Composers

Medieval Composers  (list)




Hildegard of Bingen  (1098 - 1179)  German




Pérotin  (fl. c. 1200, died 1205 or 1225)  French?








List of Renaissance composers


Early Renaissance




Late Renaissance  (1530 - 1620)

In Venice, from about 1530 until around 1600, an impressive polychoral style developed, which gave Europe some of the grandest, most sonorous music composed up until that time, with multiple choirs of singers, brass and strings in different spatial locations in the Basilica San Marco di Venezia (see Venetian School). These multiple revolutions spread over Europe in the next several decades, beginning in Germany and then moving to Spain, France, and England somewhat later, demarcating the beginning of what we now know as the Baroque musical era.

The Roman School was a group of composers of predominantly church music in Rome, spanning the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras.  Many of the composers had a direct connection to the Vatican and the papal chapel, though they worked at several churches; stylistically they are often contrasted with the Venetian School of composers, a concurrent movement which was much more progressive.  By far the most famous composer of the Roman School is Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.  While best known as a prolific composer of masses and motets, he was also an important madrigalist.  His ability to bring together the functional needs of the Catholic Church with the prevailing musical styles during the Counter-Reformation period gave him his enduring fame. 

The brief but intense flowering of the musical madrigal in England, mostly from 1588 to 1627, along with the composers who produced them, is known as the English Madrigal School.  The English madrigals were a cappella, predominantly light in style, and generally began as either copies or direct translations of Italian models.  Most were for three to six voices.

Musica reservata is either a style or a performance practice in a cappella vocal music of the latter half of the 16th century, mainly in Italy and southern Germany, involving refinement, exclusivity, and intense emotional expression of sung text.

The cultivation of European music in the Americas began in the 16th century soon after the arrival of the Spanish, and the conquest of Mexico.  Although fashioned in European style, uniquely Mexican hybrid works based on native Mexican language and European musical practice appeared very early.  Musical practices in New Spain continually coincided with European tendencies throughout the subsequent Baroque and Classical music periods.  Among these New World composers were Hernando Franco, Antonio de Salazar, and Manuel de Zumaya.

In addition, writers since 1932 have observed what they call a seconda prattica (an innovative practice involving monodic style and freedom in treatment of dissonance, both justified by the expressive setting of texts) during the late 16th and early 17th centuries (Anon. 2017).


Mannerism

In the late 16th century, as the Renaissance era closed, an extremely manneristic style developed. In secular music, especially in the madrigal, there was a trend towards complexity and even extreme chromaticism (as exemplified in madrigals of Luzzaschi, Marenzio, and Gesualdo). The term "mannerism" derives from art history.




English composers of the Renaissance period in alphabetical order.

Richard Alison  (c. 1560/1570–before 1610)
John Amner  (1579–1641)
Hugh Aston  (c. 1485–1558)
Thomas Ashwell  (c. 1478–after 1513)
John Bennet  (c. 1575–after 1614)
William Brade  (1560–1630)
John Browne  (fl. c. 1490)
John Bull  (1562–1628)  keyboard music
William Byrd  (c. 1540–1623)
Thomas Campion  (1567–1620)
John Cooper  (c. 1570–1626)
William Cornysh  (1465–1523)
Francis Cutting  (1583–1603)
John Danyel  (c. 1564–c. 1626)
John Dowland  (1563–1626)
John Dunstaple  (c. 1390–1453)
Michael East  (c. 1580–1648)
Giles Farnaby  (c. 1563–1640)
Robert Fayrfax  (1464–1521)
Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder  (1543–1588)
Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger  (c. 1575–1628)
Thomas Ford  (c. 1580–1648)
Walter Frye  (died c. 1475)
Ellis Gibbons  (1573–1603)
Orlando Gibbons  (1583–1625)
Anthony Holborne  (c. 1545–1602)
John Hothby  (c. 1410–1487)
Richard Hygons  (c. 1435–c. 1509)
John Jenkins  (1592–1678)
Robert Johnson  (c. 1583–c. 1634)
John Johnson  (c. 1545–1594)
Hugh Kellyk  (fl. c. 1480)
Robert Jones  (c. 1577–after 1615)
Walter Lambe  (c. 1450–c. 1504)
Nicholas Ludford  (c. 1485–c. 1557)
Thomas Lupo  (1571–1627)
John Maynard   c. 1577–c. 1633)
Thomas Morley  (c. 1558–1602)
William Mundy  (c. 1529–c. 1591)
Richard Nicholson or Nicolson  (died 1639)
Robert Parsons  (c. 1535–1572)
William Parsons  (fl. 1545–1563)
Peter Philips  (c. 1560–1628)
Leonel Power  (c. 1370/1385–1445)
Thomas Preston  (died c. 1563)
John Plummer  (c. 1410–c. 1483)
Thomas Ravenscroft  (c. 1582/1592–1635)
Thomas Robinson  (c. 1560–1610)
Philip Rosseter  (c. 1568–1623)
John Sheppard  (c. 1515–1558)
Thomas Simpson  (1582–c. 1628)
Robert Stone  (1516–1613)
Thomas Tallis  (c. 1505–1585)
John Taverner  (c. 1490–1545)
William Tisdale  (born c. 1570)
Thomas Tomkins  (1572–1656)
Edmund Turges may be same as Edmund Sturges (fl. c. 1507)
Christopher Tye  (c. 1505–before 1573)
John Ward  (1571–1638)
Thomas Weelkes  (1576–1623)
Robert White  (c. 1538–1574)
John Wilbye  (1574–1638)


Scottish 


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



Franco-Flemish   -   Main article: Franco-Flemish School


The Franco-Flemish School refers, somewhat imprecisely, to the style of polyphonic vocal music composition in Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. See Renaissance music for a more detailed description of the style. The composers of this time and place, and the music they produced, are also known as the Dutch School. However, this is a misnomer, since Dutch (as well as The Netherlands) now refers to the northern Low Countries. The reference is to modern Belgium, northern France and the south of the modern Netherlands. Most artists were born in Hainaut, Flanders and Brabant.

