canis Cornelius Canis (also de Hondt, d'Hondt) (between 1500 and 1510 – 15 February 1562) was a Franco-Flemish composer, singer, and choir director of the Renaissance, active for much of his life in the ''Grande Chapelle'', the imperial Habsburg music ...

(c. 1500 to 1510–1561), music director for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, in the 1540s and 1550s, after Nicolas Gombert

1501–1550

Gilles Reingot Gilles Reingot (French: ''Gillequin de Bailleul''; fl. 1501–1530) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, associated with the Habsburg court of Philip I of Castile. He was a close associate of composer Pierre de La Rue.Sherr, Grove on ...

(fl. 1501–1530) *

Thomas Crecquillon Thomas Crecquillon or Créquillon ( – probably early 1557) was a Franco-Flemish school composer of the Renaissance. While his place of birth is unknown, it was probably within the region loosely known at the time as the Low Countries, and he pro ...

(c. 1505–1557), a member of Charles V's imperial chapel *

Jacquet de Berchem Jacquet de Berchem (also known as Giachet(to) Berchem or Jakob van Berchem; c. 1505 – before 2 March 1567) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy. He was famous in mid-16th-century Italy for his madrigals, approximate ...

(c. 1505–before 1567), early madrigalist *

Jean de Latre Petit Jean De Latre ( or 1510 – 31 August 1569) or Joannes de Latre (his surname is also recorded as ''Delattre'', ''Delatre'', ''De Lattre'' and ''Laetrius'') was a Flemish Renaissance composer and choirmaster who worked in Liège and Utrecht. ...

(c. 1505/1510–1569) * Johannes Lupi (c. 1506–1539) *

Jacques Arcadelt Jacques Arcadelt (also Jacob Arcadelt; 14 October 1568) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in both Italy and France, and principally known as a composer of secular vocal music. Although he also wrote sacred vocal music, he wa ...

(c. 1507–1568), most famous of the early madrigalists * Tielman Susato (c. 1510/15–after 1570), also spelled ''Tylman''; was also an influential music publisher *

Jheronimus Vinders Jheronimus Vinders (also Vender or Venders) (fl. 1525–1526) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active at Ghent. He was a minor member of the generation after Josquin des Prez, and he also composed a notable lament on the more famo ...

(fl. 1525–1526), active at Ghent; influenced by Josquin * Jean Courtois (fl. 1530–1545), Flemish or French, active at Cambrai *

Jacob Clemens non Papa Jacobus Clemens non Papa (also Jacques Clément or Jacob Clemens non Papa) ( – 1555 or 1556) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance based for most of his life in Flanders. He was a prolific composer in many of the current styles, and ...

(c. 1510/1515–c. 1555), also known as ''Jacques Clément'' * Ghiselin Danckerts (c. 1510–c. 1565), active in Rome * Pierre de Manchicourt (c. 1510–1564), active in Spain * Jan Nasco (c. 1510–1561), active in northern Italy *

Dominique Phinot Dominique Phinot ( – ) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy and southern France. He was highly regarded at the time for his motets, which anticipate the style of Palestrina, and in addition he was an early pioneer ...

(c. 1510–c. 1556), active in Italy and southern France *

Nicolas Payen Nicolas Payen (also Nicolas Colin) (c. 1512, in Soignies – after April 24, 1559) was a Franco-Flemish composer and choirmaster of the Renaissance, associated with the ''Grande Chapelle'', the Habsburg imperial chapel, at the end of the reign o ...

(c. 1512–c. 1559), ''Maestro di capilla'' for Philip II of Spain after Cornelius Canis * Hubert Naich (c. 1513–c. 1546), active in Rome *

Cypriano de Rore Cipriano de Rore (occasionally Cypriano) (1515 or 1516 – between 11 and 20 September 1565) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy. Not only was he a central representative of the generation of Franco-Flemish composer ...

(c. 1515–1565) *

Hubert Waelrant Hubert Waelrant or Hubertus Waelrant (last name also spelled Waelrand and Latinised name: Hubertus Waelrandus) ( – 19 November 1595) was a Flemish composer, singer, teacher, music editor, bookseller, printer and publisher active in 16th century ...

(c. 1517–1595) * Perissone Cambio (c. 1520–c. 1562) *

Geert van Turnhout Geert van Turnhout (French: ''Gérard de Turnhout''; c. 1520 – 15 September 1580) was a Flemish composer, who became master of the Flemish chapel (capilla flamenca) in Spain. He was born in Turnhout. He had a younger brother, also a composer, J ...

(c. 1520–1580) * Severin Cornet (c. 1520–1582) * Philippe de Monte (1521–1603), prolific composer of madrigals * Simon Moreau (fl. 1553–1558) * Jean de Bonmarché (c. 1525–1570) * Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529–1567) * Cornelis Symonszoon Boscoop (before 1531–1573) *

Jacobus de Kerle Jacobus de Kerle (Ypres 1531/1532 - Prague 7 January 1591) was a Flemish composer and organist of the late Renaissance. Life De Kerle was trained at the monastery of St. Martin in Ypres, and held positions as a singer in Cambrai and choirmaster in ...

(1531/1532–1591) * Orlande de Lassus (c. 1532–1594), also ''Orlando di Lasso'', ''Roland de Lassus'' * Giaches de Wert (1535–1596), active in Italy *

Johannes Matelart Johannes Matelart (also Matelart, Matellarto, Matelarte and other variations; first name sometimes Ioanne or Jean) (before 1538 – 7 June 1607) was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance, active in Flanders, Bonn, and Rome. Details of his lif ...

(before 1538–1607), or ''Ioanne Matelart'' * Jhan Gero (fl. 1540–1555), active in Venice, Italy * Jacob Regnart (1540s–1599) *

Andreas Pevernage Andreas Pevernage or Andries Pevernage (1542 or 1543 – 30 July 1591) was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance and a choirmaster in Bruges, Kortrijk, and Antwerp. He was one of a few composers from the Low Countries who remained in his n ...

(1542/3–1591) * Jan van Turnhout (c. 1545–1618) * Antonino Barges (fl. 1546–1565), active in Italy *

George de La Hèle George de La Hèle (also Georges, Helle, Hele) (1547 – August 27, 1586) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, mainly active in the Habsburg chapels of Spain and the Low Countries. Among his surviving music is a book of eight masses, ...

(1547–1586), active in the Habsburg chapels of Spain and the Low Countries *

Balduin Hoyoul Balduin Hoyoul (1547-8 – 26 November 1594) was a Renaissance composer of the Franco-Flemish school. Hoyoul was born in Liège. From the age of 13 he was a discant singer at the Court in Stuttgart under Ludwig Daser Ludwig Daser (c. 1526 ...

(1547/8-1594), active in Stuttgart and Munich * Giovanni de Macque (c. 1549–1614), active in Italy

1551–1574

* Emmanuel Adriaenssen (1554–1604) * Rinaldo del Mel (c. 1554–c. 1598), active in Italy *

Carolus Luython Carolus Luython (French: ''Charles Luython''; 1557 – 2 August 1620) was a late Renaissance composer of the "fifth generation" of the Franco-Flemish school.Ignace Bossuyt De Guillaume Dufay a Roland de Lassus: Les tres riches heures de la polyphon ...

(1557–1620) * Philippus Schoendorff (1558–1617) * Philippe Rogier (c. 1561–1596), active in Spain * Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621) *

Cornelis Verdonck Cornelis Verdonck (1563 – 5 July 1625) was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the last members of the Franco-Flemish school of polyphony, and was a notable composer of madrigals in a style that blended both Italian and na ...

(1563–1625) *

Joachim van den Hove Joachim van den Hove (1567? – 1620) was a Low Countries, Flemish/Dutch composer and a lutenist. He composed works for lute solo and for lute and voice. Moreover, he wrote many arrangements for lute of Italian, French, and English vocal and i ...

(1567–1620) * Peeter Cornet (1570/1580–1633) * Géry de Ghersem (1573/1575–1630), active in Spain and the Netherlands * Claudio Pari (1574–after 1619), active in Italy * Jan Rijspoort (late 16th century), Flemish composer in the

Spanish Netherlands Spanish Netherlands ( Spanish: Países Bajos Españoles; Dutch: Spaanse Nederlanden; French: Pays-Bas espagnols; German: Spanische Niederlande.) (historically in Spanish: ''Flandes'', the name "Flanders" was used as a '' pars pro toto'') was the ...

French

" here does not refer to the France of today, but a smaller region of French-speaking people separate from the area controlled by the Duchy of Burgundy. In

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

times, France was the centre of musical development with the Notre Dame school and Ars nova; this was later surpassed by the

Burgundian School The Burgundian School was a group of composers active in the 15th century in what is now northern and eastern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, centered on the court of the Dukes of Burgundy. The school inaugurated the music of Burgundy. T ...

, but France remained a leading producer of choral music throughout the

1370–1450

* Richard Loqueville (died 1418) *

Baude Cordier Baude Cordier () was a French composer in the style of late medieval music. Virtually nothing is known of Cordier's life, aside from an inscription on one of his works which indicates he was born in Rheims and had a Master of Arts. Some scholar ...

(c. 1380–before 1440) * Beltrame Feragut (c. 1385–c. 1450), also known as ''Bertrand di Vignone'' * Johannes Cesaris (''fl.'' c. 1406–1417) * Estienne Grossin (''fl.'' 1418–1421) * Johannes Fedé (c. 1415–1477?) * Biquardus (''fl.'' 1440–1450) * Eloy d'Amerval (''fl.'' 1455–1508) *

Firminus Caron Firminus Caron ( fl. 1460–1475) was a French composer, and likely a singer, of the Renaissance. He was highly successful as a composer and influential, especially on the development of imitative counterpoint, and numerous compositions of his su ...

(''fl.'' c. 1460–c. 1475) *

Guillaume Faugues Guillaume Faugues (fl. c. 1460–1475) was a French composer of Renaissance music. Life and career Very little is known of his life, however, a significant representation of his work survives in the form of five mass settings (a large surviving ...

