Composers of the Baroque era, ordered by date of birth:

Transition from Renaissance to Baroque (born 1500–49)

Composers in the Renaissance/Baroque transitional era include the following (listed by their date of birth): *

Philippe de Monte Philippe de Monte (1521 – 4 July 1603), sometimes known as Philippus de Monte, was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance active all over Europe. He was a member of the 3rd generation madrigalists and wrote more madrigals than any other comp ...

(1521–1603) * Baldassare Donato (1525/1530–1603) * Costanzo Porta (1529–1601) * Jiří Rychnovský (1529–1616) * Guillaume Costeley (1530–1606) *

Fabritio Caroso Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta (1526/1535 – 1605/1620) was an Italian Renaissance dancing master and a composer or transcriber of dance music. His dance manual ''Il Ballarino'' was published in 1581, with a subsequent edition, significantly dif ...

(1530–1605/1620) * Mateo Flecha the Younger (1530–1604) * Gianmatteo Asola (1532–1609) *

Andrea Gabrieli Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1533Bryant, Grove online – August 30, 1585) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. The uncle of the somewhat more famous Giovanni Gabrieli, he was the first internationally renowned member of the V ...

(1532/1523–1585) *

Claudio Merulo Claudio Merulo (; 8 April 1533 – 4 May 1604) was an Italian composer, publisher and organist of the late Renaissance period, most famous for his innovative keyboard music and his ensemble music composed in the Venetian polychoral style. He wa ...

(1533–1604) * Francesco Soto de Langa (1534–1619) * Rocco Rodio (1535–after 1615) * Mikołaj Gomółka (1535–1609) * Cesare Negri (1535–1605) * Simone de Bonefont (1535 - ?) * Johannes Matelart (before 1538–1607) * Stefano Felis (1538–1603) *

William Byrd William Byrd (; 4 July 1623) was an English composer of late Renaissance music. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native England and those on the continent. He ...

(1540–1623) * Matthäus Waissel (1540–1602) * Giovanni Ferretti (1540–after 1609) * Tiburzio Massaino (1540–after 1608) * Hernando de Cabezón (1541–1602) * Gioseffo Guami (1542–1611) *

Giovanni Maria Nanino Giovanni Maria Nanino (also Nanini; 1543 or 1544 – 11 March 1607) was an Italian composer and teacher of the late Renaissance. He was a member of the Roman School of composers, and was the most influential music teacher in Rome in the late 16 ...

(1543/1544–1607) * Francesco Guami (1544–1602) * Anthony Holborne (1545–1602) *

Luzzasco Luzzaschi Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c. 1545 – 10 September 1607) was an Italian composer, organist, and teacher of the late Renaissance. He was born and died in Ferrara, and despite evidence of travels to Rome it is assumed that Luzzaschi spent the majority o ...

(1545–1607) * Jakub Polak (1545–1605) *

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 Gá ...

(1545–1606) * Manuel Mendes (1547–1605) *

Francesco Soriano Francesco Soriano (1548 or 1549, in Soriano nel Cimino – 19 July 1621, in Rome) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most skilled members of the Roman School in the first generation after Palestrina. Soriano was bo ...

(1548–1621) *

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 Ren ...

(1548–1611) * Eustache Du Caurroy (1549–1609) * Bernardo Clavijo del Castillo (1549–1626)

Early Baroque era composers (born 1550–99)

Composers of the Early Baroque era include the following figures listed by the probable or proven date of their birth: * Jacobus Gallus (1550–1591) *

Charles Tessier Charles Tessier (ca. 1550 – after 1604) was a French composer and lutenist.Lute Society journal: Volume 20 Lute Society (Great Britain) - 1978 THE LUTE AIRS OF CHARLES TESSIER. FRANK DOBBINS. Although no corroboration has been found for Fetis' ...

(1550–after 1604) * Thomas Mancinus (1550–1612) * Ippolito Baccusi (1550–1609) * Emilio de' Cavalieri (c. 1550–1602) * Cesario Gussago (1550–1612) *

Pomponio Nenna Pomponio Nenna (baptized 13 June 1556 – 25 July 1608) was a Neapolitan Italian composer of the Renaissance. He is mainly remembered for his madrigals, which were influenced by Gesualdo, and for his polychoral sacred motets, posthumously pu ...

(1550–1613) * Riccardo Rognoni (c. 1550–c. 1620) * David Sacerdote (1550–1625) * Ruggiero Trofeo (1550–1614) *

Orazio Vecchi Orazio Vecchi (6 December 1550 (baptized) in Modena – 19 February 1605) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance. He is most famous for his madrigal comedies, particularly ''L'Amfiparnaso''. Life He was born in Modena, an ...

(1550–1605) * Guillaume de Chastillon, sieur de La Tour (c. 1550–1610) * Tomasz Szadek (1550–1612) *

Krzysztof Klabon Krzysztof Klabon (c. 1550 – c. 1616) was a Polish Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He was one of the most renowned instrumentalists of his time in Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central ...

(1550–1616) * Gregory (Gregorius) Howet (Huwet) (1550–1617) * Pedro de Cristo (1550–1618) *

Vicente Espinel Vicente Gómez Martínez-Espinel (; 28 December 15504 February 1624) was a Spanish writer and musician of the Siglo de Oro. He is credited the creation of the modern poetic form of the ''décima'', composed of ten octameters, named '' espinela' ...

(1550–1624) * Juan Navarro (1550–1610) * Ambrosio Cotes (1550–1603) *

Sebastián Raval Sebastián Raval (c. 15501604) was a Spanish composer of vocal and instrumental music. Born in Cartagena, Spain, Cartagena, he served as a soldier of the Spanish army, Army of Flanders in Flanders and Sicily. He joined the order of St. John of Jer ...

(1550–1604) * Jan Trojan Turnovský (1550–1606) * Pavel Spongopaeus Jistebnický (1550–1619) *

Giulio Caccini Giulio Romolo Caccini (also Giulio Romano) (8 October 1551 – buried 10 December 1618) was an Italian composer, teacher, singer, instrumentalist and writer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the founders of the genre o ...

(1551–1618) *

Benedetto Pallavicino Benedetto Pallavicino (c. 1551 – 26 November 1601) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. A prolific composer of madrigals, he was resident at the Gonzaga court of Mantua in the 1590s, where he was a close associate of Gia ...

(1551–1601) * Girolamo Belli (1552–1620) * Edmund Hooper (1553–1621) * 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 la ...

(1553–1606) * Elway Bevin (1554–1638) * William Inglot (1554–1621) *

Emmanuel Adriaenssen Emmanuel Adriaenssen (also ''Adriaensen'', ''Adriansen'', ''Hadrianus'', ''Hadrianius''; c. 1554 in Antwerp – buried 27 February 1604 in Antwerp) was a Flemish lutenist, composer and master of music.Cosimo Bottegari (1554–1620) *

Girolamo Diruta Girolamo Diruta (c. 1546 – 1624 or 1625) was an Italian organist, music theorist, and composer. He was famous as a teacher, for his treatise ''Il Transilvano'' (Venice, 1st part 1593; 2nd part 1609-10) on counterpoint, and for his part in t ...

(1554-after 1610) * Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (1554–1609) *

Giovanni Gabrieli Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557 – 12 August 1612) was an Italian composer and organist. He was one of the most influential musicians of his time, and represents the culmination of the style of the Venetian School, at the time of the shift f ...

(c. 1554/1557–1612) * Jacques Champion, ''Sieur de la Chapelle'' (before 1555–1642) * John Mundy (1555–1630) * Gabriele Villani (1555–1625) * Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (c. 1555–c. 1635) * Paolo Quagliati (c. 1555–1628) * Alonso Lobo (1555–1617) * Johannes Nucius (c. 1556–1620) *

Thomas Morley Thomas Morley (1557 – early October 1602) was an English composer, theorist, singer and organist of the Renaissance. He was one of the foremost members of the English Madrigal School. Referring to the strong Italian influence on the Engl ...

(1557–1602) * Carolus Luython (1557–1620) *

Jacques Mauduit Jacques Mauduit (16 September 1557 – 21 August 1627) was a French composer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most innovative French composers of the late 16th century, combining voices and instruments in new ways, and importing som ...

(1557–1627) *

Giovanni Croce Giovanni Croce (; also Ioanne a Cruce Clodiensis, Zuanne Chiozotto; 1557 – 15 May 1609) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance, of the Venetian School. He was particularly prominent as a madrigalist, one of the few among the Venetian ...

(c. 1557–1609) * Alfonso Fontanelli (1557–1622) *

Wojciech Długoraj Wojciech Długoraj (c. 1557 - after 1619), also called Wiecesław Długoraj, Adalbert Długoraj and Gostinensis, was a Polish Renaissance composer and lutenist. Biography His birthplace is unknown, with Polish Gostyń and Ukrainian Gostynets ...

(1557–after 1619) *

Nathaniel Giles Nathaniel Giles (1558 – 1633 or 1634) was an English Renaissance organist and composer. He was the organist for Worcester Cathedral and wrote Anglican anthems. While Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal he took over Blackfriars Theatre in ...

(1558–1634) * Matthew Jeffries (1558–1615) * Ferdinando Richardson (1558–1618) *

Richard Carlton Richard Carlton (c. 1558 – c. 1638) was an English composer and vicar. He is known mainly for his madrigals and was a contemporary of John Wilbye. Life and career Born c. 1558, Richard Carlton graduated from Clare College, Cambridge in ...

(1558–1638) * Philippus Schoendorff (1558–1617) *

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 (1558/1559–1622) * Richard Allison (1560/1570–before 1610) *

Felice Anerio Felice Anerio (26 or 27 September 1614) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, and a member of the Roman School of composers. He was the older brother of another important, and somewhat more progressive composer ...

(1560–1614) * Giulio Belli (c. 1560–1621 or later) * William Brade (1560–1630) * Abraham Blondet (1560–1634) * William Cobbold (1560–1639) * Nicolas Gistou (1560-1609) * James Harding (1560–1626) *

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 with ...

(c. 1560/1565–1618) * Camillo Lambardi (c. 1560–1634

* Giovanni Bernardino Nanino (c. 1560–1623) *

Peter Philips Peter Philips (also ''Phillipps'', ''Phillips'', ''Pierre Philippe'', ''Pietro Philippi'', ''Petrus Philippus''; ''c.''1560–1628) was an eminent English composer, organist, and Catholic priest exiled to Flanders. He was one of the greatest ke ...

(c. 1560–1628) * Hieronymus Praetorius (1560–1629) * August Nörmiger (1560–1613) * Thomas Robinson (1560–1610) * Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 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 ...

(1560–1635) * Carlo Gesualdo (1560–1613) *

Ruggiero Giovannelli Ruggiero Giovannelli (c. 1560 – 7 January 1625) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was a member of the Roman School, and succeeded Palestrina at St. Peter's. Life He was born in Velletri, near Rom ...

(c. 1560–1625) * Antonio II Verso (1560–1621) *

Leone Leoni :''For the early 17th-century composer, see Leone Leoni (composer)''. Leone Leoni (ca. 1509 – 22 July 1590) was an Italian sculptor of international outlook who travelled in Italy, Germany, Austria, France, Spain and the Netherlands. Leoni is r ...

(1560–1627) * Petrus de Drusina (1560–1611) * Juan Esquivel Barahona (1560–after 1625) * Elias Mertel (1561–1626) * Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia (1561–1627) *

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, or ''Francesco Sponga'' (1561–1641) *

John Bull John Bull is a national personification of the United Kingdom in general and England in particular, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works. He is usually depicted as a stout, middle-aged, country-dwelling, jolly and matter- ...

(1562–1628) *

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ( ; April or May, 1562 – 16 October 1621) was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard compo ...

(1562–1621) *

Andreas Raselius Andreas Raselius, also known as Andreas Rasel (c. 1563 – 6 January 1602) was a German composer and ''kapellmeister'' during the Renaissance. He worked for much of his career as a teacher and cantor in Regensburg, before being appointed as the cour ...

(1562–1602) * Jean Titelouze (1562/1563–1633) *

John Dowland John Dowland (c. 1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep", " Come again", "Flow my tears", " I saw my Lady weepe", ...

(1563–1626) *

Giles Farnaby Giles Farnaby (c. 1563 – November 1640) was an English composer and virginalist whose music spans the Transition from Renaissance to Baroque in instrumental music, transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque period. Life Giles Farnaby was ...