1370–1450

Josquin des Prez  (c. 1450–1521)
Thomas Fabri  (1380–1420)
Johannes de Limburgia  (fl. 1408–1431), also spelled Lymburgia; also called Johannes Vinandi
Clement Liebert  (fl. 1433–1454)
Johannes Ockeghem  (c. 1410–1497)
Johannes Regis  (c. 1425–c. 1496)
Johannes Tinctoris  (c. 1435–1511)
Johannes Martini  (c. 1440–1497/98)
Petrus de Domarto  (fl.c. 1445–1455)
Alexander Agricola  (1445/1446–1506)
Johannes de Stokem  (c. 1445–1487 or 1501)
Gaspar van Weerbeke  (c. 1445–after 1516)
Johannes Pullois  (died 1478), active in the Low Countries and Italy
Josquin des Prez  (c. 1450–1521)
Heinrich Isaac  (c. 1450–1517)
Matthaeus Pipelare  (c. 1450–c. 1515)
Abertijne Malcourt  (c. 1450–c. 1510)


1451–1500


Jean Japart  (fl.c. 1474–1481), active in Italy
Jacobus Barbireau  (1455–1491)
Jacob Obrecht  (1457/58–1505)
Nycasius de Clibano  (fl. 1457–1497)
Jheronimus de Clibano  (c. 1459–1503)
Pierre de La Rue  (c. 1460–1518), most famous composer of the Grande chapelle of the Habsburg court
Marbrianus de Orto  (c. 1460–1529)
Johannes Prioris  (c. 1460?–c. 1514)
Antonius Divitis  (c. 1470–c. 1530)
Johannes Ghiselin  (fl. 1491–1507)
Nicolas Champion  (c. 1475–1533)
Jacotin  (died 1529), also called Jacob Godebrye
Noel Bauldeweyn  (c. 1480–after 1513)
Jean Richafort  (c. 1480–1547)
Benedictus Appenzeller  (1480 to 1488–after 1558), served Mary of Hungary for most of his career
Pierre Moulu  (c. 1485–c. 1550), active in France
Pierre Passereau  (fl. 1509–1547), popular composer of chansons in the 1530s
Adrian Willaert  (c. 1490–1562), founder of the Venetian School; active in Italy
Lupus Hellinck  (c. 1494–1541)
Nicolas Gombert  (c. 1495–c. 1560), prominent contrapuntist of generation after Josquin;
                                                           worked for Charles V
Adrianus Petit Coclico  (1499–after 1562)
Philip van Wilder  (1500–1554), active in England
Arnold von Bruck  (c. 1500–1554), especially active in German-speaking areas
                                                         during the early Reformation period
Jacques Buus  (c. 1500–1565)  active at Venice, and assisted in the
                                                 development of the instrumental ricercar
Cornelius Canis  (c. 1500 to 1510–1561), music director for Charles V,
                           Holy Roman Emperor, in the 1540s and 1550s, after Nicolas Gombert


1501–1550


Gilles Reingot  (fl. 1501–1530)
Thomas Crecquillon  (c. 1505–1557), a member of Charles V's imperial chapel
Jacquet de Berchem  (c. 1505–before 1567), early madrigalist
Jean de Latre  (c. 1505/1510–1569)
Johannes Lupi  (c. 1506–1539)
Jacques Arcadelt  (c. 1507–1568)  most famous of the early madrigalists
Tielman Susato  (c. 1510/15–after 1570), also spelled Tylman; was also an influential music publisher
Jheronimus Vinders  (fl. 1525–1526), active at Ghent; influenced by Josquin
Jean Courtois  (fl. 1530–1545)  Flemish or French, active at Cambrai
Jacob Clemens non Papa  (c. 1510/1515–c. 1555), also known as Jacques Clément
Ghiselin Danckerts  (c. 1510–c. 1565), active in Rome
Pierre de Manchicourt  (c. 1510–1564), active in Spain
Jan Nasco  (c. 1510–1561), active in northern Italy
Dominique Phinot  (c. 1510–c. 1556), active in Italy and southern France
Nicolas Payen  (c. 1512–c. 1559), Maestro di capilla for Philip II of Spain after Cornelius Canis
Hubert Naich  (c. 1513–c. 1546), active in Rome
Cypriano de Rore  (c. 1515–1565)
Hubert Waelrant  (c. 1517–1595)
Perissone Cambio  (c. 1520–c. 1562)
Severin Cornet  (c. 1520–1582)
Philippe de Monte  (1521–1603), prolific composer of madrigals
Simon Moreau  (fl. 1553–1558)
Jean de Bonmarché  (c. 1525–1570)
Jacobus Vaet  (c. 1529–1567)
Cornelis Symonszoon Boscoop  (before 1531–1573)
Jacobus de Kerle  (1531/1532–1591)
Orlande de Lassus  (c. 1532–1594), also Orlando di Lasso, Roland de Lassus
Giaches de Wert  (1535–1596), active in Italy
Johannes Matelart  (before 1538–1607), or Ioanne Matelart
Jhan Gero  (fl. 1540–1555), active in Venice, Italy
Jacob Regnart  (1540s–1599)
Andreas Pevernage  (1542/3–1591)
Antonino Barges  (fl. 1546–1565), active in Italy
George de La Hèle  (1547–1586), active in the Habsburg chapels of Spain and the Low Countries
Balduin Hoyoul  (1547/8-1594), active in Stuttgart and Munich
Giovanni de Macque  (c. 1549–1614), active in Italy 

1551–1574



Emmanuel Adriaenssen  (1554–1604)
Rinaldo del Mel  (c. 1554–c. 1598), active in Italy
Carolus Luython  (1557–1620)
Philippus Schoendorff  (1558–1617)
Philippe Rogier  (c. 1561–1596), active in Spain
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck  (1562–1621)
Cornelis Verdonck  (1563–1625)
Joachim van den Hove  (1567–1620)
Peeter Cornet  (1570/1580–1633)
Géry de Ghersem  (1573/1575–1630), active in Spain and the Netherlands
Claudio Pari  (1574–after 1619), active in Italy






French


"France" here does not refer to the France of today, but a smaller region of French-speaking people separate from the area controlled by the Duchy of Burgundy. In medieval times, France was the centre of musical development with the Notre Dame school and Ars nova; this was later surpassed by the Burgundian School, but France remained a leading producer of choral music throughout the Renaissance.