(''fl.'' c. 1460–1475), or ''Fagus'' * Jehan Fresneau (''fl.'' 1468–1505) * Philippe Basiron (c. 1449–1491) * Loyset Compère (c. 1450–1518) * Gilles Mureau (c. 1450–1512) Клод Лежен

1451–1500

* Jean Mouton (c. 1459–1522) * Antoine Brumel (c. 1460–1512/1513) * Colinet de Lannoy (d. before 1497) * Carpentras (c. 1470–1548) *

Antoine de Févin Antoine de Févin (ca. 1470 – late 1511 or early 1512) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was active at the same time as Josquin des Prez, and shares many traits with his more famous contemporary. Life Févin was most likely b ...

(c. 1470–1511/12), brother of Robert de Févin * Pierrequin de Thérache (c. 1470–1528), active in Lorraine * Jean Braconnier (''fl.'' from 1478; died 1512), also known as ''Lourdault'' * Philippe Verdelot (c. 1475–before 1552), active in Italy * Ninot le Petit (''fl.'' c. 1500–1520) * Antoine de Longueval (''fl.'' 1498–1525) *

Jean l'Héritier Jean L'Héritier (Lhéritier, Lirithier, Heritier and other spellings also exist) (c. 1480 – after 1551) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was mainly famous as a composer of motets, and is representative of the generation of compo ...

(c. 1480–after 1551), also spelled ''Heretier'', ''Lhéritier'', ''Lirithier'' * F. Rubinet (fl 1482–1507), also spelled ''Robinet'' * Jacquet of Mantua (1483–1559) *

Clément Janequin Clément Janequin (c. 1485 – 1558) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous composers of popular chansons of the entire Renaissance, and along with Claudin de Sermisy, was hugely influential in the development o ...

(c. 1485–1558) *

Sandrin Sandrin (Pierre Regnault) (c. 1490 – after 1561) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was a prolific composer of chansons in the middle of the 16th century, some of which were extremely popular and widely distributed. Life He was ...

(c. 1490–c. 1560), also known as ''Pierre Regnault'' * Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490–1562) * Pierre Attaingnant (c. 1494–1551/1552), best known as a printer, especially of Parisian chansons * Pierre Vermont (c. 1495–between 1527 and 1533) * Robert de Févin (''fl.'' late 15th century–early 16th century), brother of

* Mathieu Gascongne (''fl.'' 1517–1518)

1501–1550

* Firmin Lebel (early 16th century–1573), active in Rome *

Hilaire Penet Hilaire Penet (born 1501?) was a French composer of the Renaissance, who worked for at least the earlier part of his life in Rome. Life and works Unusually for a Renaissance composer, more is known of his earlier life than his later; indeed not ...

(? 1501–15??) *

Pierre Certon Pierre Certon (ca. 1510–1520 – 23 February 1572) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was a representative of the generation after Josquin and Mouton, and was influential in the late development of the French chanson. Life Most likel ...

(1510/1520-1572) * Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510–1560) *

Jacques Du Pont Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are ove ...

(c. 1510 – after 1546), madrigalist active in Italy * Guillaume Le Heurteur (''fl.'' 1530–1545) * Jean Maillard (c. 1510–c. 1570) * Guillaume Morlaye (c. 1510–c. 1558) * Jean Guyot de Châtelet (c. 1512–1588) *

Claude Goudimel Claude Goudimel (c. 1514 to 1520 – between 28 August and 31 August 1572) was a FrenchPaul-André Gaillard, "Goudimel, Claude", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', ed. Stanley Sadie. 20 vol. London, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1 ...

(c. 1514/1520–1572) * Thoinot Arbeau (1519–1595) * Pierre Cadéac (''fl.'' 1538–1556) * Pierre Clereau (''fl.'' 1539–1570) * Didier Lupi Second (c. 1520–after 1559) * Lambert Courtois (c. 1520–after 1583) * Adrian Le Roy (c. 1520–1598) * Claude Gervaise (1525–1583) * Simon Boyleau (''fl.'' c. 1544–after 1586) * Anthoine de Bertrand (c. 1530/1540–c. 1581) * Guillaume Boni (c. 1530–1594) * Guillaume Costeley (c. 1530–1606) * Nicolas de La Grotte (1530–c. 1600) * Claude Le Jeune (1530–1600) * Jehan Chardavoine (1537–1580) * Paschal de l'Estocart (1538/1539–after 1584) * Nicolas Millot (''fl.'' 1559–1590 or later) * Joachim Thibault de Courville (''fl.'' from c. 1567; died 1581) * Eustache Du Caurroy (1549–1609) * Charles Tessier (c. 1550–after 1604), active in England and Germany

1551–1600

* Fabrice Caietain (''fl.'' 1570–1578) * Jacques Mauduit (1557–1627) *

Jean Titelouze Jean (''Jehan'') Titelouze (c. 1562/63 – 24 October 1633) was a French Catholic priest, composer, poet and organist of the early Baroque period. He was a canon and organist at Rouen Cathedral. His style was firmly rooted in the Renaissance voc ...

(1562/1563-1633) * Julien Perrichon (1566 – c. 1600), also a lutenist * Nicolas Formé (1567–1638) * Pierre Guédron (1570–1620) *

Robert Ballard Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeolo ...

(c. 1572 or 1575, probably in Paris – after 1650) * Ennemond Gaultier (1575–1651) * Antoine Boësset (1586–1643) *

Guillaume Bouzignac Guillaume Bouzignac (c. 1587 – c. 1643) was a French composer. Bouzignac was probably born in 1587 in Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude. He studied at the Cathedral of Narbonne until 1604, and was choirmaster at the Cathedrals of Angoulême, Bourges, T ...

(1587–1643) *

Johann Andreas Herbst Johann Andreas Herbst (baptized June 9, 1588 – January 24, 1666) was a German composer and music theorist of the early Baroque era. He was a contemporary of Michael Praetorius and Heinrich Schütz, and like them, assisted in importing the gran ...

(1588–1666) * Jacques Gaultier (1592–1652) * Charles Racquet (1597–1664) * Pierre Gaultier ''d'Orleans'' (1599–1681) * Étienne Moulinié (1599–1676) * Mlle Bocquet (early 17th century – after 1660)

Italian

After the

came to an end,

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

became the leading exponent of renaissance music and continued its innovation with, for example, the

Venetian Venetian often means from or related to: * Venice, a city in Italy * Veneto, a region of Italy * Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area Venetian and the like may also refer to: * Venetian language, a Romance language s ...

and (somewhat more conservative) Roman Schools of composition. In particular the ''Venetian Schools polychoral compositions of the late 16th century were among the most famous musical events in

, and their influence on musical practice in other countries was enormous. The innovations introduced by the ''Venetian School'', along with the contemporary development of monody and

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...

, together define the end of the musical Renaissance and the beginning of the musical Baroque.

1350–1470

* Zacara da Teramo (1350/60–1413/16) * Paolo da Firenze (c. 1355 – c. 1436; a.k.a. Paolo Tenorista) * Giovanni Mazzuoli (Giovanni degli Organi) (1360–1426), also known as ''Jovannes de Florentia'', ''Giovanni degli Organi'' and ''Giovanni di Niccol'' *

Matteo da Perugia Matteo da Perugia (fl. 1400–1416) was a Medieval Italian composer, presumably from Perugia. From 1402 to 1407 he was the first ''magister cappellae'' of the Milan Cathedral; his duties included being cantor and teaching three boys selected by t ...

(fl. 1400–1416) * Antonio da Cividale (fl.c. 1392–1421), also known as ''Antonius de Civitate Austrie'' *

Antonello da Caserta Antonello da Caserta, also Anthonello de Casetta, Antonellus Marot, was an Italian composer of the medieval era, active in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. Life and career Essentially nothing is known of Antonello's life. Earlier in the 20 ...

(14th century–after 1402) * Nicolaus Ricii de Nucella Campli (fl. 1401–1420; d.after 1436) * Ugolino da Forlì (1380–1457), also known as Ugolino da Orvieto * Antonius Romanus (fl. 1400–1432) * Bartolomeo da Bologna (fl. 1405–1427) * Grazioso da Padova (fl. 1390?–1410?), also known as Gratiosus de Padua * Nicolaus Zacharie (c. 1400 or before–1466) * Johannes de Quadris (c. 1410–? 1457) * Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro (c. 1420–1484), dance master * Antonio Cornazzano (c. 1430–1484), dancing master * Antonius Janue (fl.c. 1460) * Franchinus Gaffurius (1451–1522) * Giacomo Fogliano (1468–10 April 1548) * Marchetto Cara (c. 1470–1525?) *

Bartolomeo Tromboncino Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c. 1470 – 1535 or later) was an Italian composer of the middle Renaissance. He is mainly famous as a composer of '' frottole''; he is principally infamous for murdering his wife. He was born in Verona and died in or ...

(c. 1470–c. 1535)

1471–1500

* Bartolomeo degli Organi (1474–1539) * Vincenzo Capirola (1474–after 1548) * Filippo de Lurano (c. 1475–c. 1520) *

Francesco Spinacino Francesco Spinacino (fl. 1507) was an Italian lutenist and composer. His surviving output comprises the first two volumes of Ottaviano Petrucci's influential series of lute music publications: ''Intabolatura de lauto libro primo'' and ''Intabolatu ...

(late 15th century–after 1507) * Joan Ambrosio Dalza (''fl.'' 1508) * Andrea Antico da Montona (c. 1480–after 1538) * Marco Dall'Aquila (c. 1480–after 1538) * Maistre Jhan (c. 1485–1538), early madrigalist, active at Ferrara * Gasparo Alberti (c. 1489–1560) *

Bernardo Pisano Bernardo Pisano (also Pagoli) (October 12, 1490 – January 23, 1548) was an Italian composer, priest, singer, and scholar of the Renaissance. He was one of the first madrigalists, and the first composer anywhere to have a printed collectio ...