(c. 1563–1640) * John Milton (1563–1647) * Cornelis Verdonck (1563–1625) * John Danyel (1564–1626) *

Hans Leo Hassler Hans Leo Hassler (in German, Hans Leo Haßler) (baptized 26 October 1564 – 8 June 1612) was a German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, elder brother of less known composer Jakob Hassler. He was born in Nür ...

(1564–1612) *

Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic Kryštof is a Czech name, equivalent to English Christopher. It may refer to: *Jakub Kryštof Rad (1799–1871), Swiss-born Czech entrepreneur who invented the sugar cubes in 1841 as director of a sugar factory in Dačice, Moravia *Kryštof Harant ...

(1564–1621) * Giulio Cesare Martinengo (1564/1568–1613) * John Hilton (1565–1609?) *

Michael Cavendish Michael Cavendish (c. 1565 – 1628) was an English composer of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. A grandson of the writer George Cavendish and second cousin to Arabella Stuart, he spent much time at court and was for a time composer t ...

(1565–1628) * John Farmer (1565–1605) * George Kirbye (1565–1634) * William Leighton (1565–1622) * Leonard Woodson (1565–1641) * Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565–1628) * Duarte Lobo (c. 1565–1646) * Erasmo Marotta (1565–1641) * Ascanio Mayone (c. 1565–1627) * Giovanni Pietro Flaccomio (1565–1617) * Simone Molinaro (1565–1615) * Francis Pilkington (c. 1565–1638) * Manuel Cardoso (1566–1650) *

Gaspar Fernandes Gaspar Fernandes (sometimes written ''Gaspar Fernández'', the Spanish version of his name) (1566–1629) was a Portuguese-Mexican composer and organist active in the cathedrals of Santiago de Guatemala (present-day Antigua Guatemala) and Puebla de ...

, or ''Fernández'' (1566–1629) * Alessandro Piccinini (1566–1638) * Lucia Quinciani (born c. 1566; ''fl.'' 1611) *

Thomas Campion Thomas Campion (sometimes spelled Campian; 12 February 1567 – 1 March 1620) was an English composer, poet, and physician. He was born in London, educated at Cambridge, studied law in Gray's inn. He wrote over a hundred lute songs, masques ...

(1567–1620) * Christoph Demantius (1567–1643) *

Jean-Baptiste Besard Jean-Baptiste Besard (c.1567 – c.1625) was a bisontin lutenist, composer and anthologist who lived and worked in the Holy Roman Empire.Julia Sutton: ''The Lute Instructions of Jean-Baptiste Besard'', in: ''The Musical Quarterly'' vol. 51, no. 2 ...

(1567–1625) * Nicolas Formé (1567–1638) * Girolamo Giacobbi (1567–1629) * Joachim van den Hove (c. 1567–1620) *

René Mesangeau René Mésangeau (or Mézangeau, Mesangio, Mésengeot, Mesengé, Meziniot, Meschanson, Mesangior, Mazagau, Merengeau, Messangior, Mezanio, and Mezengau) (fl. 15671638) was a French composer and lutenist. He is considered to be one of the finest lute ...

(''fl.'' 1567–1638) * Lorenzo Allegri (1567–1648) * Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) *

Bartolomeo Barbarino Bartolomeo Barbarino (known as "il Pesarino") (c. 1568c. 1617 or later) was an Italian composer and singer of the early Baroque era. He was a virtuoso falsettist, and one of the most enthusiastic composers of the new style of monody. Life Nothin ...

(c. 1568–1617 or later) *

Philip Rosseter Philip Rosseter (1568 – 5 May 1623) was an English composer and musician, as well as a theatrical manager. His family seems to have been from Somerset or Lincolnshire, he may have been employed with the Countess of Sussex by 1596, and he was l ...

(1568–1623) *

Adriano Banchieri Adriano Banchieri (Bologna, 3 September 1568 – Bologna, 1634) was an Italian composer, music theorist, organist and poet of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He founded the Accademia dei Floridi in Bologna. Biography He was bo ...

(1568–1634) * Christian Erbach (c. 1568–1635) * Joan Baptista Comes (1568–1643) * Edward Gibbons (1568–1650) *

Richard Gibbs Richard "Ribbs" Gibbs (born December 5, 1955) is an American film composer and music producer whose credits include '' Dr. Dolittle'', ''Big Momma's House'', '' Queen of the Damned'', the television series '' Battlestar Galactica'' and the fir ...

(1568–1650) *

Giovanni Francesco Anerio Giovanni Francesco Anerio (7 July 1569 - 11 June 1630) was an Italian composer of the Roman School, of the very late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was the younger brother of Felice Anerio. Giovanni's principal importance in music histor ...

(1569–1630) *

Tobias Hume Tobias Hume (possibly 1579 – 16 April 1645) was a Scottish composer, viol player and soldier. Little is known of his life. Some have suggested that he was born in 1579 because he was admitted to the London Charterhouse in 1629, a prerequisit ...

(1569–1645) * Ottavio Vernizzi (1569–1649) *

Orazio Bassani Orazio Bassani (Cento, Ferrara before 1570 - Parma 1615), also known as "Orazio della Viola", was an Italian viola-da-gambist. He was celebrated for his instrumental embellishments of madrigals, a few of which survive in manuscript sources. He wa ...

, "''Orazio della Viola''" (before 1570–1615) *

Thomas Bateson Thomas Bateson, ''Batson'' or ''Betson'' (c. 15701630) was an Anglo-Irish writer of madrigals in the early 17th century. Life He is said to have been organist of Chester Cathedral Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the ...

(1570–1630) * Benjamin Cosyn (1570–1652 or later) * Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570–1622) * Peeter Cornet (c. 1570/1580–1633) *

Pierre Guédron Pierre Guédron (c. 1570 in Châteaudun – c. 1620 in Paris), was a French singer and composer known for writing ''Airs de cour'' (including ''Cessés mortels de soupirer''). Guédron's ''Est-ce Mars'' (1613) was especially popular and is known i ...

(c. 1570–c. 1620) * Paul Peuerl (1570–1625) * Joan Pau Pujol (1570–1626) *

Salamone Rossi Salamone Rossi or Salomone Rossi ( he, סלומונה רוסי or שלמה מן האדומים) (Salamon, Schlomo; de' Rossi) (ca. 1570 – 1630) was an Italian Jewish violinist and composer. He was a transitional figure between the late Ita ...

(c. 1570–1630) * Girolamo Bartei (c. 1570–c. 1618) * Claudia Sessa (c. 1570–c. 1617/1619) * Giovanni Battista Fontana (c. 1571–c. 1630) * Thomas Lupo (1571–1627) * Filipe de Magalhães (c. 1571–1652) * Giovanni Picchi (1571–1643) *

Michael Praetorius Michael Praetorius (probably 28 September 1571 – 15 February 1621) was a German composer, organist, and music theorist. He was one of the most versatile composers of his age, being particularly significant in the development of musical forms ba ...

(c. 1571–1621) * John Ward (1571–1638) * Edward Johnson (1572–1601) * Daniel Bacheler (1572–1619) * Melchior Borchgrevinck (1572-1632) * Martin Peerson (1572–1651) *

Thomas Tomkins Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 9 June 1656) was a Welsh-born composer of the late Tudor and early Stuart period. In addition to being one of the prominent members of the English Madrigal School, he was a skilled composer of keyboard and consort mus ...

(1572–1656) * Moritz von Hessen-Kassel (1572–1632) * Erasmus Widmann (1572–1634) * Salvatore Sacco (1572–1622) * Ellis Gibbons (1573–1603) * Géry de Ghersem (1573/1575–1630) * Cesarina Ricci ''de Tingoli'' (born c. 1573, ''fl.'' 1597) * Claudio Pari (1574–after 1619) *

Francesco Rasi Francesco Rasi (14 May 1574 – 30 November 1621) was an Italian composer, singer (tenor), chitarrone player, and poet. Rasi was born in Arezzo. He studied at the University of Pisa and in 1594 he was studying with Giulio Caccini. He may have bee ...

(1574–1621) * Gabriel Bataille (1574–1630) *

John Wilbye John Wilbye (baptized 7 March 1574September 1638) was an English madrigal composer. Early life and education The son of a tanner, he was born at Brome, Suffolk, England. (Brome is near Diss.) Career Wilbye received the patronage of the Cornwa ...

(1574–1638) * Andreas Hakenberger (1574–1627) * John Bennet (1575–after 1614) * Vittoria Aleotti (c. 1575–after 1620) * Abundio Antonelli (c. 1575?–c. 1629) *

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 archaeology o ...

(c. 1575–1645) * Estêvão de Brito (1575–1641) * John Coprario, or ''John Cooper'' (c. 1575–1626) *

Ignazio Donati Ignazio Donati (c. 1570 – 21 January 1638) was an Italian composer of the early Baroque era. He was one of the pioneers of the style of the concertato motet. Biography Ignazio Donati was born in Casalmaggiore (now in the Province of Cremona ...

(c. 1575–1638) * Daniel Farrant (c. 1575–1651) * Alfonso Ferrabosco ''the younger'' (c. 1575–1628) * Michelagnolo Galilei (1575–1631) *

Ennemond Gaultier Ennemond Gaultier (Gaultier le Vieux, Gaultier de Lyon; also spelled ''Gautier'' or ''Gauthier'') (c. 157517 December 1651) was a French lutenist and composer. He was one of the masters of the 17th century French lute school. Gaultier was born i ...

, ''le Vieux Gaultier'' (1575–1651) * (c. 1575–1627?) * Léonard de Hodémont (c. 1575–1639) * Esteban López Morago, or ''Estêvão Lopes Morago'' (c. 1575–after 1630) * Giovanni Priuli (c. 1575–1626) * Mateo Romero, or ''Mathieu Rosmarin'' (c. 1575–1647) * William Simmes (c. 1575–c. 1625) * Giovanni Maria Trabaci (c. 1575–1647) *

Thomas Weelkes Thomas Weelkes (baptised 25 October 1576 – 30 November 1623) was an English composer and organist. He became organist of Winchester College in 1598, moving to Chichester Cathedral. His works are chiefly vocal, and include madrigals, anth ...

(1576–1623) * John Maynard (1577–between 1614 and 1633) * Robert Jones (1577–1617) * Stefano Bernardi (c. 1577–1637) * Antonio Brunelli (1577–1630) * Sulpitia Cesis (b. 1577; ''fl.'' 1619) *

Agostino Agazzari Agostino Agazzari (2 December 1578 – 10 April 1640) was an Italian composer and music theorist. Life Agazzari was born in Siena to an aristocratic family. After working in Rome, as a teacher at the Roman College, he returned to Siena in 1607, b ...

(1578–1640) * John Amner (1579–1641) *

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 ...

(c. 1579–1639) * Adriana Basile (c. 1580–c. 1640) * Domenico Brunetti (c. 1580–1646) * Andrea Cima, or ''Giovanni Andrea Cima'' (c. 1580–after 1627) * Jacques Cordier (c. 1580–before 1655) * Richard Dering (c. 1580–1630) * Michael East (1580–1648) * Thomas Ford (c. 1580–1648) * Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger, or ''Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger'' (c. 1580–1651) * John Lugg (1580–1647/1655) * Hans Nielsen (1580-1626) * François Richard (1580–1650) *

Johann Stobäus Johann Stobäus (6 July 158011 September 1646) was a North German composer and lutenist. Life Stobäus was born at Graudenz, now in Poland. From 1599 to 1608 he was a pupil of Johannes Eccard, the Kapellmeister of Königsberg. In 1601 he jo ...

(1580–1646) *

Vincenzo Ugolini Vincenzo Ugolini (1 November 1578; 6 May 1638) was an Italian composer of the early Baroque era and of the Roman School. Life Born in Perugia, he was first a ''puer chori'' (boy soprano) at San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome under Giovanni Bernardi ...

(c. 1580–1638) * Bellerofonte Castaldi (c. 1581–1649) * Johannes Jeep (1581/1582–1644) *

Johann Staden Johann Staden (baptized 2 July 1581 – 15 November 1634) was a German Baroque organist and composer. He is best known for establishing the so-called ''Nuremberg School''. Life He was the son of Hans Staden and Elisabeth Löbelle. The exact ...