1370–1450


Richard Loqueville  (died 1418)
Baude Cordier  (c. 1380–before 1440)
Beltrame Feragut  (c. 1385–c. 1450), also known as Bertrand di Vignone
Johannes Cesaris  (fl. c. 1406–1417)
Estienne Grossin  (fl. 1418–1421)
Johannes Fedé  (c. 1415–1477?)
Biquardus  (fl. 1440–1450)
Eloy d'Amerval  (fl. 1455–1508)
Firminus Caron  (fl. c. 1460–c. 1475)
Guillaume Faugues  (fl. c. 1460–1475), or Fagus
Jehan Fresneau  (fl. 1468–1505)
Philippe Basiron  (c. 1449–1491)
Loyset Compère  (c. 1450–1518)
Gilles Mureau  (c. 1450–1512)



1451–1500


Jean Mouton  (c. 1459–1522)
Antoine Brumel  (c. 1460–1512/1513)
Colinet de Lannoy  (d. before 1497)
Carpentras  (c. 1470–1548)
Antoine de Févin  (c. 1470–1511/12), brother of Robert de Févin
Mathurin Forestier  (c. 1470–1535), active in Paris
Pierrequin de Thérache  (c. 1470–1528), active in Lorraine
Jean Braconnier  (fl. from 1478; died 1512), also known as Lourdault
Philippe Verdelot  (c. 1475–before 1552), active in Italy
Ninot le Petit  (fl. c. 1500–1520)
Antoine de Longueval  (fl. 1498–1525)
Jean l'Héritier  (c. 1480–after 1551), also spelled Heretier, Lhéritier, Lirithier
Jacquet of Mantua  (1483–1559)
Clément Janequin  (c. 1485–1558)
Sandrin  (c. 1490–c. 1560), also known as Pierre Regnault
Claudin de Sermisy  (c. 1490–1562)
Pierre Attaingnant  (c. 1494–1551/1552), best known as a printer, especially of Parisian chansons
Pierre Vermont  (c. 1495–between 1527 and 1533)
Robert de Févin  (fl. late 15th century–early 16th century), brother of Antoine de Févin
Mathieu Gascongne (fl. 1517–1518)


1501–1550


Jean Maillard  (c. 1510 - c. 1570)
Guillaume Costeley  (1530–1606)
Acourt  (fl. sometime in the first half of the 15th century)
Firmin Lebel  (early 16th century–1573), active in Rome
Hilaire Penet  (? 1501–15??)
Pierre Certon  (1510/1520-1572)
Loys Bourgeois  (c. 1510–1560)
Guillaume Le Heurteur  (fl. 1530–1545)
Jean Maillard  (c. 1510–c. 1570)
Guillaume Morlaye  (c. 1510–c. 1558)
Jean Guyot de Châtelet  (c. 1512–1588)
Claude Goudimel  (c. 1514/1520–1572)
Thoinot Arbeau  (1519–1595)
Pierre Cadéac  (fl. 1538–1556)
Pierre Clereau   (fl. 1539–1570)
Didier Lupi Second  (c. 1520–after 1559)
Lambert Courtois  (c. 1520–after 1583)
Adrian Le Roy  (c. 1520–1598)
Claude Gervaise  (1525–1583)
Simon Boyleau  (fl. c. 1544–after 1586)
Anthoine de Bertrand  (c. 1530/1540–c. 1581)
Guillaume Boni  (c. 1530–1594)
Guillaume Costeley  (c. 1530–1606)
Nicolas de La Grotte  (1530–c. 1600)
Claude Le Jeune  (1530–1600)
Jehan Chardavoine  (1537–1580)
Paschal de l'Estocart  (1538/1539–after 1584)
Nicolas Millot  (fl. 1559–1590 or later)
Joachim Thibault de Courville  (fl. from c. 1567; died 1581)
Eustache Du Caurroy  (1549–1609)
Charles Tessier  (c. 1550–after 1604)  active in England and Germany


1551–1600

Fabrice Caietain  (fl. 1570–1578)
Jacques Mauduit  (1557–1627)
Jean Titelouze  (1562/1563-1633)
Julien Perrichon  (1566 – c. 1600), also a lutenist
Nicolas Formé  (1567–1638)
Pierre Guédron  (1570–1620)
Robert Ballard  (c. 1572 or 1575, probably in Paris – after 1650)
Ennemond Gaultier  (1575–1651)
Antoine Boësset  (1586–1643)
Guillaume Bouzignac  (1587–1643)
Johann Andreas Herbst  (1588–1666)
Jacques Gaultier  (1592–1652)
Charles Racquet  (1597–1664)
Pierre Gaultier d'Orleans  (1599–1681)
Étienne Moulinié  (1599–1676)
Mlle Bocquet  (early 17th century – after 1660)



Italian

After the Burgundian School came to an end, Italy became the leading exponent of renaissance music and continued its innovation with, for example, the Venetian and (somewhat more conservative) Roman Schools of composition. In particular the Venetian School's polychoral compositions of the late 16th century were among the most famous musical events in Europe, and their influence on musical practice in other countries was enormous. The innovations introduced by the Venetian School, along with the contemporary development of monody and opera in Florence, together define the end of the musical Renaissance and the beginning of the musical Baroque.