(1490–1548), possibly the earliest composer of madrigals, though not in name * Sebastiano Festa (1490/1495–1524), early composer of madrigals; possibly related to Costanzo Festa *

Marco Antonio Cavazzoni Marco Antonio Cavazzoni (c. 1490 – c. 1560) was an Italian organist and composer. He was the father of composer Girolamo Cavazzoni. All of his extant music is contained in the print ''Recerchari, motetti, canzoni ..libro primo'', which was pu ...

(c. 1490–c. 1560) * Pietro Paolo Borrono (c. 1490–after 1563) *

Franciscus Bossinensis Franciscus Bossinensis (''fl.'' 1509 – 1511) (Francis the Bosnian) was a lutenist- composer active in Italy in the 16th century. Bojan Bujić, "Navigating through the Past": Issues Facing an Historian of Music in Bosnia, ''International Review of ...

(''fl.'' 1509–1511) * Francesco de Layolle (1492–c. 1540), Florentine composer, in the employ of the

Medici The House of Medici ( , ) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici, in the Republic of Florence during the first half of the 15th century. The family originated in the Mu ...

; music teacher to sculptor Benvenuto Cellini * Costanzo Festa (c. 1495–1545), early composer of madrigals; member of Sistine Chapel choir * Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543) * Mattio Rampollini (1497–c. 1553) * Albert de Rippe (c. 1500–1551), also known as ''Alberto da Ripa'' and ''da Mantova''

1501–1525

* Francesco Corteccia (1502–1571) * Ambrose Lupo (1505–1591), also known as ''Ambrosio Lupo'', ''de Almaliach'' and ''Lupus Italus''; active in England *

Francesco Viola Francesco dalla Viola (died 1568) was a 16th-century choirmaster and composer. Biography Francesco was a singer under the direction of Adrian Willaert between the years 1522 and 1526. Francesco was the choirmaster at Modena from about 1530. Aro ...

(died 1568), ''Maestro di cappella'' at Ferrara after Rore * Paolo Aretino (1508–1584), also known as ''Paolo Antonio del Bivi'' * Alfonso dalla Viola (c. 1508–c. 1573), also an instrumentalist; active in Ferrara * Antonio Gardano (1509–1569), music printer * Luigi Dentice (c. 1510?–1566) * Vincenzo Ruffo (c. 1510–1587) *

Claudio Veggio Claudio Maria Veggio (born c. 1510) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance, principally of secular music. He was born in Piacenza, and must have spent most of his life there. Little is known about his life except for a brief period during the ...

(c. 1510–15??) * Nicolao Dorati (c. 1513–1593), also a trombonist; active at Lucca * Domenico Ferrabosco (1513–1574), madrigalist; father of Alfonso Ferrabosco * Giovanni Domenico da Nola (c. 1515–1592) *

Giandomenico Martoretta Giandomenico Martoretta (also ''Giandominico'', ''La Martoretta'', ''Il Martoretta''; Mileto 1515–1560s?) was an Italian Renaissance composer. Little is known of his life, but the style of the dedication of the "master of theology" Giovanfrances ...

(c. 1515–1560s), Calabrian madrigalist, active in Sicily * Agostino Agostini (died 1569), father of Lodovico Agostini *

Gioseffo Zarlino Gioseffo Zarlino (31 January or 22 March 1517 – 4 February 1590) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance. He made a large contribution to the theory of counterpoint as well as to musical tuning. Life and career Zarlin ...

(1517–1590) * Francesco Cellavenia (''fl.'' 1538–1563) * Giovanni Paolo Paladini (''fl.''c. 1540–1560) * Giulio Fiesco (1519?-''fl.'' 1550–1570), madrigalist, active at Ferrara * Giovanni Animuccia (c. 1520–1571) * Vincenzo Galilei (c. 1520–1591), father of composer

Michelagnolo Galilei Michelagnolo Galilei (sometimes spelled Michelangelo; 18 December 1575 – 3 January 1631) was an Italian composer and lutenist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, active mainly in Bavaria and Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He w ...

and astronomer and physicist

Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He ...

Francesco Portinaro Francesco Portinaro (c. 1520 – ?1578) was an Italian composer and humanist of the Renaissance, active both in northern Italy and in Rome. He was closely associated with the Ferrarese Este family, worked for several humanistic Renaissance acad ...

(c. 1520–after 1577), madrigalist, native of Padua *

Hoste da Reggio Hoste da Reggio (also L'Hoste, L'Osto, Oste, and Bartolomeo Torresano) (c. 1520–1569) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance, active in Milan and elsewhere in northern Italy. He was well known for his madrigals, which were published in seve ...

(c. 1520–1569), madrigalist, active at Milan and Bergamo * Ippolito Ciera (''fl.'' 1546–1564), minor madrigalist, active at Treviso; follower of Willaert * Girolamo Parabosco (c. 1524–1577), minor member of the Venetian School *

Girolamo Cavazzoni Girolamo (''Hieronimo'') Cavazzoni (c. 1525 – after 1577) was an Italian organist and composer, son of Marco Antonio Cavazzoni. Little is known about his life except that he worked at Venice and Mantua, and published two collections of organ mu ...

(c. 1525–after 1577) * Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525–1594) *

Baldassare Donato Baldassare Donato (also Donati) (1525-1530 – June 1603) was an Italian composer and singer of the Venetian school of the late Renaissance. He was ''maestro di cappella'' of the prestigious St. Mark's Basilica at the end of the 16th century ...

(1525/1530–1603)

1526–1550

Annibale Padovano Annibale Padovano (1527 – March 15, 1575) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance Venetian School. He was one of the earliest developers of the keyboard toccata. Life Padovano was born in Padua — hence his na ...

(1527–1575) *

Costanzo Porta Costanzo Porta (1528 or 1529 – 19 May 1601) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance, and a representative of what is known today as the Venetian School. He was highly praised throughout his life both as a composer and a teacher, and had ...

(c. 1529–1601) * Giovanni Battista Conforti (''fl.'' c. 1550–1570) * Fabritio Caroso (c. 1530–after 1600) * Giorgio Mainerio (c. 1530/1540–1582) * Gianmatteo Asola (c. 1532–1609) * Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1533–1585), uncle of Giovanni Gabrieli * Claudio Merulo (1533–1604) * Francesco Soto de Langa (1534–1619) * Lodovico Agostini (1534–1590), illegitimate son of Agostino Agostini *

Cesare Negri Cesare Negri (c. 1535 – c. 1605) was an Italian dancer and choreographer. He was nicknamed ''il Trombone'', an ugly or jocular name for someone "who likes to blow his own horn". Born in Milan, he founded a dance academy there in 1554. He was a ...

(1535–1605), dance master *

Ippolito Chamaterò Ippolito Chamaterò (also Chamatterò di Negri, Camaterò; first name also Hippolito; late 1530s – after 1592) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance, originally from Rome but active in northern Italy. He wrote both sacred and secular ...

(1535/1540–after 1592), active in several cities in northern Italy; composed both sacred and secular music * Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535/1536–1592), madrigalist and teacher of Monteverdi; active at Cremona * Rocco Rodio (c. 1535–after 1615) *

Annibale Stabile Annibale Stabile (c.1535 – April 1595) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance. He was a member of the Roman School of composition, and probably was a pupil of Palestrina. He was active mainly at Rome but moved briefly to Kraków, Poland at ...

(c. 1535–1595) * Pietro Taglia (''fl.'' c. 1555–1565), madrigalist in Milan; follower of Cipriano de Rore * Antonio Valente (''fl.'' 1565–1580) * Pietro Vinci (c. 1535–1584), madrigalist; founder of the Sicilian school *

Annibale Zoilo Annibale Zoilo (c. 1537–1592) was an Italian composer and singer of the late Renaissance Roman School. He was a contemporary of Palestrina, writing music in a closely related style, and was a prominent composer and choir director in Rome i ...

(c. 1537–1592) * Stefano Felis (c. 1538?–1603) *

Fabrizio Dentice Fabrizio Dentice (also Fabricio, Fabritio) (1539 in Naples – 24 February 1581 in Naples) was an Italian composer and virtuoso lute and viol player. Fabrizio was the son of Luigi Dentice (1510–1566) who served the powerful Sanseverino family ...

(1539?–1581) * Giovanni Dragoni (c. 1540–1598) * Filippo Azzaiolo (''fl.'' 1557–1569) *

Maddalena Casulana Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544 – c. 1590) was an Italian composer, lutenist and singer of the late Renaissance. She is the first female composer to have had a whole book of her music printed and published in the history of western music.Thomas ...

(c. 1540–c. 1590) *

Giovanni Ferretti Giovanni Ferretti (c. 1540 – after 1609) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance, best known for his secular music. He was important in the development of the lighter kind of madrigal current in the 1570s related to the villanella, and wa ...

(c. 1540–after 1609) * Alessandro Striggio (c. 1540–1592), musician to the Medici; composer of the colossal 60-voice '' Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno'' * Vincenzo Bellavere (c. 1540/1541–1587) * Francesco Rovigo (1540/1541–1597), composed liturgical music and madrigals; active at Mantua and Graz *

Gioseffo Guami Gioseffo Guami (27 January 1542 – 1611) (Gioseffo Giuseppe Guami or Gioseffo da Lucca) was an Italian composer, organist, violinist and singer of the late Renaissance Venetian School. He was a prolific composer of madrigals and instrumental mu ...

(1542–1611), also known as ''Gioseffo da Lucca'' *

Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder Alfonso Ferrabosco (baptized 18 January 154312 August 1588) was an Italian composer. While mostly famous as the solitary Italian madrigalist working in England, and the one mainly responsible for the growth of the madrigal there, he also compo ...

(1543–1588), active in England * Giovanni Maria Nanino (1543/1544–1607), also spelled ''Nanini''; brother of Giovanni Bernardino Nanino * Ascanio Trombetti (1544–1590) * Gioseppe Caimo (c. 1545–1584), active at Milan; madrigalist and organist * Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c. 1545–1607), late madrigalist at Ferrara * Francesco Soriano (c. 1548–1621) * Girolamo Dalla Casa (''fl.'' from 1568; died 1601) *

Ippolito Baccusi Ippolito Baccusi (also Baccusii, Hippolyti) (c. 1550 – 2 September 1609) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance, active in northern Italy, including Venice, Mantua, and Verona. A member of the Venetian School of composers, he had a st ...