(1581–1634) *

Gregorio Allegri Gregorio Allegri (17 February 1652) was a Roman Catholic priest and Italian composer of the Roman School and brother of Domenico Allegri; he was also a singer. He was born"Allegri, Gregorio" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newne ...

(1582–1652) *

Severo Bonini Severo Bonini (23 December 1582 – 5 December 1663) was an Italian composer, organist, and writer on music. He was born in Florence and became a Benedictine monk. He studied singing with Giulio Caccini. He served as organist in Forlì from 1613 ...

(1582–1663) *

Marco da Gagliano Marco da Gagliano (1 May 1582 – 25 February 1643) was an Italian composer of the early Baroque era. He was important in the early history of opera and the development of the solo and concerted madrigal. Life He was born in Florence and li ...

(1582–1643) *

Sigismondo d'India Sigismondo d'India (c. 1582 – before 19 April 1629) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the most accomplished contemporaries of Monteverdi, and wrote music in many of the same forms as the more ...

(c. 1582–1629) *

Thomas Ravenscroft Thomas Ravenscroft ( – 1635) was an English musician, theorist and editor, notable as a composer of rounds and catches, and especially for compiling collections of British folk music. Little is known of Ravenscroft's early life. He pro ...

(c. 1582–c. 1635) *

Thomas Simpson Thomas Simpson FRS (20 August 1710 – 14 May 1761) was a British mathematician and inventor known for the eponymous Simpson's rule to approximate definite integrals. The attribution, as often in mathematics, can be debated: this rule had been ...

(1582–1628) *

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 ...

(c. 1582–1649) * Paolo Agostino, or ''Agostini'' (c. 1583–1629) *

Girolamo Frescobaldi Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi (; also Gerolamo, Girolimo, and Geronimo Alissandro; September 15831 March 1643) was an Italian composer and virtuoso keyboard player. Born in the Duchy of Ferrara, he was one of the most important composers of k ...

(1583–1643) *

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 fami ...

(1583–1625) *

Robert Johnson Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generati ...

(c. 1583–1634) *

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 ...

(1583–1642) * Mogens Pedersøn (c. 1583–1623) *

Nicolas Vallet Nicolas Vallet (also ''Valet''; c. 1583 – c. 1642) was a French lutenist and composer who emigrated to the Dutch Republic. Vallet, a Huguenot, was born at Corbeny, Aisne, but fled around 1613 from France to the Netherlands for unknown reasons. I ...

(c. 1583–c. 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 1598, ...

(1584–1640) * Antonio Cifra (1584–1629) * Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584–1654) * Daniel Friderici (1584–1638) * (c. 1584–1671) * Domenico Allegri (1585–1629) * Antoine Boësset, ''Sieur de Villedieu'' (1586–1643) * Jean de Bournonville (1585–1632) * Louis Constantin (c. 1585–1657) * Nicolò Corradini (c. 1585–1646) * Andrea Falconieri (1585–1656) * Johann Grabbe (1585–1655) *

Alessandro Grandi Alessandro Grandi (1590 – after June 1630, but in that year) was a northern Italian composer of the early Baroque era, writing in the new concertato style. He was one of the most inventive, influential, and popular composers of the time, proba ...

(1586–1630) * Peter Hasse (c. 1585–1640) *

Stefano Landi Stefano Landi (baptized 26 February 1587 – 28 October 1639) was an Italian composer and teacher of the early Baroque Roman School. He was an influential early composer of opera, and wrote the earliest opera on a historical subject: '' Il ...

(1586–1639) * Nicolas Signac (1585–1645) *

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as one of the most important composers of the 17th century. He ...

(1585–1672) * Francesco Rognoni (1585–after 1626) * Jacob Praetorius (1586–1651) * Claudio Saracini (1586–1630) * Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630) *

Paul Siefert Paul Siefert (variants: Syfert, Sivert, Sibert; 23 May 1586 – 6 May 1666) was a German composer and organist associated with the North German school. Biography He was born in Danzig (Gdańsk), Royal Prussia (a fief of the Crown of Poland) to ...

(1586–1666) * John Adson (c. 1587–1640) * Francesca Caccini (1587–c. 1640) * Ivan Lukačić (c. 1587–1648) *

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 Sw ...

(1587–1654) * Guillaume Bouzignac (1587–1643) * Charles d'Ambleville (1588–1637) * Walter Porter (1588–1659) * (1588–1671) * Johann Andreas Herbst (1588–1666) * Nicholas Lanier (1588–1666) * Marin Mersenne (1588–1648) * John Tomkins (1589–1638) * Guilielmus Messaus (1589–1640) * Francesco Turini (1589–1656) *

Caterina Assandra Caterina Assandra (c. 1590 – after 1618) was an Italian composer and Benedictine nun. In her surviving motet book, ''Motetti a due a tre voci op.2'', Assandra alludes to her birthplace being in the Province of Pavia. She became famous as an orga ...

(c. 1590–after 1618) * Artus Aux-Cousteaux (c. 1590–1656) * Giovanni Pietro Berti (c. 1590?–1638) * Hans Brachrogge (c. 1590-c. 1638) * Dario Castello (c. 1590–c. 1658) *

Giovanni Martino Cesare Giovanni Martino Cesare (c. 1590 in Udine – 6 February 1667 in Munich) was a composer and cornett player.A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music - Page 108 Stewart Carter, Jeffery Kite-Powell - 2012 "At the Bavarian court in Munich, ...

(c. 1590–1667) * Andreas Chyliński, or ''Andrzej Chyliński'' (c. 1590–after 1635) * Jacob van Eyck (c. 1590–1657) * Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c. 1590–1664) * Adam Jarzębski (c. 1590–c. 1648) * Manuel Machado (c. 1590–1646) * Carlo Milanuzzi (c. 1590–c. 1647) * Johann Schop (c. 1590–1667) * Johannes Thesselius (c. 1590?–1643) *

Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (also "Lucretia") (3 July 1590 – 7 May 1662) was an Italian singer, organist, and composer. She entered the Camaldolese convent of S Christina in Bologna in 1598. She was taught by her aunt, Camilla Bombacci, who was the ...

(1590–1662) * Robert Ramsey (1590s–1644) *

Richard Mico Richard Mico (also Micoe, Micho, Meco, Myco; 1590–1661) was an English composer. He was born in Taunton, Somerset, the eldest of three sons of Walter Mico.John Bennett & Pamela Willetts: "Richard Mico", ''Chelys'', Vol. 7, 1977 The family, ...

(1590–1661) * Nicolò Borbone, or ''Borboni'' (c. 1591–1641) *

Settimia Caccini Settimia Caccini (6 October 1591 – , Italy) was a well-known Italian singer and composer during the 1600s, being one of the first women to have a successful career in music. Caccini was highly regarded for her artistic and technical work with mu ...

(1591–1638?) *

Robert Dowland Robert Dowland (c. 15911641) was an English lutenist and composer. He was the son of the lutenist and composer John Dowland, who wrote almost 90 lute songs and other pieces written for the lute. Robert Dowland wrote only a few known compositions, ...

(c. 1591–1641) * Isaac Posch (1591?–c. 1623) * Cornelis Padbrué (c. 1592–1670) * Jacques Gaultier (1592–1652) * Paul Auget (1592–1660) * John Jenkins (1592–1678) *

Domenico Mazzocchi Domenico Mazzocchi (baptised 1592 in Civita Castellana21 January 1665 in Veja) was an Italian Baroque composer of only vocal music, of the generation after Claudio Monteverdi. He was a learned Roman lawyer, studied music with Giovanni Maria Nanin ...

(1592–1665) * Melchior Schildt (1592/1593–1667) *

Truid Aagesen Truid Aagesen ( fl. 1593–1625) was a Danish composer and organist. His only known published music is a set of secular ''Cantiones'' for three voices which were published in Hamburg in 1608 under his Latinized name, Theodoricus Sistinus. He was al ...

(1593-1625) * Claudia Rusca (1593–1676) *

Gottfried Scheidt Gottfried Scheidt (20 September 1593 – 3 June 1661) was a German composer and organist. Born in Halle, he moved to Amsterdam in 1611 to study with Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, returning home in 1615 to further study with his older brother Samuel ...

(1593–1661) * Johann Ulrich Steigleder (1593–1635) * Nicolas Le Vasseur (1593–1658) * Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern (1594–1648) * Francesco Manelli (1594–1667) *

Biagio Marini Biagio Marini (5 February 1594 – 20 March 1663) was an Italian virtuoso violinist and composer in the first half of the seventeenth century. Marini was born in Brescia. He may have studied with his uncle Giacinto Bondioli. His works were p ...

(1594–1663) * Orazio Michi, "''Orazio dell'Arpa''" (c. 1594–1641) * Tarquinio Merula (1594/1595–1665) * Antonio Maria Abbatini (c. 1595–1680) * Giovanni Battista Buonamente (c. 1595–1642) * Henry Lawes (1595–1662) * John Okeover, or ''Oker'' (c. 1595–1663) * Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde (c. 1595–after 1638) * Heinrich Scheidemann (c. 1595–1663) * John Wilson (1595–1674) *

Constantijn Huygens Sir Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem ( , , ; 4 September 159628 March 1687), was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was also secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Ch ...

(1596–1687) *

Giovanni Rovetta Giovanni Rovetta (c. 1595/97–1668) was an Italian Baroque composer and ''maestro di capella'' of the Capella Marciana at St Mark's Basilica, Venice between Monteverdi and Cavalli. He may have been a choirboy at St. Mark's, where his father p ...

(c. 1596–1668) * Andreas Düben (1597–1662) * Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597–1646) * Charles Racquet (1597–1664) * Luigi Rossi (c. 1597–1653) *

Johann Crüger Johann Crüger (9 April 1598 – 23 February 1662) was a German composer of well-known hymns. He was also the editor of the most widely used Lutheran hymnal of the 17th century, '' Praxis pietatis melica''. Early life and education Crüger was b ...

(1598–1662) * Giovanni Battista Fasolo (c. 1598–c. 1664) * Pierre Gaultier ''d'Orleans'' (1599–1681) * John Hilton the younger (c. 1599–1657) * Étienne Moulinié (1599–1676) *

Thomas Selle Thomas Selle (23 March 1599 – 2 July 1663) was a seventeenth-century German baroque composer. Life There is practically no reliable information about the early years of Thomas Selle. Between his birth in 1599 and his matriculation in the U ...

(1599–1663) * John Marchant (died 1611) * Richard Martin (fl. c. 1610) *

Girolamo Dalla Casa __NOTOC__ Girolamo Dalla Casa (also known as Hieronymo de Udene, died 1601) was an Italian composer, instrumentalist, and writer of the late Renaissance. He was a member of the Venetian School, and was perhaps more famous and influential as a p ...

(fl. from 1568; d. 1601) * William Tisdale (born 1570) * Henry Lichfild (died 1613) * John Bartlet (fl. 1606–1610) * Thomas Greaves (fl. 1604) * Richard Sumarte (d. after 1630) * Richard Nicholson (died 1639) * Jean Boyer (15??–1648) * Thomas Vautor (1580/1590–?) * Henry Youll (1580/1590–?) * George Handford (fl. c. 1609) * Robert Tailour (fl. 1615) * Charles Coleman (died 1646) * William Corkine (fl. 1610–1617) *

Juan Arañés Juan Arañés (died c. 1649) was a Spanish baroque composer. His tonos and villancicos follow the style of those preserved in the Cancionero of Kraków. Biography Arañés was born in Aragon, at an unknown date. After studies in Alcalá de Henar ...

(fl. 1624–49; d. c. 1649) * Giovanni Battista Grillo (died 1622) * Marcantonio Negri (died 1624) *

Giovanni Battista Riccio Giovanni Battista Riccio (''Giambattista Riccio'') (late 16th centuryafter 1621) was a musician and composer of the early Baroque era, resident in Venice, most notable for his development of instrumental forms, particularly utilizing the recorder. ...

(''fl.'' 1609–1621) * Giuseppe Scarani (''fl.'' 1628–1641) * Adam z Wągrowca (died 1629) * Mikołaj Zieleński (''fl.'' 1611)

Middle Baroque era composers (born 1600–49)

Composers of the Middle Baroque era include the following figures listed by the date of their birth: * Mlle Bocquet (early 17th century–after 1660) *

Alessandro Poglietti Alessandro Poglietti (early 17th century – July 1683) was a Baroque organist and composer of unknown origin. In the second half of the 17th century Poglietti settled in Vienna, where he attained an extremely high reputation, becoming one of ...