1350–1470


Zacara da Teramo (1350/60–1413/16)
Paolo da Firenze (c. 1355 – c. 1436; a.k.a. Paolo Tenorista)
Giovanni Mazzuoli (Giovanni degli Organi) (1360–1426), also known as Jovannes de Florentia, Giovanni degli Organi and Giovanni di Niccol
Matteo da Perugia (fl. 1400–1416)
Antonio da Cividale (fl.c. 1392–1421), also known as Antonius de Civitate Austrie
Antonello da Caserta (14th century–after 1402)
Nicolaus Ricii de Nucella Campli (fl. 1401–1420; d.after 1436)
Ugolino da Forlì (1380–1457), also known as Ugolino da Orvieto
Antonius Romanus (fl. 1400–1432)
Bartolomeo da Bologna (fl. 1405–1427)
Grazioso da Padova (fl. 1390?–1410?), also known as Gratiosus de Padua
Nicolaus Zacharie (c. 1400 or before–1466)
Johannes de Quadris (c. 1410–? 1457)
Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro (c. 1420–1484), dance master
Antonio Cornazzano (c. 1430–1484), dancing master
Antonius Janue (fl.c. 1460)
Franchinus Gaffurius (1451–1522)
Giacomo Fogliano (1468–10 April 1548)
Marchetto Cara (c. 1470–1525?)
Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c. 1470–c. 1535)Francesco Canova da Milano, 1497–1543


1471–1500


Bartolomeo degli Organi (1474–1539)
Vincenzo Capirola (1474–after 1548)
Filippo de Lurano (c. 1475–c. 1520)
Francesco Spinacino (late 15th century–after 1507)
Joan Ambrosio Dalza (fl. 1508)
Andrea Antico da Montona (c. 1480–after 1538)
Marco Dall'Aquila (c. 1480–after 1538)
Maistre Jhan (c. 1485–1538), early madrigalist, active at Ferrara
Gasparo Alberti (c. 1489–1560)
Bernardo Pisano (1490–1548), possibly the earliest composer of madrigals, though not in name
Sebastiano Festa (1490/1495–1524), early composer of madrigals; possibly related to Costanzo Festa
Marco Antonio Cavazzoni (c. 1490–c. 1560)
Franciscus Bossinensis (fl. 1509–1511)
Francesco de Layolle (1492–c. 1540), Florentine composer, in the employ of the Medici; music teacher to sculptor Benvenuto Cellini
Costanzo Festa (c. 1495–1545), early composer of madrigals; member of Sistine Chapel choir
Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543)
Mattio Rampollini (1497–c. 1553)
Albert de Rippe (c. 1500–1551), also known as Alberto da Ripa and da Mantova 


1501–1525


Francesco Corteccia (1502–1571)
Ambrose Lupo (1505–1591), also known as Ambrosio Lupo, de Almaliach and Lupus Italus; active in England
Francesco Viola (died 1568), Maestro di cappella at Ferrara after Rore
Paolo Aretino (1508–1584), also known as Paolo Antonio del Bivi
Alfonso dalla Viola (c. 1508–c. 1573), also an instrumentalist; active in Ferrara
Antonio Gardano (1509–1569), music printer
Luigi Dentice (c. 1510?–1566)
Vincenzo Ruffo (c. 1510–1587)
Claudio Veggio (c. 1510–15??)
Nicolao Dorati (c. 1513–1593), also a trombonist; active at Lucca
Domenico Ferrabosco (1513–1574), madrigalist; father of Alfonso Ferrabosco
Giovanni Domenico da Nola (c. 1515–1592)
Giandomenico Martoretta (c. 1515–1560s), Calabrian madrigalist, active in Sicily
Agostino Agostini (died 1569), father of Lodovico Agostini
Gioseffo Zarlino (1517–1590)
Francesco Cellavenia (fl. 1538–1563)
Giovanni Paolo Paladini (fl.c. 1540–1560)
Giulio Fiesco (1519?-fl. 1550–1570), madrigalist, active at Ferrara
Giovanni Animuccia (c. 1520–1571)
Vincenzo Galilei (c. 1520–1591), father of composer Michelagnolo Galilei and astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei
Francesco Portinaro (c. 1520–after 1577), madrigalist, native of Padua
Hoste da Reggio (c. 1520–1569), madrigalist, active at Milan and Bergamo
Ippolito Ciera (fl. 1546–1564), minor madrigalist, active at Treviso; follower of Willaert
Girolamo Parabosco (c. 1524–1577), minor member of the Venetian School
Girolamo Cavazzoni (c. 1525–after 1577)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525–1594)
Baldassare Donato (1525/1530–1603)
Carlo Gesualdo, 1560–1613