(c. 1550–1609) * Emilio de' Cavalieri (c. 1550–1602) * Cesario Gussago (c. 1550–1612) * Pomponio Nenna (c. 1550–1613) * Riccardo Rognoni (c. 1550–c. 1620) * David Sacerdote (1550–1625), earliest known Jewish composer of polyphonic music, active at Mantua * Orazio Vecchi (1550–1605) * Girolamo Conversi (''fl.'' c. 1572–1575)

1551–1586

* Giulio Caccini (1551–1618), one of the founders of opera * Benedetto Pallavicino (c. 1551 – 1601) * Girolamo Belli (1552 – c. 1620) * Luca Marenzio (c. 1553 – 1599) *

Paolo Bellasio Paolo Bellasio (20 May 1554 – 10 July 1594) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. He is generally considered to be a member of the Roman School, though unusually for the group he seems to have written only madrigals ...

(1554–1594) * Cosimo Bottegari (1554–1620) * Girolamo Diruta (c. 1554 – after 1610) *

Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c. 1554 – 4 January 1609) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. He is known for his 1591 publication of ''balletti'' for five voices. Career Gastoldi was born at Caravaggio, Lom ...

(c. 1554 – 1609) * Giovanni Gabrieli (1554/1557–1612), nephew of Andrea Gabrieli * Paolo Quagliati (1555–1628) * Giovanni Croce (c. 1557 – 1609) *

Alfonso Fontanelli Alfonso Fontanelli (15 February 1557 – 11 February 1622) was an Italian composer, writer, diplomat, courtier, and nobleman of the late Renaissance. He was one of the leading figures in the musically progressive Ferrara school in the late 16th c ...

(1557–1622) *

Giovanni Bassano Giovanni Bassano (c. 1561 – 3 September 1617) was an Italian composer associated with the Venetian School of composers and a cornettist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was a key figure in the development of the instrumental en ...

(c. 1558 – 1617) *

Scipione Stella Scipione Stella (1558 or 1559 – May 20, 1622) was a Neapolitan composer. He is to be distinguished from another member of the circle of Carlo Gesualdo, Scipione Dentice.John Walter Hill Roman monody, cantata, and opera from the circles around Ca ...

(1558/1559–1622) * Felice Anerio (c. 1560 – 1614), brother of Giovanni Francesco Anerio * Giulio Belli (c. 1560 – c. 1621) * Dario Castello (c. 1560 – c. 1658) * Giovanni Bernardino Nanino (1560–1623), brother of Giovanni Maria Nanino * Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (1560–1627) *

Scipione Dentice Scipione Dentice (29 January 1560 – 21 April 1633) was a Neapolitan keyboard composer. He is to be distinguished from his colleague and exact contemporary Scipione Stella, a member of Carlo Gesualdo's circle. He is also to be distinguished f ...

(1560–1635) *

Carlo Gesualdo Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa ( – 8 September 1613) was Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza. As a composer he is known for writing madrigals and pieces of sacred music that use a chromatic language not heard again until the late 19th century ...

(1560–1613) * Ruggiero Giovannelli (c. 1560 – 1625) * Antonio Il Verso (c. 1560 – 1621) * Stefano Rossetto (fl. 1560–1580), active in Italy and Germany * Leone Leoni (c. 1560 – 1627), ''maestro di cappella'' at Vicenza *

Jacopo Peri Jacopo Peri (20 August 156112 August 1633), known under the pseudonym Il Zazzerino, was an Italian composer and singer of the transitional period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles, and is often called the inventor of opera. He wrote th ...

(1561–1633) * Francesco Usper (c. 1561 – 1641), also known as ''Spongia'' * Giulio Cesare Martinengo (1564 or 1568–1613) * Erasmo Marotta (1565–1641), Sicilian composer * Paola Massarenghi (born 1565; ''fl.'' 1585) *

Ascanio Mayone Ascanio Mayone (ca. 1565 – 1627) was a Neapolitan composer and harpist. He trained as a pupil of Giovanni de Macque in Naples, and worked at Santissima Annunziata Maggiore there as organist from 1593 and ''maestro di cappella'' from 1621; ...

(1565–1627) * Simone Molinaro (1565–1615) *

Alessandro Piccinini Alessandro Piccinini (1566 – 1638), was an Italian lutenist and composer. Piccinini was born in Bologna into a musical family: his father Leonardo Maria Piccinini taught lute playing to Alessandro as well as his brothers Girolamo (d. 1615) and ...

(1566–1638) * Lucia Quinciani (c. 1566 – fl. 1611) * Girolamo Giacobbi (1567–1629) * Lorenzo Allegri (1567–1648) * Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c. 1567 – buried 1630), brother of Felice Anerio * Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) *

Massimo Troiano Massimo Troiano (died after April 1570) was an Italian Renaissance composer, poet, and a brief, but vivid chronicler of life at the court of Bavaria's ruler, Duke Albrecht V in the late 1560s, the only period in which Troiano is known to history. ...

(fl. 1567 to 1570 – after 1570) * Adriano Banchieri (1568–1634) * Bartolomeo Barbarino (1568–1617 or later) * Orazio Bassani (before 1570–1615) *

Diomedes Cato Diomedes Cato (1560 to 1565 – d.1627 in Gdansk) was an Italian-born composer and lute player, who lived and worked entirely in Poland and Lithuania. He is known mainly for his instrumental music. He mixed the style of the late Renaissance wi ...

(c. 1570 – after 1618), worked all his life in Poland *

Giovanni Paolo Cima Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570 – 1630) was an Italian composer and organist in the early Baroque era. He was a contemporary of Claudio Monteverdi and Girolamo Frescobaldi, though not as well known (then or now) as either of those men. Cima came ...

(1570–1622) * Salamone Rossi (1570–1630), Jewish * Claudia Sessa (c. 1570 – between 1613 and 1619) ( :ca:Claudia Sessa) * Giovanni Battista Fontana (1571–1630) *

Giovanni Picchi Giovanni Picchi (1571 or 1572 – 17 May 1643) was an Italian composer, organist, lutenist, and harpsichordist of the early Baroque era. He was a late follower of the Venetian School, and was influential in the development and differentiation of ...

(1571–1643) * Cesarina Ricci (c. 1573 – fl. 1597) * Francesco Rasi (1574–1621) * Ignazio Donati (1575–1638) *

(1575–1631), active in Bavaria and Poland; son of composer Vincenzo Galilei; brother of astronomer and physicist

* Stefano Venturi del Nibbio (fl. 1592–1600); active in Florence. Collaborated with Giulio Caccini on the early opera '' Il rapimento di Cefalo'' * Vittoria Aleotti (c. 1575 – after 1620), believed to be the same person as ''Raffaella Aleotti'' (c. 1570 – after 1646) * Giovanni Priuli (1575–1626) * Giovanni Maria Trabaci (1575–1647) * Stefano Bernardi (1577–1637) *

Antonio Brunelli Antonio Brunelli (20 December 1577 in Pisa – 19 November 1630 in Pisa) was an Italian composer and theorist of the early Baroque period. He was a student of Giovanni Maria Nanino and served as the organist at San Miniato in Tuscany from 16 ...

(1577–1630) * Sulpitia Cesis (born 1577, fl. 1619) * Agostino Agazzari (1578–1640) * Caterina Assandra (1580–after 1618) * Adreana Basile (c. 1580 – c. 1640) * Vincenzo Ugolini (1580–1638) * Bellerofonte Castaldi (1581–1649) * Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652), brother of

Domenico Allegri Domenico Allegri (c. 1585 – 5 September 1629) was an Italian composer and singer of the early Baroque Roman School. He was the second son of the Milanese coachman Costantino Allegri, who lived in Rome with his family, and was a younger brot ...

* Severo Bonini (1582–1663) * Marco da Gagliano (1582–1643) * Sigismondo d'India (c. 1582 – 1629) *

Giovanni Valentini Giovanni Valentini (ca. 1582 – 29/30 April 1649) was an Italian Baroque composer, poet and keyboard virtuoso. Overshadowed by his contemporaries, Claudio Monteverdi and Heinrich Schütz, Valentini is practically forgotten today, although he ...

(1582–1649) * Paolo Agostino (1583–1629) * Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643) *

Antonio Cifra Antonio Cifra (1584? – 2 October 1629 in Loreto) was an Italian composer of the Roman School of the Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the significant transitional figures between the Renaissance and Baroque styles, and pro ...

(1584–1629) * Nicolò Corradini (1585–1646) *

Andrea Falconieri Andrea Falconieri (1585 or 1586 – 1656), also known as Falconiero, was an Italian composer and lutenist from Naples. He resided in Parma from 1604 until 1614, and later moved to Rome, and then back to his native Naples, where in 1647 he b ...

(1585–1656) * Francesco Rognoni (c. 1585 – after 1626) *

(1585–1629), brother of Gregorio Allegri * Alessandro Grandi (1586–1630) * Stefano Landi (1586–1643) *

Claudio Saracini Claudio Saracini (1 July 1586 – 20 September 1630) was an Italian composer, lutenist, and singer of the early Baroque era. He was one of the most famous and distinguished composers of monody. Life Saracini was born to a noble family, proba ...

(1586–1630) *

Giovanni Battista Grillo Giovanni Battista Grillo (late 16th-century mid-November 1622) was an Italian composer and organist. Little is known about Grillo until he was elected organist to the Venetian confraternity ' Scuola Grande di S Rocco' on 28 August 1612. This was a ...