(early 17th century–1683) * François de La Roche (?–1677) * François de Chancy (?–1656) * Henry Frémart (16..–1651) * Jean Veillot (16..–1662) * Pierre Méliton (16? – 1684) * Antonio de Jesús (????–1682) * Demachy ou le Sieur De Machy (16? – 1692) * Manuel Correia (c. 1600–1653) * Giuseppe Giamberti (c.1600 – c. 1663) * Bonaventura Rubino (c. 1600–1668) * (c. 1600–1675) * Simon Ives (1600–1662) * Nicolaus à Kempis (c. 1600–1676) *

Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic Adam Michna z Otradovic, or also Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic – literally ''Adam Michna of Otradovice'' – ( 1600 – 2 November 1676, Jindřichův Hradec) was a Czech Catholic poet, composer, hymn writer, organist and choir leader of th ...

(c. 1600–1676) *

Marcin Mielczewski Marcin Mielczewski (c. 1600 – September 1651) was, together with his tutor Franciszek Lilius and Bartłomiej Pękiel, among the most notable Polish composers in the 17th century. By 1632 he was a composer and musician in the royal chapel in Wars ...

(c. 1600–1651) *

Carlos Patiño Carlos Patiño ( Cuenca 1600Madrid 5 September 1675) was a Spanish Baroque composer. Patiño was a choirboy at Seville Cathedral where he studied with Alonso Lobo. He married in 1622 but his wife's death in 1625 led to his entry into the priesth ...

(1600–1675) * (c. 1600–c. 1648) * Giovanni Felice Sances (c. 1600–1679) * Marco Scacchi (c. 1600–1662) * Delphin Strungk (1600/1601–1694) *

Louis XIII Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...

(1601–1643) *

Michelangelo Rossi Michelangelo Rossi (Michel Angelo del Violino) (ca. 1601/1602 – 1656) was an important Italian composer, violinist and organist of the Baroque era. Rossi was born in Genoa, where he studied with his uncle, Lelio Rossi organist (from 1601 t ...

(c. 1601–1656) * Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy (1601–1675) * Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (1601/1602–1672) * Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676) * Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–c. 1678) * William Lawes (1602–1645) * Marco Marazzoli (c. 1602–1662) *

Christopher Simpson Christopher Simpson (1602/1606–1669) was an English musician and composer, particularly associated with music for the viola da gamba. Life Simpson was born between 1602 and 1606, probably at Egton, North Yorkshire. He was the eldest so ...

(c. 1602/1606–1669) * (1602–1677) * Benedetto Ferrari (c. 1603?–1681) * Francesco Foggia (1603–1688) * Denis Gaultier, ''Gaultier le jeune'' (1603–1672) *

John IV of Portugal John IV ( pt, João, ; 19 March 1604 – 6 November 1656), nicknamed John the Restorer ( pt, João, o Restaurador), was the King of Portugal whose reign, lasting from 1640 until his death, began the Portuguese restoration of independence from H ...

(1603–1656) * Caspar Kittel (1603–1639) * Natale Monferrato (c. 1603–1685) * Diego Pontac (1603–1654) * Marco Uccellini (1603/1610–1680) *

Heinrich Albert Heinrich Friedrich Albert (12 February 1874 to 1 November 1960) was a German civil servant, diplomat, politician, businessman and lawyer who served as minister for reconstruction and the Treasury in the government of Wilhelm Cuno in 1922/1923. ...

(1604–1651) * François Dufault (1604–1670) * Bonifazio Graziani (1604/1605–1664) * Charles d'Assoucy (1605–1677) * Orazio Benevoli (1605–1672) * Antonio Bertali (1605–1669) * Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674) * Francesco Sacrati (1605–1650) * Johann Vierdanck (c. 1605–1646) * Jean de Cambefort (1605–1661) * Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy (1605–1677) * William Child (1606–1697) * Michel de La Guerre (c. 1606–1679) * (1606–1677) *

Urbán de Vargas Urbán de Vargas (1606–1656) was a Spanish baroque composer. Life Urbano Barguilla y de Ripalda was born in 1606 in Falces, south of Navarra. He studied with the ''maestro de capilla'' at Burgos, Luis Bernardo Jalón, known for his polemic acti ...

(1606–1656) * Sigmund Theophil Staden (1607–1655) *

Abraham Megerle Abraham Megerle (9 February 1607 in Wasserburg am Inn – 29 May 1680 in Altötting) was an Austrian composer and organist. He served as Kapellmeister to Paris von Lodron, the Prince-Bishop of Salzburg, from 1640 to 1651. He enjoyed the patr ...

(1607–1680) * Philipp Friedrich Böddecker (1607–1683) * Ferdinand III, ''Holy Roman Emperor'' (1608–1657) *

Jacques de Gouy Jacques de Gouy (c. 1610 – after 1650) was a French Baroque composer of Dutch ancestry. He was acquainted with composers in Parisian music circles of the early 17th century such as Étienne Moulinié and Michel Lambert. Works In his writings, d ...

(c. 1610–after 1650) * Valentin de Bournonville (1610–1663) * François Cosset (1610-1664) * Nicolas Hotman (c. 1610–1663) * João Lourenço Rebelo (1610–1661) * William Young (c. 1610–1662) *

Nicolas Métru Nicolas Métru (ca. 1610 in Bar-sur-Aube1668 Paris) was a French organist, viol player, and composer of pieces for viol and airs. From 1642 he was organist at St. Nicolas-des-Champs, then some time later master of music for the Jesuits. He taught Co ...

(1610–1668) * Sébastien Le Camus (c. 1610–1677) * Leonora Duarte (1610–1678) * (c. 1610–after 1682) * Henri Du Mont (1610–1684) * George Jeffreys (c. 1610–1685) *

Michel Lambert Michel Lambert (1610 – 29 June 1696) was a French singing master, theorbist and composer. Career Lambert was born at Champigny-sur-Veude, France. He received his musical education as an altar boy at the Chapel of Gaston d'Orléans, a brother of ...

(1610–1696) * Leonora Baroni (1611–1670) * Thomas Brewer (1611–c. 1660) *

Pablo Bruna Pablo Bruna (22 June 1611 – 27 June 1679) was a Spanish composer and organist notable for his blindness (caused by a childhood bout of smallpox), which resulted in his being known as "El ciego de Daroca" ("the blind man of Daroca"). It is not k ...

(1611–1679) *

Andreas Hammerschmidt Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611 or 1612 – 29 October 1675), the "Orpheus of Zittau," was a German Bohemian composer and organist of the early to middle Baroque era. He was one of the most significant and popular composers of sacred music in Ge ...

(1611/1612–1675) * Wolfgang Ebner (1612–1665) * Jacques Huyn (1613–1652) * Elisabeth Sophie, ''Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg'' (1613–1676) * Thomas Mace (c. 1613–1709?) * Louis de Mollier (c. 1613–1688)
* Giovanni Antonio Rigatti (c. 1613–1648) *

Wilhelm Karges Wilhelm Karges (1613/14–1699), was a German organist and composer in the North German organ tradition. Much of Karges' life was spent in and around Berlin, where he was born, worked, and died. Karges came into contact with Sweelinck's student, ...

(1613/1614–1699) * Jean-Baptiste Boësset, ''Sieur de Dehault'' (1614–1685) * Philipp Friedrich Buchner (1614–1669) *

Juan Hidalgo de Polanco Juan Hidalgo de Polanco (28 September 1614 – 31 March 1685) was a Spanish composer and harpist who became the most influential composer of his time in the Hispanic world writing the music for the first two operas created in Spanish. He is cons ...

(1614–1685) *

Marc'Antonio Pasqualini 200px, ''Marcantonio Pasqualini Crowned by Apollo'' (1641) by Andrea Sacchi. Marco Antonio Pasqualini (stage name Malagigi; 25 April 1614 – 2 July 1691) was an Italian castrato opera singer who performed during the Baroque period. He has bee ...

(1614–1691) *

Franz Tunder Franz Tunder (1614 – November 5, 1667) was a German composer and organist of the early to middle Baroque era. He was an important link between the early German Baroque style which was based on Venetian models, and the later Baroque style ...

(1614–1667) * Yatsuhashi Kengyo (1614–1685) * Francesca Campana (c. 1615–1665) * Heinrich Bach (1615–1692) * Angelo Michele Bartolotti (c. 1615–1696) * Guillaume Dumanoir (1615–1697) * Francesco Corbetta (c. 1615–1681) *

Christopher Gibbons Christopher Gibbons ( bapt. 22 August 1615 – 20 October 1676) was an English composer and organist of the Baroque period. He was the second son, and first surviving child of the composer Orlando Gibbons. Life and career Background Chri ...

(1615–1676) * Francisco López Capillas (c. 1615–1673) *

Maurizio Cazzati Maurizio Cazzati (1 March 1616 – 28 September 1678) was a northern Italian composer of the seventeenth century. Biography Cazzati was born in Luzzara in the Duchy of Mantua. In spite of being almost unknown today, during his lifetime he served ...

(1616–1678) * Kaspar Förster (the younger) (1616–1673) *

Johann Jakob Froberger Johann Jakob Froberger (baptized 19 May 1616 – 7 May 1667) was a German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso, and organist. Among the most famous composers of the era, he was influential in developing the musical form of the suite of dances in hi ...

(1616–1667) * Johann Erasmus Kindermann (1616–1655) * Jacques de Saint-Luc (1616–c. 1710) *

Matthias Weckmann Matthias Weckmann (''Weckman'') (''c''.1616 24 February 1674) was a German musician and composer of the Baroque period. He was born in Niederdorla (Thuringia) and died in Hamburg. Life His musical training took place in Dresden (as a chorister ...

(c. 1616–1674) * Carlo Caproli (c. 1617–c. 1692) * Nikolaus Hasse (c. 1617–1672) * Francisco Martins (c. 1617?–1680)
* Joan Cererols (1618–1680) * Abraham van den Kerckhoven (c. 1618–c. 1701) * José Marín (1618–1699) * Pierre Robert (c. 1618 – 1699) * (1619–1701) * Anthoni van Noordt (c. 1619–1675) * Johann Rosenmüller (1619–1684) * Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677) * Juan García de Zéspedes (c. 1619–1678) * Joannes Baptista Dolar, also ''Janez Krstnik Dolar'' or ''Jan Křtitel Tolar'' (c. 1620–1673) * Adam Drese (c. 1620–1701) * Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704) *

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620–1623between 29 February and 20 March 1680) was an Austrian composer and violinist of the middle Baroque era. Almost nothing is known about his early years, but he seems to have arrived in Vienna during the 1630 ...

(c. 1620–1680) * Giovanni Battista Granata (1620/1621–1687) *

Georg Arnold Georg Arnold (23 April 1621 in Feldsberg Valtice (; german: Feldsberg) is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,600 inhabitants. It is known as part of Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape ...

(1621–1676) *

Albertus Bryne Albertus Bryne (variants: Albert Bryan; Albert Brian) (ca. 1621 – 2 December 1668) was an English organist and composer. Biography His teacher was John Tomkins, organist of St Paul's Cathedral, a role in which he succeeded his teacher in 1638. ...

(1621–1668) * Massimiliano Neri (composer) (1621–1666) *

Matthew Locke Matthew Locke may refer to: * Matthew Locke (administrator) (fl. 1660–1683), English Secretary at War from 1666 to 1683 * Matthew Locke (composer) (c. 1621–1677), English Baroque composer and music theorist * Matthew Locke (soldier) (1974–2 ...

(c. 1621–1677) * Georg Neumark (1621–1681) * Bertrand de Bacilly (1621–1690) * Heinrich Schwemmer (1621–1696) * Ercole Bernabei (1622–1687) * Jean Lacquemant, known as ''DuBuisson'' (c. 1622–1680) * Gaspar de Verlit (1622–1682) *

Dietrich Becker Dietrich Becker (ca. 1623 – Hamburg, 12 May 1679) was a German Baroque violinist and composer. Little is known about Becker's musical education. His first position was as organist at Ahrensberg. In his second position, in the service of the ...

(c. 1623–c. 1679) *

Antonio Cesti Pietro Marc'Antonio Cesti () (baptism 5 August 162314 October 1669), known today primarily as an Italian composer of the Baroque era, was also a singer ( tenor), and organist. He was "the most celebrated Italian musician of his generation". Biogr ...