1526–1550


Annibale Padovano (1527–1575)
Costanzo Porta (c. 1529–1601)
Giovanni Battista Conforti (fl. c. 1550–1570)
Fabritio Caroso (c. 1530–after 1600)
Giorgio Mainerio (c. 1530/1540–1582)
Gianmatteo Asola (c. 1532–1609)
Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1533–1585), uncle of Giovanni Gabrieli
Claudio Merulo (1533–1604)
Francesco Soto de Langa (1534–1619)
Lodovico Agostini (1534–1590), illegitimate son of Agostino Agostini
Cesare Negri (1535–1605), dance master
Ippolito Chamaterò (1535/1540–after 1592), active in several cities in northern Italy; composed both sacred and secular music
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535/1536–1592), madrigalist and teacher of Monteverdi; active at Cremona
Rocco Rodio (c. 1535–after 1615)
Annibale Stabile (c. 1535–1595)
Pietro Taglia (fl. c. 1555–1565), madrigalist in Milan; follower of Cipriano de Rore
Antonio Valente (fl. 1565–1580)
Pietro Vinci (c. 1535–1584), madrigalist; founder of the Sicilian school
Annibale Zoilo (c. 1537–1592)
Stefano Felis (c. 1538?–1603)
Fabrizio Dentice (1539?–1581)
Giovanni Dragoni (c. 1540–1598)
Filippo Azzaiolo (fl. 1557–1569)
Maddalena Casulana (c. 1540–c. 1590)
Giovanni Ferretti (c. 1540–after 1609)
Alessandro Striggio (c. 1540–1592), musician to the Medici; composer of the colossal 60-voice Missa sopra Ecco sì beato giorno
Vincenzo Bellavere (c. 1540/1541–1587)
Francesco Rovigo (1540/1541–1597), composed liturgical music and madrigals; active at Mantua and Graz
Gioseffo Guami (1542–1611), also known as Gioseffo da Lucca
Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder (1543–1588), active in England
Giovanni Maria Nanino (1543/1544–1607), also spelled Nanini; brother of Giovanni Bernardino Nanino
Ascanio Trombetti (1544–1590)
Gioseppe Caimo (c. 1545–1584), active at Milan; madrigalist and organist
Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c. 1545–1607), late madrigalist at Ferrara
Francesco Soriano (c. 1548–1621)
Girolamo Dalla Casa (fl. from 1568; died 1601)
Ippolito Baccusi (c. 1550–1609)
Emilio de' Cavalieri (c. 1550–1602)
Cesario Gussago (c. 1550–1612)
Pomponio Nenna (c. 1550–1613)
Riccardo Rognoni (c. 1550–c. 1620)
David Sacerdote (1550–1625), earliest known Jewish composer of polyphonic music, active at Mantua
Orazio Vecchi (1550–1605)
Girolamo Conversi (fl. c. 1572–1575)
Jacopo Peri, 1561–1633



1551–1586

Giulio Caccini (1551–1618), one of the founders of opera
Benedetto Pallavicino (c. 1551 – 1601)
Girolamo Belli (1552 – c. 1620)
Luca Marenzio (c. 1553 – 1599)
Paolo Bellasio (1554–1594)
Cosimo Bottegari (1554–1620)
Girolamo Diruta (c. 1554 – after 1610)
Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c. 1554 – 1609)
Giovanni Gabrieli (1554/1557–1612), nephew of Andrea Gabrieli
Paolo Quagliati (1555–1628)
Giovanni Croce (c. 1557 – 1609)
Alfonso Fontanelli (1557–1622)
Giovanni Bassano (c. 1558 – 1617)
Scipione Stella (1558/1559–1622)
Felice Anerio (c. 1560 – 1614), brother of Giovanni Francesco Anerio
Giulio Belli (c. 1560 – c. 1621)
Dario Castello (c. 1560 – c. 1658)
Giovanni Bernardino Nanino (1560–1623), brother of Giovanni Maria Nanino
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (1560–1627)
Scipione Dentice (1560–1635)
Carlo Gesualdo (1560–1613)
Ruggiero Giovannelli (c. 1560 – 1625)
Antonio Il Verso (c. 1560 – 1621)
Stefano Rossetto (fl. 1560–1580), active in Italy and Germany
Leone Leoni (c. 1560 – 1627), maestro di cappella at Vicenza
Jacopo Peri (1561–1633)
Francesco Usper (c. 1561 – 1641), also known as Spongia
Giulio Cesare Martinengo (1564 or 1568–1613)
Erasmo Marotta (1565–1641), Sicilian composer
Paola Massarenghi (born 1565; fl. 1585)
Ascanio Mayone (1565–1627)
Simone Molinaro (1565–1615)
Alessandro Piccinini (1566–1638)
Lucia Quinciani (c. 1566 – fl. 1611)
Girolamo Giacobbi (1567–1629)
Lorenzo Allegri (1567–1648)
Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c. 1567 – buried 1630), brother of Felice Anerio
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Massimo Troiano (fl. 1567 to 1570 – after 1570)
Adriano Banchieri (1568–1634)
Bartolomeo Barbarino (1568–1617 or later)
Orazio Bassani (before 1570–1615)
Diomedes Cato (c. 1570 – after 1618), worked all his life in Poland
Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570–1622)
Salamone Rossi (1570–1630), Jewish
Claudia Sessa (c. 1570 – between 1613 and 1619) (ca:Claudia Sessa)
Giovanni Battista Fontana (1571–1630)
Giovanni Picchi (1571–1643)
Cesarina Ricci (c. 1573 – fl. 1597)
Francesco Rasi (1574–1621)
Ignazio Donati (1575–1638)
Michelagnolo Galilei (1575–1631), active in Bavaria and Poland; son of composer Vincenzo Galilei; brother of astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei
Stefano Venturi del Nibbio (fl. 1592–1600); active in Florence. Collaborated with Giulio Caccini on the early opera Il rapimento di Cefalo
Vittoria Aleotti (c. 1575 – after 1620), believed to be the same person as Raffaella Aleotti (c. 1570 – after 1646)
Giovanni Priuli (1575–1626)
Giovanni Maria Trabaci (1575–1647)
Stefano Bernardi (1577–1637)
Antonio Brunelli (1577–1630)
Sulpitia Cesis (born 1577, fl. 1619)
Agostino Agazzari (1578–1640)
Caterina Assandra (1580–after 1618)
Adreana Basile (c. 1580 – c. 1640)
Vincenzo Ugolini (1580–1638)
Bellerofonte Castaldi (1581–1649)
Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652), brother of Domenico Allegri
Severo Bonini (1582–1663)
Marco da Gagliano (1582–1643)
Sigismondo d'India (c. 1582 – 1629)
Giovanni Valentini (1582–1649)
Paolo Agostino (1583–1629)
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
Antonio Cifra (1584–1629)
Nicolò Corradini (1585–1646)
Andrea Falconieri (1585–1656)
Francesco Rognoni (c. 1585 – after 1626)
Domenico Allegri (1585–1629), brother of Gregorio Allegri
Alessandro Grandi (1586–1630)
Stefano Landi (1586–1643)
Claudio Saracini (1586–1630)
Giovanni Battista Grillo (died 1622)
Marcantonio Negri (died 1624)
Giovanni Battista Riccio (fl. 1609-after 1621)