(died 1622) * Marcantonio Negri (died 1624) * Giovanni Battista Riccio (fl. 1609-after 1621)

Serbian

* Jefimija (1349–1405), composed ''tuzhbalice'' (laments) * Nikola the Serb (''fl.'' late 14th century) * Kir Stefan the Serb (second half of the 14th and 15th century) * Isaiah the Serb (''fl.'' second half of the 15th century)

Greek

* Francisco Leontaritis (1518–1572)

Spanish

1370–1450

* Johannes Cornago (c. 1400–after 1475) * Juan de Urrede (c. 1430–after 1482), or ''Johannes de Wreede''

1451–1510

* Juan de Triana (''fl.'' c. 1460–1500) * Francisco de la Torre (''fl.'' 1483–1504) *

Juan de Anchieta Juan de Anchieta (Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa, Spain, 1462 – Azpeitia, 1523) was a leading Spanish Basque composer of the Renaissance, at the Royal Court Chaplaincy in Granada of Queen Isabel I of Castile. History Born into a leading Basque family, ...

(1462–1523) * Juan del Encina (1468 – c. 1529) *

Francisco de Peñalosa Francisco de Peñalosa (c. 1470 – April 1, 1528) was a Spanish composer of the middle Renaissance. Life He was born in Talavera de la Reina in the province of Toledo. He spent most of his career in Seville, serving as the ''maestro di capi ...

(c. 1470 – 1528) *

Andreas De Silva Andreas de Silva ( fl. 1520) was a composer, probably of Portuguese origin, who is known mainly from inclusion of five motets in the Medici Codex.Winfried Kirsch, Die Motetten des Andreas de Silva (Tutzing: Schneider, 1977), Now attributed to de ...

(c. 1475/1480–after 1520) * Mateo Flecha the Elder (1481–1553), or ''Mateu Fletxa el Vell'' * Juan Pérez de Gijón (''fl.'' c. 1460–1500) *

Luis de Milán Luis de Milán (also known as Lluís del Milà or Luys Milán) (c. 1500 – c. 1561) was a Spanish Renaissance composer, vihuelist, and writer on music. He was the first composer in history to publish music for the vihuela de mano, an instrum ...

(c. 1500–after 1561) * Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500 – 1553) *

Luis de Narváez Luis de Narváez (fl. 1526–1549) was a Spanish composer and vihuelist. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Narváez is known today for '' Los seys libros del Delphín'', a collection of polyphonic music for the vihuela which includes the earl ...

(c. 1500 – between 1550 and 1560) * Juan Vásquez (c. 1500 – c. 1560) * Enríquez de Valderrábano (1500-after 1557) * Miguel de Fuenllana (1500–1578) *

Bartolomé de Escobedo Bartolomé de Escobedo (1515 – August 11, 1563) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. Biography He was born in Zamora, studied at Salamanca where he was a singer, and in 1536 joined the papal choir in Rome as only the second Spaniard t ...

(c. 1505 – 1563) * Juan Bermudo (c. 1510 – c. 1565) *

Antonio de Cabezón Antonio de Cabezón (30 March 1510 – 26 March 1566) was a Spanish Renaissance composer and organist. Blind from childhood, he quickly rose to prominence as a performer and was eventually employed by the royal family. He was among the most impo ...

(c. 1510 – 1566) * Alonso Mudarra (c. 1510 – 1580) * Diego Ortiz (c. 1510 – c. 1570) * Luis Venegas de Henestrosa (c. 1510 – 1570)

1511–1570

Tomás de Santa María Fr. Tomás de Santa María O.P. (also Tomás de Sancta Maria) (ca. 1510 – 1570) was a Spanish music theorist, organist and composer of the Renaissance. He was born in Madrid but the date is highly uncertain; he died in Ribadavia. Little i ...

(c. 1515 – 1570) *

Joan Brudieu Joan Brudieu (; 1520–1591) was a Catalan Spanish composer. Brudieu was born around 1520 in the diocese of Limoges and died in la Seu d'Urgell in 1591, but can generally be considered as Catalan, since the few biographical details found locate h ...

(c. 1520 – 1591) *

Rodrigo de Ceballos Rodrigo de Ceballos (also Çavallos, Cevallos, Zaballos; c.1525-c.1581) was a Spanish composer. He was born in Aracena (Huelva), and was ordained a priest in Seville in 1556. He was named ''maestro di cappella'' in Málaga in 1554, in the cathedr ...

(c. 1525 – 1581) *

Francisco Guerrero Francisco Guerrero is the name of: *Francisco Guerrero (composer) (1528–1599), Spanish composer of the Renaissance *Francisco Guerrero (politician) (1811–1851), Alcalde of San Francisco *Francisco Guerrero Marín (1951–1997), Spanish composer ...

(1528–1599) *

Hernando Franco Hernando Franco (1532 – November 28, 1585) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, who was mainly active in Guatemala and Mexico. Life Franco was born in Galizuela (now part of Esparragosa de Lares, Badajoz Province) in Extremadura, a sour ...

(1532–1585), active in Guatemala and Mexico *

Hernando de Cabezón Hernando de Cabezón, (Baptism, baptized 7 September 1541 – 1 October 1602) was a Spanish composer and organist, son of Antonio de Cabezón. Only a few of his works are extant today, and he is chiefly remembered for publishing the bulk of his fat ...

(1541–1602) *

Ginés de Boluda Ginés de Boluda (1545 in Hellín – c. 1606) was a Spanish church musician and composer. He was maestro de capilla'' at the Cathedral of Cádiz by 1578, taking up the same post at Cuenca Cathedral in that year succeeding Francisco Gabriel Gál ...

(c. 1545 – c. 1606) * Ginés Pérez de la Parra (c. 1548 – 1600) *

Tomás Luis de Victoria Tomás Luis de Victoria (sometimes Italianised as ''da Vittoria''; ) was the most famous Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He stands with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlande de Lassus as among the principal composers of the late Re ...

(1548–1611) * Bernardo Clavijo del Castillo (c. 1549 – 1626), active in

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and later in Salamanca; published motets in 1588 * Vicente Espinel (1550–1624) * Ambrosio Cotes (c. 1550 – 1603) * Sebastián Raval (c. 1550 – 1604) *

Alonso Lobo Alonso Lobo (February 25, 1555 (baptised) – April 5, 1617) was a Spanish composer of the late Renaissance. Although not as famous as Tomás Luis de Victoria, he was highly regarded at the time, and Victoria himself considered him to be his e ...

(c. 1555 – 1617) * Juan Esquivel Barahona (c. 1560–after 1625) *

Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia (August 1561 – 16 December 1627Robert Cummings, "Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia", aAllMusic.com/ref>) was a Spanish monk, musician and composer. He was first the organist at the cathedral in Huesca from 1585 to 160 ...

(1561–1627) * Joan Baptista Comes (1568–1643) *

Joan Pau Pujol Joan Pau Pujol (; baptized 18 June 1570 – 17 May 1626) was a Catalan and Spanish composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque. While best known for his sacred music, he also wrote popular secular music. Life Pujol was bor ...

(1570–1626) * Juan Arañés (died 1649)

Cuban

* Teodora Ginés (c. 1530 – 1598), not to be confused with the later

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n singer and former slave of the same name

Swiss

Ludwig Senfl Ludwig Senfl (born around 1486, died between December 2, 1542 and August 10, 1543) was a Swiss composer of the Renaissance, active in Germany. He was the most famous pupil of Heinrich Isaac, was music director to the court of Maximilian I, Hol ...

(c. 1486 – 1543), active in Germany *

Fridolin Sicher Fridolin Sicher (March 6, 1490 – June 13, 1546) was a Swiss composer and organist of the Renaissance. He was born in Bischofszell and began his study of the organ at the age of 13 with Martin Vogelmaier, the organist of Konstanz Cathedral. He th ...

(1490–1546)

Danish

* Melchior Borchgrevinck (c. 1570 – 1632) * Hans Nielsen (1580–1626) *

Mogens Pedersøn Mogens Pedersøn (also ''Mogens Pedersen'', ''Magno Petreo''; c. 1583 – January or February 1623) was a Danish instrumentalist and composer. He is considered the most important Danish-born composer before Buxtehude. Life Early in his career he e ...

(c. 1583 – 1623) * Hans Brachrogge (c.1590–1638) * Truid Aagesen (fl.1593–1625)

Polish

During a period of favourable economic and political conditions at the beginning of the 16th century,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

reached the height of its powers, when it was one of the richest and most powerful countries in

. It encompassed an area which included present day

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and

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

and portions of what is now

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Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...

, and

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. As the

middle class The middle class refers to a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status. The term has historically been associated with modernity, capitalism and political debate. C ...

prospered, patronage for the arts in Poland increased, and also looked westward – particularly to

– for influences. Considered by many musicologists as the "Golden Age of Polish music," the period was influenced by the foundation of the Collegium Rorantistarum in 1543 at the chapel in Kraków of King Sigismund the Elder. The Collegium consisted of nine singers. And although it was required that all members be Poles, foreign influence was acknowledged in the dedication of their sacred repertory, "to the noble Italian art" . *

Mikołaj Radomski Mikołaj is the Polish cognate of given name Nicholas, used both as a given name and a surname. It may refer to people: In Polish (or Polish-Lithuanian) nobility: * Mikołaj Firlej (died 1526), Polish nobleman, Hetman, diplomat, and expert of sou ...

(1380–15th century) * Mikołaj z Chrzanowa (1485–1555) * Sebastian z Felsztyna (c. 1490 – 1543), also known as Sebastian Herburt * Jan z Lublina (late 15th century – 1540) * Wacław z Szamotuł (c. 1520 – c. 1560) * Cyprian Bazylik (c. 1535 – c. 1600) * Mikołaj Gomółka (c. 1535 – c. 1609) * Marcin Leopolita (c. 1540 – c. 1584), also known as ''Marcin ze Lwowa'' * Jakub Polak (c. 1545 – 1605), also known as ''Jacob Polonais'', ''Jakub Reys'', ''Jacques le Polonois'' and ''Jacob de Reis''; active in France * Nicolaus Cracoviensis (first half of the 16th century), also known as Mikołaj z Krakowa * Tomasz Szadek (c. 1550 – 1612) ( :nl:Tomasz Szadek :pl:Tomasz Szadek) * Krzysztof Klabon (c. 1550 – 1616) * Wojciech Długoraj (c. 1557 – after 1619) *

(before 1570 – after 1618) * Andreas Chyliński (1590 – after 1635) *

Adam Jarzębski Adam Jarzębski (c. 1590 in Warka – c. 1648 in Warsaw) was an early Baroque Polish composer, violinist, poet, and writer. The first documented mention of Jarzębski was in 1612, when he became a member of the chapel of John Sigismund, Elector ...