(1623–1669) *

Jacopo Melani Jacopo Melani (6 July 1623 – 18 August 1676) was an Italian musical composition, composer and violinist of the Baroque era. He was born and died in Pistoia, and was the brother of composer Alessandro Melani and singer Atto Melani. Works *165 ...

(1623–1676) * David Pohle (1624–1695) * Francesco Provenzale (1624–1704) *

François Roberday François Roberday (21 March 1624 – 13 October 1680) was a French Baroque organist and composer. One of the last exponents of the French polyphonic music tradition established by Jean Titelouze and Louis Couperin, Roberday is best remembered ...

(1624–1680) *

Johann Rudolf Ahle Johann Rudolph Ahle (24 December 1625 – 9 July 1673) was a German composer, organist, theorist, and Protestant church musician. Biography Ahle was born in Mühlhausen, Thuringia. While not much is known of his early musical training, he attende ...

(1625–1673) * Alexandre Gallot (1625–1684) * Jacques Gallot, le vieux Gallot de Paris (c. 1625–1695) *

Marco Giuseppe Peranda Marco Giuseppe Peranda ( Macerata, c. 1625 – 12 January 1675 in Dresden) was an Italian musician and composer active in Germany. Life He was one of the most notable Italian musicians in Germany during the early Baroque alongside Vincenzo Albri ...

(c. 1625–1675) * Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626–1712) *

Louis Couperin Louis Couperin (; – 29 August 1661) was a French Baroque composer and performer. He was born in Chaumes-en-Brie and moved to Paris in 1650–1651 with the help of Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. Couperin worked as organist of the C ...

(c. 1626–1661) * Christian Flor (1626–1697) *

Giovanni Legrenzi Giovanni Legrenzi (baptized August 12, 1626 – May 27, 1690) was an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era. He was one of the most prominent composers in Venice in the late 17th century, and ext ...

(1626–1690) * Charles Mouton (1626–1710) * Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz (1626–1667?) *

Nicolas Gigault Nicolas Gigault (ca. 1627 – 20 August 1707) was a French Baroque organist and composer. Born into poverty, he quickly rose to fame and high reputation among fellow musicians. His surviving works include the earliest examples of noëls and a volum ...

(c. 1627–1707) * Johann Caspar Kerll (1627–1693) * Christoph Bernhard (1628–1692) *

Robert Cambert Robert Cambert (c. 1628–1677) was a French composer principally of opera. His opera '' Pomone'' was the first actual opera in French. Biography Under Mazarin Born in Paris c. 1628, he studied music under Chambonnières. His first position was ...

(c. 1628–1677) * Samuel Capricornus (1628–1665) * Constantin Christian Dedekind (1628–1715) *

Gustaf Düben Gustaf Düben (also spelt Gustav) (1624/1628December 19, 1690) was a Swedish organist and composer. Personal life Early life Düben was born in the 1620s in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of the German-born Andreas Düben, an organist, and Anna ...

(1628–1690) * (1628–1686) * Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691) * Lelio Colista (1629–1680) * Lady Mary Dering (1629–1704) *

Andreas Hofer Andreas Hofer (22 November 1767 – 20 February 1810) was a Tyrolean innkeeper and drover, who in 1809 became the leader of the Tyrolean Rebellion against the Napoleonic and Bavarian invasion during the War of the Fifth Coalition. He was subs ...

(1629–1684) * (1629–1685) * John Banister (c. 1630–1679) * Cristóbal Galán (c. 1630–1684) * Filipe da Madre de Deus (c. 1630–c. 1688 or later) *

Carlo Pallavicino Carlo Pallavicino (Pallavicini; c. 1630 – 29 January 1688) was an Italian composer. Pallavicino was born at Salò. From 1666 to 1673, he worked at the Dresden court; from 1674 to 1685, at the '' Ospedale degli Incurabili'' (a conservatory wher ...

(c. 1630–1688) * Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (c. 1630?–1669/1670) * Antonio Sartorio (1630–1680) * Vincenzo Albrici (1631–1696) *

Thomas Baltzar Thomas Baltzar ('' c''. 1630 – 24 July 1663) was a German violinist and composer. He was born in Lübeck to a musical family; his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all musicians.Holman, Peter. "Baltzar, Thomas". Grove Music Online' ...

(c. 1631–1663) *

Nicolas Lebègue Nicolas-Antoine Lebègue (also ''Le Bègue''; c. 16316 July 1702) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was born in Laon and in the 1650s settled in Paris, quickly establishing himself as one of the best organists of the ...

(1631–1702) * Sebastian Anton Scherer (1631–1712) * Francesco Antonio Urio (1631/1632–c. 1719) * Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687) *

Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (c. 1632, Paris – 13 November 1714) was a French organist, composer and theorist. His first ''livre d'orgue'' is the earliest surviving published collection with traditional French organ school forms (a collection by Lou ...

(1632–1714) *

Giovanni Battista Vitali Giovanni Battista Vitali (18 February 1632 – 12 October 1692) was an Italian composer and violone player. Life and career Vitali was born in Bologna and spent all of his life in the Emilian region, moving to Modena in 1674. His teacher in his ...

(1632–1692) * Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694) *

Sebastian Knüpfer Sebastian Knüpfer (6 September 1633 – 10 October 1676) was a German composer, conductor and educator. He was the ''Thomaskantor'', cantor of the Thomanerchor in Leipzig and director of the towns's church music, from 1657 to 1676.''Grove Concise ...

(1633–1676) * Joseph Chabanceau de La Barre (1633–1678) * Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (c. 1633/1639–1693) * Innocent Boutry (1634-1690/95) * Clamor Heinrich Abel (1634–1696) *

Antonio Draghi Antonio Draghi (17 January 1634 – 16 January 1700) was a Baroque composer. He possibly was the brother of Giovanni Battista Draghi. Draghi was born at Rimini in Italy, and was one of the most prolific composers of his time. His contribution t ...

(c. 1634–1700) *

Carlo Grossi Carlo Grossi (c. 163414 May 1688) was an Italian composer. Life He is believed to have been the first composer to use the term "divertimento", in his 1681 composition ''Il divertimento de' grandi musiche da camera, ò per servizio di tavola.'' ...

(c. 1634–1688) * Adam Krieger (1634–1666) * (1634–1696) * (c. 1635–1680) *

Lambert Chaumont Lambert Chaumont (c. 1630 – April 1712) was a Flemish Baroque composer and organist. Chaumont was from the Liège area, possibly born in that city. The earliest mention of his name dates from January 1649, when he is listed as a lay brother at ...

(c. 1635–1712) * Jacques Thomelin (1635/40–1693) * Daniel Danielis (1635–1696) * Johann Wilhelm Furchheim (c. 1635–1682) *

Miguel de Irízar Miguel de Irízar y Domenzain (1635–1684) was a Spanish Baroque composer. Irízar was born in Artajona and trained as a choirboy in León and Toledo. In August 1657 he became ''maestro de capilla'' in Vitoria, then in August 1671 appoin ...

(1635–1684) * Joannes Florentius a Kempis (1635–after 1711) *

Paul I Paul I may refer to: *Paul of Samosata (200–275), Bishop of Antioch * Paul I of Constantinople (died c. 350), Archbishop of Constantinople *Pope Paul I (700–767) *Paul I Šubić of Bribir (c. 1245–1312), Ban of Croatia and Lord of Bosnia *Pau ...

, ''Prince Esterházy of Galántha'' (1635–1713) * Augustin Pfleger (1635–1686) * Jacek Różycki (c. 1635–1704) * Angelo Berardi (c. 1636–1694) * Giovanni Battista degli Antonii, or ''degli Antoni'' (c. 1636?–after 1696) * Esaias Reusner (1636–1679) *

Dieterich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal a ...

(c. 1637–1707) *

Giovanni Paolo Colonna Giovanni Paolo Colonna (16 June 1637 – 28 November 1695) was an Italian composer, teacher, organist and organ builder. In addition to being chapel-master and organist of San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, he served prominent members of the co ...

(1637–1695) * Johann Georg Ebeling (1637–1676) * Louis-Nicolas Le Prince (1637–1693) *

Louis Chein Louis Chein (Paris, 1637-1694) was French priest and composer best known for his requiem mass for four voices published by Ballard in 1690.Jean-Paul C. MontagnieThe Polyphonic Mass in France, 1600–1780: The Evidence of the Printed Choirbooks p ...

(1637–1694) * Giovanni Maria Pagliardi (1637–1702) *

Bernardo Pasquini Bernardo Pasquini (Massa e Cozzile, 7 December 1637Rome, 21 November 1710) was an Italian composer of operas, oratorios, cantatas and keyboard music. A renowned virtuoso keyboard player in his day, he was one of the most important Italian composer ...

(1637–1710) *

Diogo Dias Melgás Diogo Dias Melgás (often ''Melgaz'') ( Cuba (Portugal), 1638 - Évora, 1700) was a Portuguese composer of late-Renaissance sacred polyphony. Life Diogo Dias Melgás was born in Cuba, Alentejo, on 14 April 1638. He was a choirboy at the Colégio da ...

(1638–1700) *

Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (15 July 1638 Florence –about 1693 Pistoia) was an Italian composer and violinist. He worked in the court at Innsbruck as a violinist at least between 1656 and 1660. Between 1672 and 1676 he was director of the c ...

(1638–c. 1693) * Pietro degli Antonii (1639–1720) * (1639–1709) *

Alessandro Melani Alessandro Melani (4 February 1639 – 3 October 1703) was an Italian composer and the brother of composer Jacopo Melani, and castrato singer Atto Melani. Along with Bernardo Pasquini and Alessandro Scarlatti, he was one of the leading composers ...

(1639–1703) * Johann Christoph Pezel (1639–1694) * Juan García de Salazar (1639–1710) * André Raison (1640s–1719) * Amalia Catharina, ''Countess of Erbach'' (1640–1697) * Antonia Bembo (c. 1640–1720) * Cristoforo Caresana (c. 1640–1709) * Giovanni Battista Draghi (c. 1640–1708) * Carolus Hacquart (c. 1640–1701?) * Leopold I, ''Holy Roman Emperor'' (1640–1705) * Paolo Lorenzani (1640–1713) * (1640–1725) * Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, the father (c. 1640–c. 1700) *

Gaspar Sanz Francisco Bartolomé Sanz Celma (April 4, 1640 (baptized) – 1710), better known as Gaspar Sanz, was a Spanish composer, guitarist, and priest born to a wealthy family in Calanda in the comarca of Bajo Aragón, Spain. He studied music, theolog ...

(1640–1710) * Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1640–1700) * Esther Elizabeth Velkiers (c. 1640–after 1685) * Maria Francesca Nascinbeni (1640–1680) * Francesco Beretta (c. 1640 – 1694) * Wolfgang Caspar Printz (1641–1717) * Pierre Gaultier, dit Gaultier of Marseille (1642–1696) *

Johann Friedrich Alberti Johann Friedrich Alberti (11 January 1642 – 14 June 1710) was a German composer and organist. Alberti was born in Tönning, Schleswig. He received his musical training in Leipzig from Werner Fabricius and in Dresden from Vincenzo Albrici ...

(1642–1710) * Georg Christoph Bach (1642–1697) * Johann Christoph Bach (1642–1703) *

Giovanni Maria Bononcini Giovanni Maria Bononcini (bap. 23 September 1642 – 18 November 1678) was an Italian violinist and composer, the father of a musical dynasty. In 1671 Bononcini the elder became a court musician at Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label= Modene ...

(1642–1678) * Benedictus Buns, or ''Benedictus a Sancto Josepho'' (1642–1716) * Michelangelo Falvetti (1642–1692) * Pierre-Richard Menault (1642–1694) * Friedrich Funcke (1642–1699) *

Marc-Antoine Charpentier Marc-Antoine Charpentier (; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his ''Te Deum'', ''Marche en rondeau''. This theme is still us ...

(1643–1704) *

Johann Adam Reincken Johann Adam Reincken (also ''Jan Adams, Jean Adam'', ''Reinken, Reinkinck, Reincke, Reinicke, Reinike''; baptized 10 December 1643 – 24 November 1722) was a Dutch/German organist and composer. He was one of the most important composers of the ...