Spanish

1370–1450

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


1451–1510


Diego Ortiz, c. 1510–c. 1570
Juan de Triana (fl. c. 1460–1500)
Francisco de la Torre (fl. 1483–1504)
Juan de Anchieta (1462–1523)
Juan del Encina (1468 – c. 1529)
Francisco de Peñalosa (c. 1470 – 1528)
Andreas De Silva (c. 1475/1480–after 1520)
Mateo Flecha the Elder (1481–1553), or Mateu Fletxa el Vell
Juan Pérez de Gijón (fl. c. 1460–1500)
Luis de Milán (c. 1500–after 1561)
Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500 – 1553)
Luis de Narváez (c. 1500 – between 1550 and 1560)
Juan Vásquez (c. 1500 – c. 1560)
Enríquez de Valderrábano (1500-after 1557)
Miguel de Fuenllana (1500–1578)
Bartolomé de Escobedo (c. 1505 – 1563)
Juan Bermudo (c. 1510 – c. 1565)
Antonio de Cabezón (c. 1510 – 1566)
Alonso Mudarra (c. 1510 – 1580)
Diego Ortiz (c. 1510 – c. 1570)
Luis Venegas de Henestrosa (c. 1510 – 1570)


1511–1570


Tomás Luis de Victoria, 1548–1611
Tomás de Santa María (c. 1515 – 1570)
Joan Brudieu (c. 1520 – 1591)
Rodrigo de Ceballos (c. 1525 – 1581)
Francisco Guerrero (1528–1599)
Hernando Franco (1532–1585), active in Guatemala and Mexico
Hernando de Cabezón (1541–1602)
Ginés de Boluda (c. 1545 – c. 1606)
Ginés Pérez de la Parra (c. 1548 – 1600)
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611)
Vicente Espinel (1550–1624)
Ambrosio Cotes (c. 1550 – 1603)
Sebastián Raval (c. 1550 – 1604)
Alonso Lobo (c. 1555 – 1617)
Juan Esquivel Barahona (c. 1560–after 1625)
Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia (1561–1627)
Joan Baptista Comes (1568–1643)
Joan Pau Pujol (1570–1626)
Juan Arañés (died 1649)


Cuban

Teodora Ginés (c. 1530 – 1598), not to be confused with the later Cuban singer and former slave of the same name


Swiss


Ludwig Senfl (c. 1486 – 1543), active in Germany
Fridolin Sicher (1490–1546)


Danish


Melchior Borchgrevinck (c. 1570 – 1632)
Hans Nielsen (1580–1626)
Mogens Pedersøn (c. 1583 – 1623)
Hans Brachrogge (c.1590–1638)
Truid Aagesen (fl.1593–1625)


Polish


During a period of favourable economic and political conditions at the beginning of the 16th century, Poland reached the height of its powers, when it was one of the richest and most powerful countries in Europe. It encompassed an area which included present day Lithuania and Latvia and portions of what is now Ukraine, Belarus, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Germany. As the middle class prospered, patronage for the arts in Poland increased, and also looked westward – particularly to Italy – for influences.

Considered by many musicologists as the "Golden Age of Polish music," the period was influenced by the foundation of the Collegium Rorantistarum in 1543 at the chapel in Kraków of King Sigismund the Elder. The Collegium consisted of nine singers. And although it was required that all members be Poles, foreign influence was acknowledged in the dedication of their sacred repertory, "to the noble Italian art" (Reese 1959, p. 748).

Mikołaj Radomski (1380–15th century)
Mikołaj z Chrzanowa (1485–1555)
Sebastian z Felsztyna (c. 1490 – 1543), also known as Sebastian Herburt
Jan z Lublina (late 15th century – 1540)
Wacław z Szamotuł (c. 1520 – c. 1560)
Cyprian Bazylik (c. 1535 – c. 1600)
Mikołaj Gomółka (c. 1535 – c. 1609)
Marcin Leopolita (c. 1540 – c. 1584), also known as Marcin ze Lwowa
Jakub Polak (c. 1545 – 1605), also known as Jacob Polonais, Jakub Reys, Jacques le Polonois and Jacob de Reis; active in France
Nicolaus Cracoviensis (first half of the 16th century), also known as Mikołaj z Krakowa
Tomasz Szadek (c. 1550 – 1612)
Krzysztof Klabon (c. 1550 – 1616)
Wojciech Długoraj (c. 1557 – after 1619)
Diomedes Cato (before 1570 – after 1618)
Andreas Chyliński (1590 – after 1635)
Adam Jarzębski (1590–1648)
Mikołaj Zieleński (fl. 1611)
Bartłomiej Pękiel (fl. 1633 – c. 1670)


Czech


Ondřej Chrysoponus Jevíčský (1495–1592)
Jan Simonides Montanus (1507–1587), active in Kutná Hora
Jan Blahoslav (1523–1571)
Jiří Rychnovský (1529–1616)
Simon Bar Jona Madelka (c. 1530-1550-c. 1598)
Pavel Spongopaeus Jistebnický (c. 1550–1619)
Jan Trojan Turnovský (c. 1550–1606)
Pavel Spongopaeus Jistebnický (1560–1616)
Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic (1564–1621)
Johannes Vodnianus Campanus (1572–1622)
Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (c. 1600–1676)