(1590–1648) *

Mikołaj Zieleński Mikołaj Zieleński (Zelenscius, fl. 1611) was a Polish composer, organist and '' Kapellmeister'' to the primate Baranowski, Archbishop of Gniezno. Neither the date of his birth nor of his death are known; documents from Płock Cathedral state he ...

(''fl.'' 1611) *

Bartłomiej Pękiel Bartłomiej Pękiel (; fl. from 1633; d. ca. 1670) was a Polish composer of baroque music. Biography The writer and composer Johann Mattheson claimed that the composer was German and his name is sometimes recorded as "Peckel". Pękiel served th ...

(fl. 1633 – c. 1670)

Czech

* Ondřej Chrysoponus Jevíčský (1495–1592) * Jan Simonides Montanus (1507–1587), active in Kutná Hora * Jan Blahoslav (1523–1571) * Jiří Rychnovský (1529–1616) * Simon Bar Jona Madelka (c. 1530-1550-c. 1598) * Pavel Spongopaeus Jistebnický (c. 1550–1619) * Jan Trojan Turnovský (c. 1550–1606) *

Kryštof Harant Kryštof Harant of Polžice and Bezdružice ( cs, Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic, 1564 – 21 June 1621) was a Czech nobleman, traveler, humanist, soldier, writer and composer. He joined the Protestant Bohemian Revolt in the Lands of the B ...

of Polžice and Bezdružice (1564–1621) * Johannes Vodnianus Campanus (1572–1622) * Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (c. 1600–1676)

Hungarian

* Bálint Bakfark (1507–1576) * Sebestyén Tinódi, ''Lantos'' (c. 1510–1556)

Slovenian

Jacobus Gallus Jacobus Gallus (a.k.a. Jacob(us) Handl, Jacob(us) Händl, Jacob(us) Gallus; sl, Jakob Petelin Kranjski; between 15 April and 31 July 155018 July 1591) was a late-Renaissance composer of presumed Slovene ethnicity.Skei/Pokorn, Grove online Born ...

(1550–1591), also known as ''Jacob Handl''; active in Moravia and Bohemia

Croatian

* Ivan Lukačić (1587–1648) * Vinko Jelić (1596-c. 1636/1637)

Dutch

(c. 1510 to 1515 – 1555 or 1556) * Matthaeus Pipelare (c. 1450 – c. 1515) * Ghiselin Danckerts (c. 1510 – after 1565) * Josquin Baston (c. 1515 – c. 1576) *

Cornelis Schuyt Cornelis Floriszoon Schuyt (1557 – 9 June 1616) was a Dutch organist and Renaissance composer. Life Cornelis Floriszoon Schuyt was born in Leiden in 1557. He was the son of Floris Corneliszoon Schuyt (1529/30–1601), the organist of two chur ...

(1557 – 1616) * Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621) *

(c. 1567 – 1620) * Melchior Borchgrevinck (c. 1570 – 1632) *

Cornelis Boscoop Cornelis Symonszoon Boscoop (or Buschop, Boskop) (died 1573) was a Dutch organist, singer, and composer. He was organist at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam in the middle of the 16th century and was one of the predecessors of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck i ...

(died 1573) * Nicolas Vallet (1583–1642) *

Jacob van Eyck Jacob van Eyck ( , ; 26 March 1657) was a Dutch nobleman and blind musician. He was one of the best-known musicians of the Dutch Golden Age, working as a carillon player and technician, an organist, a recorder virtuoso, and a composer. He was ...

(1590–1657) * Cornelis Thymenszoon Padbrué (c. 1592 – 1670) * Herman Hollander (c. 1595-1637) * Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687) *

Joan Albert Ban Joan Albert Ban (1597–1644) was a Dutch Catholic priest and composer. Life From 1628-42 he was canon priest of the Haarlem chapter (Kapittel). In 1630 he became priest of the Begijnhof in Haarlem, across the street from the Janskerk (Haarlem). M ...

(1597-c. 1644)

Swedish

Andreas Düben Andreas Düben (1597 – 7 July 1662) was a Swedish Baroque composer and organist, and father of Gustaf Düben. He was born near Leipzig and was admitted to Leipzig University in 1609. He studied with the renowned Dutch pedagogue Jan Pieterszoon S ...

(1597–1662)

German

1350–1400

* Hugo von Montfort (1357–1423) * Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376/77–1445)

1401–1450

Conrad Paumann Conrad Paumann (c. 1410January 24, 1473) was a German organist, lutenist and composer of the early Renaissance. A blind musician, he was one of the most talented musicians of the 15th century, and his performances created a sensation wherever he ...

(c. 1410 – 1473) * Heinrich Finck (1444/1445–1527) *

Adam von Fulda Adam of Fulda (c. 1445 – 1505) was a German composer and music theorist of the second half of the 15th century. He was born in Fulda and died in Wittenberg. In Heinrich Glarean's ''Dodecachordon'' he is described as ''Francum Germanum'', i.e., o ...

(c. 1445 – 1505) * Hans Judenkünig (c. 1450 – 1526), or ''Judenkönig'' *

Arnolt Schlick Arnolt Schlick (July 18?,Keyl 1989, 110–11. c. 1455–1460 – after 1521) was a German organist, lutenist and composer of the Renaissance. He is grouped among the composers known as the Colorists. He was most probably born in Heidelberg and ...

(c. 1450 – c. 1525)

1451–1500

* Paul Hofhaimer (1459–1537) * Sebastian Virdung (born c. 1465) *

Pierre Alamire Pierre Alamire (also Petrus Alamire; probable birth name Peter van den Hove;Atlas, p. 274 c. 1470 – 26 June 1536) was a German-Dutch music copyist, composer, instrumentalist, mining engineer, merchant, diplomat and spy of the Renaissance. H ...

(c. 1470 – 1536), active in the Low Countries * Thomas Stoltzer (c. 1480 – 1526) * Hans Buchner (1483–1538) *

Martin Luther Martin Luther (; ; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, and professor, and Augustinian friar. He is the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation and the namesake of Lutherani ...

(1483–1546) * Hans Kotter (c. 1485 – 1541) *

Martin Agricola Martin Agricola (6 January 1486 – 10 June 1556) was a German composer of Renaissance music and a music theorist. Biography Agricola was born in Świebodzin, a town in Western Poland, and took the name Agricola later in life, a common prac ...

(1486–1556) * Georg Rhau (1488–1548) * Arnold von Bruck (c. 1490 – 1554) * Leonhard Kleber (c. 1495 – 1556) *

Lorenz Lemlin Lorenz Lemlin (also: Laurentius Lemlin; ca. 1495 – ca. 1549) was a German composer of the Renaissance. Lemlin studied in Heidelberg, and was a singer and later '' Kapellmeister'' of the Hofkantorei there. Among his pupils was Georg Forster, who ...

(c. 1495 – c. 1549) *

Leonhard Päminger Leonhard Päminger also Paminger and Panninger ( Aschach an der Donau, 29 March 1495 - Passau Passau (; bar, label=Central Bavarian, Båssa) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany, also known as the Dreiflüssestadt ("City of Three Rivers") as ...

(1495–1567) * Johann Walter (1496–1570) * Hans Gerle (c. 1498 – 1570)

1501–1550

* Hans Neusidler (1508–1563) * Georg Forster (c. 1510 – 1568) *

Caspar Othmayr Caspar Othmayr (12 March 1515 – 4 February 1553) was a German Lutheran pastor and composer. Othmayr was born in Amberg, Upper Palatinate, and studied in Heidelberg as a pupil of Lorenz Lemlin, among others. Later, he became rector of the mona ...

(1515–1553) *

Sigmund Hemmel Sigmund Hemmel (1520–1565) was a German composer, tenor, and Kapellmeister in Stuttgart, Württemberg. He was said to have used a "large polished slate stone for composing." He was director of the Hofkapelle Stuttgart from 1552 to 1554. He is per ...

(c. 1520 – 1565) *

Hermann Finck Hermann Finck (21 March 1527 – 28 December 1558) was a German composer. Career Finck was born in Pirna, and died at Wittenberg. After 1553 he lived at Wittenberg, where he was organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of org ...

(1527–1558) * Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach (c. 1530 – 1597) * Matthäus Waissel (c. 1540 – 1602)

1551–1600

* Johannes Eccard (1553–1611) *

Leonhard Lechner Leonhard Lechner (also Leonard, 15539 September 1606) was a German composer, kapellmeister, tenor and music editor who was taught by Orlando de Lassus. He added Athesinus to his signature, referring to his origin in today's South Tyrol. His ...

(c. 1553 – 1606) *

Johannes Nucius Johannes Nucius (also Nux, Nucis) (c. 1556 – March 25, 1620) was a German composer and music theorist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Although isolated from most of the major centers of musical activity, he was a polished compos ...

(c. 1556 – 1620) *

Hieronymus Praetorius Hieronymus Praetorius (10 August 1560 – 27 January 1629) was a Northern German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque whose polychoral motets in 8 to 20 voices are intricate and vividly expressive. Some of his organ ...

(1560–1629) *

August Nörmiger August Nörmiger (ca. 15601613) was a German composer and court organist in Dresden. He was born and died in Dresden. The main source for Nörmiger's compositions is the manuscript Organ tabulature "Tabulaturbuch auff dem Instrumente", which he c ...

(c. 1560 – 1613) * Elias Mertel (c. 1561 – 1626) * Andreas Raselius (c. 1563 – 1602) * Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612) *

Gregor Aichinger Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565 – 21 January 1628) was a German composer. Life He was organist to the Fugger family of Augsburg in 1584. In 1599 he went for a two-year visit to Rome for musical, rather than religious reasons, although he had taken h ...

(1565–1628) *

Christoph Demantius Johann Christoph Demantius (15 December 1567 – 20 April 1643) was a German composer, music theorist, writer and poet. He was an exact contemporary of Monteverdi, and represented a transitional phase in German Lutheran music from the polypho ...