(1643?–1722) * Alessandro Stradella (1643–1682) * Ignazio Albertini (1644–1685) * Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644–1704) *

Juan Bautista Cabanilles Juan Bautista José Cabanilles (also Juan Bautista Josep, Valencian: Joan) (6 September 1644 in Algemesí near Valencia – 29 April 1712 in Valencia) was a Spanish organist and composer at Valencia Cathedral. He is considered by many to have be ...

(1644–1712) * Maria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1675) *

Johann Samuel Drese Johann Samuel Drese (c. 1644 – 1 December 1716) was a German composer. In 1683 he was appointed ''Kapellmeister'' of the ducal court in Weimar. He held this post until his death which meant that he was in charge of music at court during almost a ...

(c. 1644–1716) * Johann Wolfgang Franck (1644–1710) *

Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco Sánchez (23 December 1644 – 23 April 1728) was a Spanish composer, musician and organist based in Peru, associated with the American Baroque. Life Torrejón y Velasco was born in Villarrobledo and spent his c ...

(1644–1728) *

Johann Georg Conradi Johann Georg Conradi (1645 in Oettingen – 22 May 1699) was a German composer. He was, with Johann Theile, Nicolaus Adam Strungk, Johann Philipp Fortsch, Johann Wolfgang Franck and Johann Sigismund Kusser one of the main composers of the earl ...

(1645–1699) * August Kühnel (1645–c. 1700) * (1645–1705) * Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (c. 1645–1710) * Pierre Tabart (1645–1717) *

Christian Ritter Christian Ritter (probably 1645 to 1650 – probably after 1725) was a composer and organist of the North German organ school. Biography Ritter was probably a pupil of Christoph Bernhard in Dresden. A notice on one of his works described him as ...

(c. 1645–c. 1725) * Andreas Werckmeister (1645–1706) *

Juan de Araujo Juan de Araujo (1646–1712) was a musician and composer of the Early to Mid Baroque. Araujo was born in Villafranca, Spain. By 1670 he was nominated '' maestro di cappella'' of Lima Cathedral, Peru. In the following years he travelled to ...

(1646–1712) * Johann Fischer (1646–1716) * Rupert Ignaz Mayr (1646–1712) * René Pignon Descoteaux (c. 1646–1728) * Johann Theile (1646–1724) *

Pelham Humfrey Pelham Humfrey (''Humphrey, Humphrys'') (1647 in London – 14 July 1674 in Windsor) was an English composer. He was the first of the new generation of English composers at the beginning of the Restoration to rise to prominence. Life and career ...

(1647–1674) * (1647–1702) * Michael Wise (c. 1647–1687) * Pierre Danican Philidor (1647–1730) *

Johann Michael Bach :''To be distinguished from Johann Michael Bach (1745–1820)'' Johann Michael Bach (baptised , Arnstadt, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – , Gehren) was a German composer of the Baroque period. He was the brother of Johann Christoph Bach, as w ...

(1648–1694) * Johann Melchior Caesar (c. 1648–1692)
:de:s:ADB:Caesar, Johann Melchior, de:s) * (1648–1726) * David Funck (1648?–after 1690) ([]) * Johann Schelle (1648–1701) * Poul Christian Schindler (1648–1740) * (1649–1732) * John Blow (1649–1708) * Jacques Boyvin (1649–1706) * Pieter Bustijn (c. 1649–1729) * Pascal Collasse (1649–1709) * (1649–1726) *

Francesc Guerau Francisco Guerau (1649 – 1722) was a Spanish Baroque composer. After being born on Majorca, he entered the singing school at the Royal College in Madrid in 1659, becoming a member of the Royal Chapel as an alto singer and composer ten years late ...

(1649–1717/1722) * Andreas Kneller (1649–1724) * Johann Philipp Krieger (1649–1725) *

Johann Valentin Meder Johann Valentin Meder (baptised May 3, 1649 – July 1719) was a German composer, organist, and singer. (He is not to be confused with the German composer Johann Gabriel Meder, born in 1729 near Erfurt, and active in Amsterdam until 1800; nor is the ...

(1649–1719) * François-Joseph Salomon (1649–1732) * * * Pedro de Araújo (''fl.'' 1662–1705) * Alba Trissina (born 1622) * Bartholomäus Aich (''fl.'' 1648) * (''fl.'' 1641–1644; d. 1657) * John Gamble (fl. from 1641, died 1687) * Gervise Gerrard (16??–16??) * Bernardo Gianoncelli (''fl.'' early 17th century; d. before 1650) *

Louis Grabu Louis Grabu, Grabut, Grabue, or Grebus (fl. 1665 – 1690, died after 1693) was a Catalan-born, French-trained composer and violinist who was mainly active in England. While he was probably born in Catalonia – he was later referred to as 'Lo ...

(''fl.'' 1665–1693) * Nicola Matteis (''fl.'' c. 1670–1698; d. after 1713) * , or ''Morhard'' (''fl.'' from 1662; d. 1685) * Bartłomiej Pękiel (died c. 1670) * Bernardo Sabadini (''fl.'' from 1662; d. 1718) * Louis Saladin (''fl.'' c. 1670) * Bernardo Storace (''fl.'' 1664) * August Verdufen, or ''Werduwen'' (17th century)

Late Baroque era composers (born 1650–99)

Composers of the Late Baroque era include the following figures listed by the date of their birth: * Cataldo Amodei (c. 1650–c. 1695) * Giovanni Battista Bassani (c. 1650–1716) * Giovanni Battista Brevi (c. 1650–1725) * Christian Geist (c. 1650–1711) * Johann Anton Losy ''von Losinthal'', or ''Comte d'Logy'' (c. 1650–1721) *

Guillaume Minoret Guillaume Minoret (ca. April 1650 – 1717 or December 1720) was a French baroque composer. He was of the generation of Marc-Antoine Charpentier, but unlike him only a small part of his ''œuvre'' survives. Minoret famously won one of the four rota ...

(c. 1650–1717/1720) * Juan Francisco de Navas (c. 1650–1719) * Antonio de Salazar (c. 1650–1715) * Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński (c. 1650–c. 1720) *

Theobaldo di Gatti Theobaldo di Gatti (c.1650-1727) was a composer and musician, born in Florence. He moved from Italy to France after hearing the music of Jean-Baptiste Lully. King Louis XIV made him a naturalised French subject in 1675. In France he was simply known ...

(1650–1727) *

Pietro Torri Pietro Torri (c. 1665 or earlier, in Peschiera del Garda_Pietro_Torri,_Neue_Hofkapelle_München,_Christoph_Hammer_(2)_–_Le_Triomphe_de_la_Paixat_Christoph_Hammer">_Pietro_Torri,_Neue_Hofkapelle_München,_Christoph_Hammer_(2)_–_Le_Triomphe_de_l ...

(1650–1737) *

Robert de Visée Robert de Visée (c. 1655 – 1732/1733) was a French lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and viol player at the court of the kings Louis XIV and Louis XV, as well as a singer and composer for lute, theorbo and guitar. Biography Robert de Visée's p ...

(c. 1650–1732/1733) * Johann Jacob Walther (1650–1717) * Johann Georg Ahle (1651–1706) * Petronio Franceschini (1651–1680) *

Domenico Gabrielli Domenico Gabrielli (15 April 1651 or 19 October 1659 – 10 July 1690) was an Italian Baroque composer and one of the earliest known virtuoso cello players, as well as a pioneer of cello music writing. Born in Bologna, he worked in the orchestra of ...

(1651/1659–1690) *

Gilles Jullien Gilles Jullien (c. 1651/165314 September 1703) was a French Baroque composer and organist. He is credited with bringing the style of French organ music then current in Paris to Chartres.Apel 1973, 734. Almost nothing is known about Jullien's l ...

(c. 1651/1653–1703) *

Johann Krieger Johann Krieger (28 December 1651 – 18 July 1735) was a German composer and organist, younger brother of Johann Philipp Krieger. Born in Nuremberg, he worked at Bayreuth, Zeitz, and Greiz before settling in Zittau. He was one of the most importan ...

(1651–1735) * Jean-François Lalouette (1651–1728) * David Petersen (c. 1651–1737) * Ferdinand Tobias Richter (1651–1711) * William Turner (1651–1740) *

Johann Philipp Förtsch Johann Philipp Förtsch (14 May 1652 - 14 December 1732) was a German baroque composer, statesman and doctor. Life Förtsch was born in Wertheim and possibly received his musical education from Johann Philipp Krieger. Moving to Hamburg in 1674 to ...

(1652–1732) * (1652–1706) * John Abell (1653–after 1724) *

Arcangelo Corelli Arcangelo Corelli (, also , , ; 17 February 1653 – 8 January 1713) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era. His music was key in the development of the modern genres of sonata and concerto, in establishing the preeminence of th ...

(1653–1713) * Georg Muffat (1653–1704) * Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706), German composer, organist and teacher *

Carlo Francesco Pollarolo Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (ca. 1653 – 7 February 1723) was an Italian composer, organist, and music director. Known chiefly for his operas, he wrote a total of 85 of them as well as 13 oratorios. His compositional style was initially indebted t ...

(c. 1653–1723) * Johann Christoph Rothe (1653–1700) * Agostino Steffani (1653–1728) * Marc'Antonio Ziani (c. 1653–1715) * Pietro Antonio Fiocco (1654–1714) *

Servaes de Koninck Servaes de Koninck, or Servaes de Konink, Servaas de Koninck or Servaas de Konink, or Servaes de Coninck (1653/54 – c.1701) was a Flemish baroque composer of motets, Dutch songs, chamber and incidental music, French airs and Italian cantatas. Af ...

(c. 1654–c. 1701) *

Christian Liebe Christian Siegmund Liebe (5 November 1654 – 3 September 1708) was a German composer. Liebe was born in Freiberg, Saxony. He studied in Leipzig, then was a private teacher in Dresden and from 1684 Rektor and organist in Frauenstein, then from 1 ...

(1654–1708) *

Vincent Lübeck Vincent Lübeck (c. September 1654 – 9 February 1740) was a German composer and organist. He was born in Padingbüttel and worked as organist and composer at Stade's St. Cosmae et Damiani (1675–1702) and Hamburg's famous St. Nikolai (1702� ...

(1654–1740) * Pablo Nassarre (c. 1654–c. 1730) *

Ludovico Roncalli Count Ludovico Giuseppe Antonio Filippo Roncalli, or simply Count Ludovico (1654–1713), was an Italian composer. Roncalli was born in Bergamo on 6 March 1654 and baptized at the church of San Pancrazio in the Città Alta in Bergamo on 8 June 16 ...

(1654–1713) * Pierre Bouteiller (1655–1717) * Sébastien de Brossard (1655–1730) * Ruggiero Fedeli (c. 1655–1722)
* Juan de Lima Serqueira, Juan Serqueira de Lima (c. 1655–c. 1726) *

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer __NOTOC__ ) , baptised = ( cs, }), Royal Bohemia, Austria , death_date = , death_place = Rastatt, Margravial Baden , occupations = organist, composer, , flourished = , era = Baroque , known_for = bringing many French elements throug ...

(1656–1746) *

Marin Marais Marin Marais (; 31 May 1656, in Paris – 15 August 1728, in Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colomb ...

(1656–1728) *

Jean-Baptiste Moreau Jean-Baptiste Moreau (c.1656 – 24 August 1733) was a French composer of the baroque period. He served as the master of music at the court of Louis XIV. His compositional output includes several motets and music for the theatre. Life and care ...

(1656–1733) * James Paisible, or ''Jacques Paisible'' (c. 1656–1721) * Georg Reutter (1656–1738) * Thomas Tudway (c. 1656–1726)
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Matías Juan de Veana Matías Juan de Veana ( Xàtiva, c. 1656after 1708) was a Spanish composer. He was chapelmaster both at the Real Monasterio de la Encarnación and at the Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales in Madrid, and became known for his ''villancico The ' ...

(c. 1656–after 1708) *

Johann Paul von Westhoff Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656 – buried 17 April 1705) was a German Baroque composer and violinist. One of the most important exponents of the Dresden violin school, he was among the highest ranked violinists of his day, and composed some of the ...

(1656–1705) * Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657–1714) * Michel-Richard de Lalande, or ''Delalande'' (1657–1726) *

Gaetano Greco Gaetano Greco (c. 1657c. 1728) was an Italian Baroque composer. He was the younger brother of Rocco Greco ( c.1650 - before 1718). Both brothers were trained at, and later taught at the Poveri di Gesu` Cristo conservatory in Naples. Gaetano Greco's ...