Hungarian

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


Slovenian


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


Croatian


Ghiselin Danckerts (c. 1510 – after 1565)
Josquin Baston (c. 1515 – c. 1576)
Joachim van den Hove (c. 1567 – 1620)
Melchior Borchgrevinck (c. 1570 – 1632)
Cornelis Boscoop (died 1573)
Nicolas Vallet (1583–1642)
Jacob van Eyck (1590–1657)
Cornelis Thymenszoon Padbrué (c. 1592 – 1670)
Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687)


Swedish


Andreas Düben (1597–1662)


German

1350–1400

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


1401–1450


Hans Leo Hassler, 1564–1612
Conrad Paumann (c. 1410 – 1473)
Heinrich Finck (1444/1445–1527)
Adam von Fulda (c. 1445 – 1505)
Hans Judenkünig (c. 1450 – 1526), or Judenkönig
Arnolt Schlick (c. 1450 – c. 1525)


1451–1500


Paul Hofhaimer (1459–1537)
Sebastian Virdung (c. 1465)
Pierre Alamire (c. 1470 – 1536), active in the Low Countries
Thomas Stoltzer (c. 1480 – 1526)
Hans Buchner (1483–1538)
Martin Luther (1483–1546)
Hans Kotter (c. 1485 – 1541)
Martin Agricola (1486–1556)
Georg Rhau (1488–1548)
Arnold von Bruck (c. 1490 – 1554)
Leonhard Kleber (c. 1495 – 1556)
Lorenz Lemlin (c. 1495 – c. 1549)
Leonhard Päminger (1495–1567)
Johann Walter (1496–1570)
Hans Gerle (c. 1498 – 1570)


1501–1550


Hans Neusiedler (1508–1563)
Georg Forster (c. 1510 – 1568)
Caspar Othmayr (1515–1553)
Sigmund Hemmel (c. 1520 – 1565)
Hermann Finck (1527–1558)
Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach (c. 1530 – 1597)
Matthäus Waissel (c. 1540 – 1602)


1551–1600


Johannes Eccard (1553–1611)
Leonhard Lechner (c. 1553 – 1606)
Johannes Nucius (c. 1556 – 1620)
Hieronymus Praetorius (1560–1629)
August Nörmiger (c. 1560 – 1613)
Elias Mertel (c. 1561 – 1626)
Andreas Raselius (c. 1563 – 1602)
Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612)
Gregor Aichinger (1565–1628)
Christoph Demantius (1567–1643)
Christian Erbach (1568–1635)
Paul Peuerl (1570–1625)
Michael Praetorius (c. 1571 – 1621)
Moritz von Hessen-Kassel (1572–1632)
Erasmus Widmann (1572–1634)
Andreas Hakenberger (1574–1627)
Melchior Franck (1579–1639)
Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (1580–1651)
Johann Stobäus (1580–1646)
Johannes Jeep (1581/1582-1644)
Johann Staden (1581–1634)
Johann Daniel Mylius (c. 1583 – 1642)
Michael Altenburg (1584–1640)
Daniel Friderici (1584–1638)
Johann Grabbe (1585–1655)
Peter Hasse (1585–1640)
Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)
Jacob Praetorius (1586–1651)
Johann Schein (1586–1630)
Paul Siefert (1586–1666)
Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654)
Johann Schop (1590–1667)
Johannes Thesselius (1590–1643)
Melchior Schildt (1592/1593-1667)
Gottfried Scheidt (1593–1661)
Johann Ulrich Steigleder (1593–1635)
Heinrich Scheidemann (1595–1663)
Johann Crüger (1598–1662)
Thomas Selle (1599–1663)
Delphin Strungk (1600/1601–1694)


Portuguese



1400–1475


Pedro de Escobar (c. 1465 – after 1535)


1476–1500


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


1501–1525


Damião de Góis (1502–1574)
António Carreira (c. 1520 to 1530 – 1597)


1526–1550


Manuel Mendes (c. 1547 – 1605)
Pedro de Cristo (c. 1550 – 1618)


1551–1575


Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (c. 1555 – c. 1635)
Duarte Lobo (c. 1565 – 1647)
Gaspar Fernandes (1566–1629)
Manuel Cardoso (1566–1650)
Filipe de Magalhães (1571–1652)
Estêvão de Brito (1575–1641)
Estêvão Lopes Morago (c. 1575 – c. 1630)


1576–1625


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


Serbian

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


Greek


Francisco Leontaritis (1518–1572)





Transition from Renaissance to Baroque (born 1500–49)


Article - Transition from Renaissance to Baroque in Instrumental Music Composers in the Renaissance/Baroque transitional era include the following (listed by their date of birth):