(1567–1643) * Christian Erbach (1568–1635) * Paul Peuerl (1570–1625) * Michael Praetorius (c. 1571 – 1621) * Moritz von Hessen-Kassel (1572–1632) * Erasmus Widmann (1572–1634) * Andreas Hakenberger (1574–1627) *

Melchior Franck Melchior Franck (c. 1579 – 1 June 1639) was a German composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was a hugely prolific composer of Protestant church music, especially motets, and assisted in bringing the stylistic innovatio ...

(1579–1639) *

Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (also: ''Johann(es) Hieronymus Kapsberger'' or ''Giovanni Geronimo Kapsperger''; c. 1580 – 17 January 1651) was an Austrian-Italian virtuoso performer and composer of the early Baroque period. A prolific and highly o ...

(1580–1651) * Johann Stobäus (1580–1646) *

Johannes Jeep Johannes Jeep (pronounced "Yape"; also Johann or Jepp; 1581/1582 – 19 November 1644) was a German organist, choirmaster and composer. Biography Jeep, who was born in Dransfeld, Germany, is remembered for his choral writing. He collected his ...

(1581/1582-1644) * Johann Staden (1581–1634) *

Johann Daniel Mylius Johann Daniel Mylius (c. 15831642) was a composer for the lute, and writer on alchemy. Born at Wetter in present-day Hesse, Germany, he went on to study theology and medicine at the University of Marburg. He was the brother-in-law and pupil of J ...

(c. 1583 – 1642) *

Michael Altenburg Michael Altenburg (27 May 1584 – 12 February 1640) was a German theologian and composer. Altenburg was born at Alach, near Erfurt. He began attending school in Erfurt in 1590; he began studying theology at the University of Erfurt in 159 ...

(1584–1640) * Daniel Friderici (1584–1638) * Johann Grabbe (1585–1655) *

Peter Hasse Peter (Petrus) Hasse (ca. 1585 – June 1640) was a German organist and composer, and member of the prominent musical Hasse family. The first written record of Hasse dates from his appointment as organist at the Marienkirche in Lübeck, a post ...

(1585–1640) * Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672) *

Jacob Praetorius Jacob Praetorius or Schultz (8 February 158621 or 22 October 1651) was a German Baroque composer and organist, and the son of Hieronymus Praetorius. His grandfather, the father of Hieronymus, Jacob Praetorius the Elder (died 1586) was also a compo ...

(1586–1651) * Johann Schein (1586–1630) * Paul Siefert (1586–1666) *

Samuel Scheidt Samuel Scheidt (baptised 3 November 1587 – 24 March 1654) was a German composer, organist and teacher of the early Baroque era. Life and career Scheidt was born in Halle, and after early studies there, he went to Amsterdam to study with ...

(1587–1654) *

Johann Schop Johann Schop (ca. 1590 – 1644) was a German violinist and composer, much admired as a musician and a technician, who was a virtuoso and whose compositions for the violin set impressive technical demands for that area at that time. In 1756 ...

(1590–1667) * Johannes Thesselius (1590–1643) *

Melchior Schildt Melchior Schildt (born 1592 or 1593, Hanover – 18 May 1667) was a German composer and organist of the North German Organ School. He came from a long line of church musicians who had served the town of Hanover for over 125 years. He studied with ...

(1592/1593-1667) * Gottfried Scheidt (1593–1661) * Johann Ulrich Steigleder (1593–1635) * Heinrich Scheidemann (1595–1663) * Johann Crüger (1598–1662) * Thomas Selle (1599–1663) * Delphin Strungk (1600/1601–1694)

Portuguese

1400–1475

* Pedro de Escobar (c. 1465 – after 1535)

1476–1500

Vicente Lusitano Vicente Lusitano () was a Portuguese composer and music theorist of the late Renaissance. Some of his works on musical theory and a small number of compositions survive. Lusitano was for a time a Catholic priest and taught in several Italian citie ...

(fl. 1550; d. after 1561) * Bartolomeo Trosylho (c. 1500 – c. 1567) * Heliodoro de Paiva (c. 1500 – 1552)

1501–1525

* Damião de Góis (1502–1574) *

António Carreira António Carreira (Lisbon, ca. 1520-30 - Lisbon, ca. 1597) was a Portuguese composer and organist of the Renaissance. He held the post of organist at the Royal Chapel in Lisbon. His compositions (Fantasias, Tientos, Chansons) reveal his high cont ...

(c. 1520 to 1530 – 1597)

1526–1550

* Manuel Mendes (c. 1547 – 1605) *

Pedro de Cristo Pedro de Cristo (1545/1550 – 12 December 1618) was a Portuguese composer of Renaissance music. He is one of the most important Portuguese polyphonists of the 16th and 17th centuries. Life Pedro de Cristo was born in Coimbra, and in 1571 enter ...

(c. 1550 – 1618)

1551–1575

Manuel Rodrigues Coelho Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (ca. 15551635) was a Portuguese organist and composer. He is the first important Iberian keyboard composer since Cabezón. Coelho was born in Elvas around 1555 and probably received early education at the Elvas Cathedral ...

(c. 1555 – c. 1635) * Duarte Lobo (c. 1565 – 1647) * Gaspar Fernandes (1566–1629) *

Manuel Cardoso Manuel Cardoso may refer to: * Manuel Cardoso (composer) * Manuel Cardoso (cyclist) * Manuel Cardoso (gymnast) Manuel Cardoso (born 17 June 1928) was a Portuguese gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 S ...

(1566–1650) * Filipe de Magalhães (1571–1652) * Estêvão de Brito (1575–1641) * Estêvão Lopes Morago (c. 1575 – c. 1630)

1576–1625

* Manuel Machado (1590–1646) * Manuel Correia (1600–1653) * John IV of Portugal (1603–1656)

English

Due in part to its isolation from mainland

, the English Renaissance began later than most other parts of Europe. The Renaissance style also continued into a period in which many other European nations had already made the transition into the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including ...

. While late medieval

music was influential on the development of the Burgundian style, most English music of the 15th century was lost, particularly during the Dissolution of the Monasteries during the time of Henry VIII. The

Tudor period The Tudor period occurred between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales and includes the Elizabethan period during the reign of Elizabeth I until 1603. The Tudor period coincides with the dynasty of the House of Tudor in England that began wit ...

of the 16th century was a time of intense interest in music, and

styles began to develop with mutual influence from the mainland. Some English musical trends were heavily indebted to foreign styles, for example the English Madrigal School; others had aspects of continental practice as well as uniquely English traits. Composers included

Thomas Tallis Thomas Tallis (23 November 1585; also Tallys or Talles) was an English composer of High Renaissance music. His compositions are primarily vocal, and he occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral music. Tallis is considered one o ...

, John Dowland,

Orlando Gibbons Orlando Gibbons ( bapt. 25 December 1583 – 5 June 1625) was an English composer and keyboard player who was one of the last masters of the English Virginalist School and English Madrigal School. The best known member of a musical fam ...

and William Byrd.

1370–1450

1451–1500

* Robert Wilkinson (c. 1450 – after 1515), or ''Wylkynson'' * John Browne (fl. c. 1490), likely born 1453; major contributor to the Eton Choirbook * Robert Hacomplaynt (c. 1456 – 1528), also written as ''Hacomplayne'', ''Hacomblene''; has a single surviving work, a setting of ''Salve regina'', in the Eton Choirbook; a work known as Haycomplayne's Gaude, dated 1529, has been lost *

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(1464–1521), also spelled ''Fairfax'', ''Fairfaux'', ''Feyrefax'' *

Richard Davy Richard Davy (c. 1465–1507) was a Renaissance composer, organist and choirmaster, one of the most represented in the Eton Choirbook. Biography Little is known about the life of Richard Davy. His name was a common one in Devon and he may have ...

(c. 1465 – c. 1507), major contributor to the Eton Choirbook * William Cornysh the younger (c. 1468 – 1523), probably the son of William Cornysh the elder * Richard Sampson (c. 1470 – 1554) * Robert Cowper (c. 1474–1535/1540), also written as ''Cooper'' or ''Coupar''; represented by a work in the Gyffard partbooks and manuscript sources * Thomas Ashewell (c. 1478–after 1513), also spelled ''Ashwelle'', ''Asshwell'' * Hugh Aston (c. 1485 – 1558), also spelled ''Ashton'', ''Assheton'' *

Nicholas Ludford Nicholas Ludford (c. 1485 – 1557) was an English composer of the Tudor period. He is known for his festal masses, which are preserved in two early-16th-century choirbooks, the Caius Choirbook at Caius College, Cambridge, and the Lambeth Choir ...

(c. 1485 – 1557) * Edmund Sturton (fl. late 15th – early 16th century), presumably identical with the Sturton who composed the six-part ''Ave Maria ancilla Trinitatis'' in the

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, he contributed a ''Gaude virgo mater Christi'' to the Eton Choirbook, the six voices of which cover a fifteen-note range *

John Redford John Redford (c. 1500 - died October or November 1547) was a major English composer, organist, and dramatist of the Tudor period. From about 1525 he was organist at St Paul's Cathedral (succeeding Thomas Hickman). He was choirmaster there from 15 ...