(c. 1657–c. 1728) * Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657–1743) * Damian Stachowicz (1658–1699) *

Giuseppe Torelli Giuseppe Torelli (22 April 1658 – 8 February 1709) was an Italian violist, violinist, teacher, and composer of the middle Baroque era. Torelli is most remembered for contributing to the development of the instrumental concerto., especially co ...

(1658–1709) * Sybrandus van Noordt (1659–1705)
* Henry Purcell (1659–1695) * Francesco Antonio Pistocchi (1659–1726) * Theodor Schwartzkopff (1659–1732)
* Antonio Veracini (1659–1745) * Sainte-Colombe, the son (1660–1720) * Henrico Albicastro, or ''Johann Heinrich von Weissenburg'' (c. 1660–after 1730) * Rosa Giacinta Badalla (c. 1660–c. 1710) * Francesco Ballaroti (c. 1660–1712)
* (c. 1660–1732) * André Campra (1660–1744) * Jerónimo de Carrión (1660–1721) *

Sebastián Durón Sebastián Durón (19 April (baptized) 1660 – 3 August 1716) was a Spanish composer. Life and career Sebastián Durón Picazo was, with Antonio de Literes, the greatest Spanish composer of stage music of his time. He was born in Brihuega, G ...

(1660–1716) * Gottfried Finger (1660–1730) *

Johann Joseph Fux Johann Joseph Fux (; – 13 February 1741) was an Austrian composer, music theorist and pedagogue of the late Baroque era. His most enduring work is not a musical composition but his treatise on counterpoint, '' Gradus ad Parnassum'', which has ...

(1660–1741) * Friedrich Gottlieb Klingenberg (c. 1660?–1720)
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Johann Kuhnau Johann Kuhnau (; 6 April 16605 June 1722) was a German polymath, known primarily as a composer today. He was also active as a novelist, translator, lawyer, and music theorist, and was able to combine these activities with his duties in his offici ...

(1660–1722) * Johann Sigismund Kusser (1660–1727) * Gaspard Le Roux (c. 1660–1707) * Jacques-François Lochon (c. 1660–c. 1710) * Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe ''le fils'' (the younger) (c. 1660–c. 1720)
* Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725) * Johannes Schenck (1660–c. 1712) *

Christian Friedrich Witt Christian Friedrich Witt, or Witte (c. 1660 – 13 April 1716) was a German composer, music editor and teacher. Biography He was born in Altenburg, where his father, Johann Ernst Witt, was court organist; he had come from Denmark around 1650 whe ...

(c. 1660–1717) *

Georg Böhm Georg Böhm (2 September 1661 – 18 May 1733) was a German Baroque organist and composer. He is notable for his development of the chorale partita and for his influence on the young J. S. Bach. Life Böhm was born in 1661 in Hohenkirchen. H ...

(1661–1733) * Henri Desmarest (1661–1741) *

Francesco Gasparini Francesco Gasparini (19 March 1661 – 22 March 1727) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher whose works were performed throughout Italy, and also on occasion in Germany and England. Biography Born in Camaiore, near Lucca, he studied in ...

(1661–1727) * Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661–1756) * Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier (c. 1662?–1700) *

Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi (1662 – 19 April 1708) was an Italians, Italian composer and painter. Biography Angiola Moratori was born in Bologna, the daughter of a Bolognese physician, and married Tomaso Scanabecchi Monetta. She studied ...

(1662–1708) * Jean-Baptiste Drouard de Bousset (1662–1725) * Pirro Capacelli Albergati (1663–1735) * Johann Nikolaus Hanff (1663–1711) *

Franz Xaver Murschhauser Franz Xaver Anton Murschhauser (1 July 1663 – 6 January 1738) was a German composer and theorist. He was born in Saverne, Alsace, but he is first mentioned as a singer and instrumentalist at St Peter's School in Munich, in 1676. He studied mu ...

(1663–1738) * Jean-Baptiste Matho (1663–1743) *

Nicolas Siret Nicolas Siret (3 March 1663 – 22 June 1754) was a French baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was born and died in Troyes, France, where he worked as organist in the Church of Saint Jean and the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Pau ...

(1663–1754) *

Tomaso Antonio Vitali Tomaso Antonio Vitali (7 March 1663 – 9 May 1745) was an Italian composer and violinist of the mid to late Baroque era. The eldest son of Giovanni Battista Vitali, he is chiefly known for a Chaconne in G minor for violin and continuo, to whic ...

(1663–1745) * Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau, or ''Zachow'' (1663–1712) * Jean Mignon (1664–1694) * Nicolas Bernier (1664–1734) *

Georg Dietrich Leyding Georg Dietrich Leyding (or Leiding) (; 23 February 1664 – 10 May 1710) was a German composer and organist associated with the North German school. Born in Bücken, close to Nienburg, his father was a riding master in the French lifeguards ...

, or ''Leiding'' (1664–1710) *

Pierre Dandrieu Pierre Dandrieu (d'Andrieu) (baptised in Angers on 21 March 1664 – 20 October 1733) was a French priest, composer and organist. Life Pierre Dandrieu was baptised in Angers. After studying with Lebègue, he held the organ of , now destroyed, ...

(1664–1733) *

Louis Lully Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis ...

(1664–1734) * Michele Mascitti (c. 1664–1760) * Georg Österreich (1664–1735) * Johann Christoph Pez (1664–1716) *

Daniel Purcell Daniel Purcell (c. 1664 – buried 26 November 1717) was an English Baroque composer, the younger brother or cousin of Henry Purcell. Biography Like Henry Purcell before him, Daniel Purcell joined the choir of the Chapel Royal at about the age ...

(1664–1717) * Johann Speth (1664–after 1719) * Filippo Amadei, "''Pippo del Violoncello''" (c. 1665–c. 1725) *

Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter (baptised 21 February 1665, Kitzbühel – buried 24 January 1742, Passau) was an Austrian Baroque composer. Aufschnaiter received much of his musical education in Vienna, where he lived for several years. Later he got ...

(1665–1742) *

Nicolaus Bruhns Nicolaus Bruhns (also ''Nikolaus'', ''Nicholas''; late 1665 – in Husum) was a Danish-German organist, violinist, and composer. He was one of the most prominent organists and composers of his generation. Biography Bruhns was born in Schwabst ...

(1665–1697) * Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (c. 1665/1667–1734) * Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729) * Joseph Valette de Montigny (1665–1738) * Jean-Baptiste Lully fils (the younger) (1665–1743) * Giovanni Maria Ruggieri (c. 1665–c. 1725) * José de Torres y Martínez Bravo (1665–1738) *

Francisco Valls Francisco Valls or Francesc Valls (Barcelona 1665/1671 - 2 February 1747) was a Spanish composer, theorist and '' mestre de capella.'' Among his most known works are the mass ''Missa Scala Aretina'' and tract ''Mapa Armónico Práctico''. Life In 1 ...

(1665–1747) * Gaetano Veneziano (1665–1716) * Domenico Zanatta (c. 1665–1748)
* Jean-Conrad Baustetter (1666–1722) * Attilio Ariosti (1666–1729) * Johann Heinrich Buttstett (1666–1727) * (1666–1727) * Michelangelo Faggioli (1666–1733) * Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747) * Francesco Scarlatti (1666–c. 1741) * Bernardo Tonini (c. 1666–after 1727)
* Georg Bronner (1667–1720)
* Antonio Lotti (c. 1667–1740) * Jean-Louis Lully (1667–1688) * Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (1667–1737) * Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667–1752) * François Couperin (1668–1733) * John Eccles (composer), John Eccles (1668–1735) * Jean Gilles (composer), Jean Gilles (1668–1705) * (c. 1668–after 1731) * Georg von Bertouch (1668–1743) * Jean-Baptiste Gouffet (1669–1729) * Johann Nicolaus Bach (1669–1753) * Louis Marchand (1669–1732) * Alessandro Marcello (1669–1747) * Andreas Armsdorff (1670–1699) * Giuseppe Avitrano (c. 1670–1756) * Giovanni Bononcini (1670–1747) * (1670–1727) * Christian Ludwig Boxberg (1670–1729) * Arnold Brunckhorst (1670–1725) * Louis de Caix d'Hervelois (c. 1670–c. 1760) * Antonio Caldara (1670–1736) * Turlough O'Carolan (1670–1738) * Charles Dieupart (c. 1670–c. 1740) * Henry Eccles (1670–1742) * David Kellner (1670–1748) * Richard Leveridge (1670–1758) * (c. 1670–1719) * Jean-Baptiste Volumier, or ''Woulmyer'' (1670–1728) * Johann Hugo von Wilderer (1670/1671–1724) * Tomaso Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671–1751) * Giuseppe Aldrovandini (1671–1707) * Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721), Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721) * Azzolino Bernardino della Ciaja, Azzolino della Ciaja, or ''della Ciaia'' (1671–1755) * Gaspard Corrette (c. 1671–before 1733) * Charles-Hubert Gervais (1671–1744) * Teodorico Pedrini (1671–1746) * François Estienne (1671–1755) * Louis-Nicolas Blondel (?–1671) * Robert Valentine (composer), Robert Valentine, also known as ''Roberto Valentino'' (c. 1671–1747) * Carlo Agostino Badia (1672–1738) * Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672–1749) * André Cardinal Destouches (1672–1749) * Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703) * François Duval (disambiguation), François Duval (1672–1728) * Francesco Mancini (composer), Francesco Mancini (1672–1737) * Antoine Forqueray (1672–1745) * Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672/1673–1751) * Petrus Hercules Brehy, or ''Pierre-Hercule Bréhy'' (1673–1737)
* Antonio de Literes (1673–1747) * Santiago de Murcia (1673–1739) * Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674–1707) * Reinhard Keiser (1674–1739) * Pierre Dumage (c. 1674–1751) * Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, called Le Romain (1674–1763) * Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675–1742) * Michel de la Barre (c. 1675–1745) * Louis de La Coste, or ''Lacoste'' (c. 1675–c. 1750) * (1675–1719) * Jacques de Bournonville (1675–175?) * Giovanni Porta (c. 1675–1755) * Obadiah Shuttleworth (c. 1675?–1734) * Francesco Venturini (c. 1675–1745) * Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749) * Diogenio Bigaglia (1676–1745) * Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749) * Thomas-Louis Bourgeois (1676–1750) * Giacomo Facco (1676–1753) * Nicolas Racot de Grandval (1676–1753) * Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner (1676–1754) * Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676–1760) * John Weldon (musician), John Weldon (1676–1736) * Jean-Baptiste Anet (1676–1755) * Johann Ludwig Bach (1677–1731) * Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677–1726) * Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari (1677–1754) * Johann Wilhelm Drese (1677–1745) * Nicola Fago, Francesco Nicola Fago (1677–1745) * Jean-Baptiste Morin (composer), Jean-Baptiste Morin (1677–1745) * Alexandre Villeneuve (1677–1758) * Christian Petzold (composer), Christian Petzold (1677–1733) * Bonaventure Gilles (1678?–1758) * William Croft (1678–1727) * Ferdinando Antonio Lazzari (1678–1754) * , or ''Jean-Antoine Desplanes'' (1678–1760) * Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), Italian composer, violinist, teacher and cleric * Manuel de Zumaya (c. 1678–1755) * Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1679–1735) * Domenico Sarro (1679–1744) * Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (1679–1750) * Johann Christian Schieferdecker (1679–1732) * Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745) * Françoise-Charlotte de Senneterre Ménétou (1679–1745) * Toussaint Bertin de la Doué (c. 1680–1743) * William Corbett (composer), William Corbett (1680–1748) * Giuseppe Fedeli, or ''Joseph Saggione'' (c. 1680–c. 1745) * Jean-Adam Guilain (c. 1680–after 1739) * Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London, Jean-Baptiste Loeillet ''of London'' (1680–1730) * Giovanni Mossi (c. 1680?–1742) * (c. 1680–c. 1740) * Jean-Baptiste Stuck (1680–1755) * Richard Jones (composer), Richard Jones (1680–1744) * Emanuele d'Astorga (1681–1736) * Carl Heinrich Biber (1681–1749) * Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1681–1732) * Johann Mattheson (1681–1764) * Anne Danican Philidor (1681–1728) * Pierre Danican Philidor (1681–1731) * Giovanni Reali (composer), Giovanni Reali (c. 1681–after 1727)
* Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) * Giuseppe Valentini (1681–1753) * Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani (1682–1757) * Giacobbe Cervetto (c. 1682–1783) * Jean-François Dandrieu (c. 1682–1738) * Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682–1738) * Valentin Rathgeber (1682–1750) * Pietro Baldassare (c. 1683–after 1768) * Roque Ceruti (c. 1683–1760) * Christoph Graupner (1683–1760) * Johann David Heinichen (1683–1729) * Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) * (1683–1742) * François d'Agincourt (1684–1758) * François Bouvard (c. 1684–1760) * Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský (1684–1742) * Francesco Durante (1684–1755) * Francesco Manfredini (1684–1762) * (1684–1712) * Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1684–1756) * Johann Gottfried Walther (1684–1748) * Giuseppe Matteo Alberti (1685–1751) * Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), German composer and organist * Louis-Antoine Dornel (c. 1685–1765) * Lodovico Giustini (1685–1743) * Henri-Guillaume Hamal (1685–1752) * George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) * Václav Gunther Jacob (1685–1734)
* Jacques Loeillet (1685–1748) * Roland Marais (c. 1685–c. 1750) * Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel (c. 1685–1764) * Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) * Pietro Giuseppe Gaetano Boni (c. 1686–after 1741)
* Jean-Joseph Fiocco (1686–1746) * François Campion (1686–1747) * Benedetto Marcello (1686–1739) * Nicola Porpora (1686–1768) * Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763) * Jean-Baptiste Senaillé, Jean-Baptiste Semaillé (1687–1730) * Johann Adam Birkenstock (1687–1733) * Henry Carey (writer), Henry Carey (1687–1743) * Willem de Fesch (1687–1761) * Johann Ernst Galliard (1687–1749) * Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762) * Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755) * Jean Baptiste Senaillé (1687–1730) * Jean-Baptiste-Maurice Quinault (1687–1745) * Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750) * Michele Falco (c. 1688–after 1732) * Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758) * Jacob Herman Klein, Jacob Klein (1688–1748)
* Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent, Jean-Baptiste Loeillet ''de Ghent'' (1688–1720) * Joseph Michel (1688–1736) * Thomas Roseingrave (1688–1766) * Domenico Zipoli (1688–1726) * Jacques Aubert (1689–1753) * Jean Cappus, Jean-Baptiste Cappus (1689–1751) * William Babell (c. 1689–1723) * Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755) * Jan Josef Ignác Brentner (1689–1742) * Charles Levens (1689–1764) * Pietro Gnocchi (1689–1775) * Jean-Baptiste Quentin (before 1690–c. 1742) (not to be confused with his son 1718–c. 1750) * Francesco Barsanti (1690–1775) * (c. 1690?–c. 1740) * Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (c. 1690 – 1758) * Fortunato Chelleri (1690–1757) * François Colin de Blamont (1690–1760) * Giovanni Antonio Giay, Giovanni Antonio Giai, or ''Giay'', ''Giaj'' (1690–1764) * Johann Tobias Krebs (1690–1762) * Gottlieb Muffat (1690–1770) * Jacques-Christophe Naudot (c. 1690–1762) * Charles Theodore Pachelbel (1690–1750) * Manuel José de Quirós (c. 1690?–1765) * Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690–1749) * Carlo Tessarini (1690–1766) * Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768) * Leonardo Vinci (c. 1690–1730) * Jean-Baptiste Niel (Nieil or Nielle) (1690–1775) * Robert Woodcock (c. 1690 – 1728) * Francesco Feo (1691–1761) * Jan Francisci (1691–1758) * Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch (1691–1765) * Louis Homet (1691–1767) * Martin Berteau (1691-1771) * Geminiano Giacomelli or ''Jacomelli'' (1692–1740) * Antonio Palella (1692–1761) * Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692–1753) * Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770) * Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692–1766) * Louis Lemaire (1693?–1750?) * Laurent Belissen (1693–1762) * Šimon Brixi (1693–1735) * Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin (1693–1768) * Christoph Förster (1693–1745) * Gregor Werner, Gregor Joseph Werner (1693–1766) * Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772) * (1694–1762) * Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694–1772) * Leonardo Leo (1694–1744) * Antonín Reichenauer (c. 1694–1730) * Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758) * Luigi Merci (c.1695–1750) * Johann Lorenz Bach (1695–1773) * Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764) * Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791) * Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750) * Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1696–1760) * Pierre Février (1696–1760) * Jean-Philippe Borbollono (1696–?) * Maurice Greene (composer), Maurice Greene (1696–1755) * Johann Melchior Molter (1696–1765) * Johann Caspar Vogler (1696–1763) * Andrea Zani (1696–1757) * Esprit Antoine Blanchard, Esprit-Antoine Blanchard (1696–1770) * Josse Boutmy (1697–1779) * Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel (1697–1775) * Louis-Maurice de La Pierre (1697–1753) * Adam Falckenhagen (1697–1754) * Johann Christian Hertel (1697/1699–1754) * Jean-Marie Leclair ''l'aîné'' (1697–1764) * Giuseppe de Majo (1697–1771) * Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697–1763) * Johann Pfeiffer (1697–1761) * Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773) * Francesco Antonio Vallotti (1697–1780) * Pietro Auletta (c. 1698–1771) * Antonio Bioni (1698–1739) * Henry Madin (1698–1748) * Riccardo Broschi (c. 1698–1756) * François Francoeur (1698–1787) * František Jiránek (1698–1778) * Nicola Logroscino, Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698–c. 1764) * (1698–1754) * Jean-Baptiste Forqueray ''le fils'' (1699–1782) * Joseph Gibbs (composer), Joseph Gibbs (1699–1788) * Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783) * Juan Francés de Iribarren (1699–1767) * Jan Zach (1699–1773) *Jean-Baptiste Dutartre (16..-1749) * Ignazio Pollice or ''Pulici'' (''fl.'' 1684–1705) * John Baston (''fl.'' 1708–1739) * (''fl.'' 1733–1758) * Domenico Della Bella (''fl.'' c. 1700–1715) * Michielina della Pietà, Michielina Della Pietà (''fl.'' c. 1701–1744) * Charles Dollé (''fl.'' 1735–1755; d. after 1755) * Giovanni Giorgi (composer), Giovanni Giorgi (''fl.'' from 1719; d. 1762) * Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (born 17th century; ''fl.'' from 1705) * Maria Margherita Grimani (b. before 1700; ''fl.'' 1713–1718) * Benoit Guillemant (''fl.'' 1746–1757) * Gottfried Lindemann (''fl.'' 1713–1741; d. 1741) * Le Sieur de Machy (d. after 1692) * Jacques Morel (composer), Jacques Morel (''fl.'' c. 1700–1749) * Antonio Orefice (''fl.'' 1708–1734) * Mrs Philarmonica (''fl.'' 1715) * Julie Pinel (''fl.'' 1710–1737) * Marieta Morosina Priuli (''fl.'' 1665) * Camilla de Rossi (''fl.'' 1707–1710) * Giovanni Zamboni (later 17th century–after 1718)

Early Galante era composers – transition from Baroque to Classical (born 1700 and after)

Composers during the transition from the Baroque to Classical eras, sometimes seen as the beginning of the Galante music, Galante era, include the following figures listed by their date of birth: * Romano Antonio Piacentino (c. 18th century) * Louis-Joseph Marchand (17??-1743) * Philibert Delavigne (c. 1700–1750) * Francesco Biscogli (after 1700–after 1750) * Mlle Guédon de Presles (early 18th century–1754) * Johann Bernhard Bach (the younger) (1700–1743) * João Rodrigues Esteves (1700–1751) * François-Lupien Grenet (1700-1753) * Jean-Baptiste Masse (c. 1700–c. 1757) * Sebastian Bodinus (c. 1700–1759) * Louis-Antoine Lefèbvre (1700-1763) * Domenico Dall'Oglio (c. 1700–1764) * Nicola Fiorenza (after 1700–1764) * Michel Blavet (1700–1768) * Christophe Moyreau (1700-1774) * Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700–1775) * Johan Agrell (1701–1765) * François Rebel (1701–1775) * Jean-Pierre Guignon (1702-1774) * Alessandro Besozzi (1702–1775) * Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702–1762) * José de Nebra (1702–1768) * Francisco António de Almeida (c. 1702–1755) * Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703–1741) * René Drouart de Bousset, René Drouard de Bousset (1703-1760) * John Frederick Lampe (1703–1751) * Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703–1771) * Jean-Marie Leclair the younger, Jean-Marie Leclair ''le cadet'' (the younger) (1703–1777) * Carlo Zuccari (1703–1792) * Carlos Seixas (1704–1742) * Rosanna Scalfi Marcello (1704 or 1705–after 1742) * Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759) * Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c. 1704–c. 1766) * František Tůma (1704–1774) * Philippe Courbois (1705-1730) * Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782) * Henri-Jacques de Croes (1705–1786) * Michael Christian Festing (1705–1752) * Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705–1770) * Johann Peter Kellner (1705–1772) * Peter Prelleur (c. 1705?–1741)
* Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer, Pancrace Royer (1705–1755) * Andrea Bernasconi (c. 1706–1784) * Carlo Cecere (1706–1761) * Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785) * Johann Gottfried Donati (1706-1782) * William Hayes (composer), William Hayes (1706–1777) * Giovanni Battista Martini, or ''Padre Martini'' (1706–1784) * Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Jean Barrière (1707–1747) * Thomas Chilcot (c. 1707–1766)
* Michel Corrette (1707–1795) * Ignacio de Jerusalem (c. 1707–1769) * Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (c. 1707–c. 1780) * Pietro Domenico Paradisi, Domenico Paradies or ''Pietro Domenico Paradisi'' (1707–1791) * António Teixeira (1707–1769) * Felix Benda (1708–1768) * Egidio Duni (1708–1775) * Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708–1763) * Václav Jan Kopřiva, known as ''Urtica'' (1708–1789) * Georg Reutter II, Georg Reutter (the younger) (1708–1772) * Johann Adolph Scheibe (1708–1776) * Francesco Araja (1709–after 1762) * Franz Benda (1709–1786) * Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709–1758) * Christoph Schaffrath (1709–1763) * Charles Avison (1709–1770) * Domenico Alberti (c. 1710–1740) * André-Joseph Exaudet (1710-1762) * Joseph Abaco, or ''dall'Abaco'' (1710–1805) * Thomas Arne (1710–1778) * Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784) * Élisabeth de Haulteterre (''fl.'' 1737–1768) * Salvatore Lanzetti (1710–1780) * Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736) * William Boyce (composer), William Boyce (1711–1779) * Ignaz Holzbauer (1711–1783) * Gaetano Latilla (1711–1788) * Davide Perez (1711–1778) * Chadwille Wagon (1711-1799) * Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758) * Charles-Henri de Blainville (1711-1769) * Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711–1772) * James Oswald (composer), James Oswald (1711–1769) * Frederick the Great (1712–1786) * John Hebden (1712–1765) * Jacopo Puccini, Giacomo Puccini senior (1712-1781) * Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) * John Christopher Smith (1712–1795) * John Stanley (composer), John Stanley (1712–1786) * Antoine Dauvergne (1713–1797) * Johan Henrik Freithoff (1713–1767) * Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780) * Johann Nicolaus Mempel (1713–1747) * Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788) * John Alcock (organist), John Alcock (1715–1806) * Jacques Duphly (1715–1789) * Josef Seger (1716–1782) * Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716–1801) * Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (1717–1757) * Richard Mudge (1718–1763) * Abraham Caceres (1718–1740) * Leopold Mozart (1719-1787) * Joan Baptista Pla, Joan Baptista Pla i Agustí (c. 1720–1773) * Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799) * Matthias Vanden Gheyn (1721–1785) * Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1723–1787) * Rafael Antonio Castellanos (c. 1725–1791) * Karl Kohaut (1726–1784) * Henri Moreau (composer), Henri Moreau (1728–1803) * Pierre van Maldere (1729–1768) * Antonio Soler (1729–1783) * Capel Bond (1730–1790) * Gabriele Leone (c. 1735-1790) * Simon Simon (1735?-1787?) * José Joaquim dos Santos (1747?–1801) * Alexander Maasmann (''fl.'' 1713) * Santa della Pietà (''fl.'' c. 1725–1750, d. after 1774)

Transition from Renaissance to Baroque (born 1500–49)

Early Baroque era composers (born 1550–99)

Middle Baroque era composers (born 1600–49)

Late Baroque era composers (born 1650–99)

Early Galante era composers – transition from Baroque to Classical (born 1700 and after)

Brief timeline

See also