(c. 1486 – 1547), one of the main contributors to The Mulliner Book * Thomas Appleby (c. 1488 – 1563) * John Taverner (c. 1490 – 1545) *

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(1491–1547) * Thomas Preston (died c. 1563), composed 12 ''Offertory'' settings for keyboard, including the popular ''Felix namque'', and an ''alternatim'' organ Mass for Easter, containing the only known sequence setting of the time; his keyboard writing is extremely virtuosic for the period

1501–1550

* Hyett (fl. before 1548), represented by a single work in the Gyffard partbooks * John Hake (fl. before 1548), represented by a single work in the Gyffard partbooks *

(c. 1505 – 1585) * Christopher Tye (c. 1505 – ? 1572) * John Merbecke (also Marbeck) (c. 1510 – c. 1585), produced the first musical setting for the English liturgy, publishing ''The Booke of Common Praier Noted'', 1549; surviving works include a ''Missa Per arma iustitie''; almost burnt as a heretic in 1543 * Osbert Parsley (1511–1585), also spelled ''Parsely''; wrote a set of ''Lamentations'' for Holy Week * John Sheppard (c. 1515 – 1559) *Edward Kyrton (fl. 1540 to 1550), Miserere for keyboard in a

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MS * John Black (c. 1520 – 1587) * Thomas Caustun (c. 1520/1525–1569), or ''Causton'' * John Blitheman (c. 1525 – 1591) *

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(1525–1566), also spelled ''Edwards'' *

Thomas Whythorne Thomas Whythorne (1528–1595) was an English composer who wrote what some consider to be the earliest known surviving autobiography in English. Early life and education Born in Somerset (Whythorne was a Somerset spelling of the surname "Whiteho ...

(1528–1595) * William Mundy (1529–1591), father of John Mundy; his output includes fine examples of both the large-scale Latin votive antiphon and the short English anthem, as well as Masses and Latin psalm settings; his style is vigorous and eloquent; represented in The Mulliner Book and in the Gyffard partbooks * Robert Parsons (c. 1535 – 1572), Latin music includes ''antiphons'', ''Credo quod redemptor'', ''Domine quis habitabit'', ''Magnificat'' and ''Jam Christus astra''; also three ''responds'' from the Office of the Dead, songs (including ''Pandolpho''), ''In nomine'' settings for ensemble, and a ''galliard'' * Robert White (1538–1574), also spelled ''Whyte'' *

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(1540–1590), also spelled ''Woodcoke'', ''Woodecock''; his ''Browning my dear'' is one of several pieces of the period based on a popular tune, also known as ''The leaves be green'' * William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623) *

Anthony Holborne Anthony ''AntonyHolborne ''Holburne(c. 1545 – 29 November 1602) was a composer of music for lute, cittern, and instrumental consort during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Life An "Anthony Holburne" entered Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1562, ...

(c. 1545 – 1602), also known as ''Olborner'' * John Johnson (c. 1545 – 1594) * Francis Cutting (1550-1595/1596)

1551–1570

* Edmund Hooper (c. 1553 – 1621), also spelled ''Hoop''; contributed to Michael East's ''psalter'' and William Leighton's ''Teares'', and wrote some intensely expressive anthems; has two keyboard pieces in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book *Elway Bevin (1554–1638), possibly Welsh *William Inglot (1554–1621), also spelled ''Inglott''; two keyboard pieces in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book; there is also an untitled keyboard piece by 'Englitt' in a MS in the British Museum * John Mundy (c. 1555 – 1630), son of William Mundy; published a volume of ''Songs and Psalms'' in 1594, contributed to the ''Triumphs of Oriana'', composed English and Latin sacred music, and is represented with five pieces in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book; his ''Goe from my window'' variations are a particularly fine example of the genre *Thomas Morley (1557/1558–1603) *Nathaniel Giles (c. 1558 – 1634), also spelled ''Gyles'' *Ferdinando Richardson (1558–1618), also known as ''Sir Ferdinando Heybourne''; there survives a keyboard ''Pavan'' and ''Galliard'', each with variation, in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book *Richard Carlton (1558–1638) *Richard Allison (composer), Richard Allison (c. 1560/1570–before 1610) *William Brade (1560–1630), active in Denmark and Germany *William Cobbold (composer), William Cobbold (1560–1639), organist at Norwich Cathedral (from 1594 to 1608); a single piece by him exists in Ravenscroft's 1621 collection *Peter Philips (1560–1628), exiled to Flanders *Thomas Robinson (composer), Thomas Robinson (1560–1610) *John Bull (composer), John Bull (1562–1628), exiled to the Netherlands * John Dowland (1563–1626) *Giles Farnaby (c. 1563 – 1640) *John Milton (composer), John Milton (c. 1563 – 1647), father of the poet John Milton; composed madrigals, one of which was printed in ''The Triumphs of Oriana'', as well as anthems, Psalm settings, a motet, and some consort music including a six-part In nomine *John Danyel (1564 – after 1625), also spelled ''Danyell''; brother of the poet Samuel Daniel (spellings of the names of the two brothers differ) *Michael Cavendish (c. 1565 – 1628) *John Farmer (1570–1605), John Farmer (c. 1565 – 1605) *George Kirbye (c. 1565 – 1634) * William Leighton (c. 1565 – 1622) *John Hilton (I), John Hilton (1565–1609), probably father of John Hilton (composer), John Hilton 'the younger' (1599–1657) *Francis Pilkington (c. 1565 – 1638), lutenist *Thomas Campion (1567–1620), also spelled ''Campian''; the only English composer to experiment with musique mesurée, and the first to imitate the Florentine monodists *Philip Rosseter (c. 1568 – 1623) *Tobias Hume (c. 1569 – 1645), responsible for the earliest known use of col legno in Western music *Nicholas Strogers (fl. 1560–1575), also spelled ''Strowger'', ''Strowgers''; three (probably four) keyboard pieces in a Christ Church, Oxford, manuscript, and a ''Fantasia'' in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (No. 89); an ''In nomine'' exists in a Bodleian manuscript *Thomas Bateson (c. 1570 – 1630) *John Cooper (composer), John Cooper (c. 1570 – 1626), also spelled ''Coperario'', ''Coprario'' *Benjamin Cosyn (c. 1570–1652 or later), also spelled ''Cosin'', ''Cosens''; compiler of the manuscript ''Cosyn's Virginal Book'' *William Tisdale (born c. 1570), also spelled ''Tisdall''

1571–1580

*Thomas Lupo (1571–1627), also known as ''Thomas Lupo The Elder''; composer of several works, but solid attribution of many works to him or another of his relatives is difficult *John Ward (composer), John Ward (1571–1638) *Edward Johnson (composer), Edward Johnson (1572–1601), contributed to Michael East's ''psalter'' and ''The Triumphs of Oriana'' and more *Daniel Bacheler (1572–1618) *Martin Peerson (1572–1650), may be the same person as ''Martin Pearson''; four keyboard pieces in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book; many works also published *Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656) *Ellis Gibbons (1573–1603), brother of

*John Wilbye (1574–1638) *John Bartlet (fl. 1606 to 1610) *John Bennet (composer), John Bennet (c. 1575 – after 1614) *John Coprario (c. 1575 – 1626) *Daniel Farrant (1575–1671) *Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger (c. 1575 – 1628), illegitimate son of Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder *William Simmes (c. 1575 – c. 1625) *John Holmes (composer), John Holmes (''fl.'' from 1599; died 1629) *Thomas Greaves (musician), Thomas Greaves (fl. 1604) *Thomas Weelkes (1576–1623) *John Maynard (composer), John Maynard (c. 1577 – between 1614 and 1633), primarily known from one published work, ''The XIII Wonders of the World'', published in London in 1611; It contains twelve songs, six duets for lute and viol, and seven pieces for lyra viol with optional bass viol *Robert Jones (composer), Robert Jones (1577–1617), published five volumes of simple and melodious lute songs, and one of madrigals *John Amner (1579–1641) * Michael East (c. 1580 – 1648), probably the son of Thomas East *Richard Dering (c. 1580 – 1630) *Thomas Ford (composer), Thomas Ford (c. 1580 – 1648) *Richard Nicholson (composer), Richard Nicholson (died 1639), composed English and Latin church music, and consort songs, in humorous rather than melancholy vein, and contributed to ''The Triumphs of Oriana'' *Thomas Vautor (born c. 1580/90), published a volume of five- and six-part madrigals in 1619; his best-known piece is ''Sweet Suffolk Owl'' *Henry Youll (born c. 1580/90), his ''Canzonets to Three Voyces'', although clearly the work of an amateur, have charm and individuality *George Handford (composer), George Handford (''fl.'' c. 1609), book of ''Ayresin'' MS bears a dedication to Prince Henry dated 1609, but was never published *John Lugg (1580 – 1647/1655), also spelled ''Lugge''; there survive nine plainsong settings, one hexachord, and three voluntaries for double organ in a Christ Church, Oxford, Christ Church autograph MS, among others

1581–1611

*Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1582 – c. 1633), published a book of psalms amongst others *Thomas Simpson (composer), Thomas Simpson (1582 – c. 1628), also spelled ''Sympson''; active in Denmark *

(1583–1625) *Robert Johnson (English composer), Robert Johnson (c. 1583 – 1633) *William Corkine (fl. 1610–1617) *John Adson (1587–1640) *Nicholas Lanier (1588–1666), also spelled ''Lanière'' *Walter Porter (c. 1588 – 1659), madrigalist; publications include instrumental toccatas, sinfonias and ritornellos as well as vocal pieces *Robert Ramsey (composer), Robert Ramsey (1590s–1644), composed mythological and biblical dialogues, such as ''Dives and Abraham'', ''Saul and the Witch of Endor'', and ''Orpheus and Pluto'' *Richard Mico (1590–1661), two 18th-century arrangements for viols of keyboard pavans in a MS in the

survive *Robert Dowland (1591–1641), son of John Dowland; only three works are definitely ascribed to him: two lute pieces in the 'Varietie of Lute Lessons' and one in the 'Margaret Board Lutebook' *John Jenkins (composer), John Jenkins (1592–1678) *Henry Lawes (1595–1662) *John Wilson (composer), John Wilson (1595–1674) *John Hilton the younger (1599–1657)

Scottish

*Robert Johnson (Scottish composer), Robert Johnson (c. 1470 – after 1554), active in England and Scotland *Robert Carver (composer), Robert Carver (1485–1570), wrote a mass on ''L'Homme armé'' (the only known by a British composer) and a nineteen-part ''O bone jesu'' *David Peebles (''fl.'' c. 1530–1579)

Irish

*Cormac Mac Dermott, Cormac Mac Diarmata (died 1618) *Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin, Ruaidrí Dáll Ó Catháin (c.1580–c.1653) *Nicholas Dáll Pierce (c.1561–1653)

Sources

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