 
Philippe de Monte (1521–1603)
Baldassare Donato (1525/1530–1603)
Costanzo Porta (1529–1601)
Jiří Rychnovský (1529–1616)
Guillaume Costeley (1530–1606)
Fabritio Caroso (1530–1605/1620)
Mateo Flecha the Younger (1530–1604)
Gianmatteo Asola (1532–1609)
Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1523–1585)
Claudio Merulo (1533–1604)
Francesco Soto de Langa (1534–1619)
Rocco Rodio (1535–after 1615)
Mikołaj Gomółka (1535–1609)
Cesare Negri (1535–1605)
Johannes Matelart (before 1538–1607)
Stefano Felis (1538–1603)
William Byrd (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 (1543/1544–1607)
Francesco Guami (1544–1602)
Anthony Holborne (1545–1602)
Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545–1607)
Jakub Polak (1545–1605)
Ginés de Boluda (1545–1606)
Manuel Mendes (1547–1605)
Francesco Soriano (1548–1621)
Tomás Luis de Victoria (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 (1550–after 1604)
Thomas Mancinus (1550–1612)
Ippolito Baccusi (1550–1609)
Emilio de' Cavalieri (c. 1550–1602)
Cesario Gussago (1550–1612)
Pomponio Nenna (1550–1613)
Riccardo Rognoni (c. 1550–c. 1620)
David Sacerdote (1550–1625)
Ruggiero Trofeo (1550–1614)
Orazio Vecchi (1550–1605)
Tomasz Szadek (1550–1612)
Krzysztof Klabon (1550–1616)
Gregory (Gregorius) Howet (Huwet) (1550–1617)
Pedro de Cristo (1550–1618)
Vicente Espinel (1550–1624)
Juan Navarro (1550–1610)
Ambrosio Cotes (1550–1603)
Sebastián Raval (1550–1604)
Jan Trojan Turnovský (1550–1606)
Pavel Spongopaeus Jistebnický (1550–1619)
Giulio Caccini (1551–1618)
Benedetto Pallavicino (1551–1601)
Girolamo Belli (1552–1620)
Edmund Hooper (1553–1621)
Johannes Eccard (1553–1611)
Leonhard Lechner (1553–1606)
Elway Bevin (1554–1638)
William Inglot (1554–1621)
Emmanuel Adriaenssen (1554–1604)
Cosimo Bottegari (1554–1620)
Girolamo Diruta (1554-after 1610)
Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (1554–1609)
Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557–1612)
John Mundy (1555–1630)
Jacques Champion, Sieur de la Chapelle (before 1555–1642)
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 (1557–1602)
Carolus Luython (1557–1620)
Jacques Mauduit (1557–1627)
Giovanni Croce (c. 1557–1609)
Alfonso Fontanelli (1557–1622)
Wojciech Długoraj (1557-after 1619)
Nathaniel Giles (1558–1634)
Matthew Jeffries (1558–1615)
Ferdinando Richardson (1558–1618)
Richard Carlton (1558–1638)
Philippus Schoendorff (1558–1617)
Giovanni Bassano (c. 1558–1617)
Scipione Stella (1558/1559–1622)
Richard Allison (1560/1570–before 1610)
Felice Anerio (1560–1614)
Giulio Belli (c. 1560–1621 or later)
William Brade (1560–1630)
William Cobbold (1560–1639)
James Harding (1560–1626)
Diomedes Cato (c. 1560/1565–1618)
Camillo Lambardi (c. 1560–1634)
Giovanni Bernardino Nanino (c. 1560–1623)
Peter Philips (c. 1560–1628)
Hieronymus Praetorius (1560–1629)
August Nörmiger (1560–1613)
Thomas Robinson (1560–1610)
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560–1627)
Scipione Dentice (1560–1635)
Carlo Gesualdo (1560–1613)
Ruggiero Giovannelli (c. 1560–1625)
Antonio II Verso (1560–1621)
Leone Leoni (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 (1561–1633)
Francesco Usper, or Francesco Sponga (1561–1641)
John Bull (1562–1628)
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621) keyboards
Andreas Raselius (1562–1602)
Jean Titelouze (1562/1563–1633)
John Dowland (1563–1626)
Giles Farnaby (c. 1563–1640)
John Milton (1563–1647)
Cornelis Verdonck (1563–1625)
John Danyel (1564–1626)
Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612)
Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic (1564–1621)
Giulio Cesare Martinengo (1564/1568–1613)
John Hilton (1565–1609?)
Michael Cavendish (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, or Fernández (1566–1629)
Alessandro Piccinini (1566–1638)
Lucia Quinciani (born c. 1566; fl. 1611)
Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c. 1567–1630)
Thomas Campion (1567–1620)
Christoph Demantius (1567–1643)
Jean-Baptiste Besard (1567–1625)
Nicolas Formé (1567–1638)
Girolamo Giacobbi (1567–1629)
Joachim van den Hove (c. 1567–1620)
René Mesangeau (fl. 1567–1638)
Lorenzo Allegri (1567–1648)
Giovanni Francesco Anerio (1567–buried 1630)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Edward Gibbons (1568–1650)
Richard Gibbs (1568–1650)
Philip Rosseter (1568–1623)
Adriano Banchieri (1568–1634)
Bartolomeo Barbarino (c. 1568–1617 or later)
Joan Baptista Comes (1568–1643)
Christian Erbach (c. 1568–1635)
Tobias Hume (1569–1645)
Ottavio Vernizzi (1569–1649)
Orazio Bassani, "Orazio della Viola" (before 1570–1615)
Thomas Bateson (1570–1630)
Benjamin Cosyn (1570–1652 or later)
Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570–1622)
Peeter Cornet (c. 1570/1580–1633)
Pierre Guédron (c. 1570–c. 1620)
Paul Peuerl (1570–1625)
Joan Pau Pujol (1570–1626)
Salamone Rossi (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 (c. 1571–1621)
John Ward (1571–1638)
Edward Johnson (1572–1601)
Daniel Bacheler (1572–1619)
Martin Peerson (1572–1651)
Thomas Tomkins (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 (1574–1621)
John Wilbye (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 (c. 1575–1645)
Estêvão de Brito (1575–1641)
John Coprario, or John Cooper (c. 1575–1626)
Ignazio Donati (c. 1575–1638)
Daniel Farrant (c. 1575–1651)
Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger (c. 1575–1628)
Michelagnolo Galilei (1575–1631)
Ennemond Gaultier, le Vieux Gaultier (1575–1651)
Johann Groh [de] (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 (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 (1578–1640)
John Amner (1579–1641)
Melchior Franck (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)
John Lugg (1580-1647/1655)
Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger, or Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (c. 1580–1651)
Johann Stobäus (1580–1646)
Vincenzo Ugolini (c. 1580–1638)
Bellerofonte Castaldi (c. 1581–1649)
Johannes Jeep (1581/1582–1644)
Johann Staden (1581–1634)
Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652)
Severo Bonini (1582–1663)
Marco da Gagliano (1582–1643)
Sigismondo d'India (c. 1582–1629)
Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1582–c. 1635)
Thomas Simpson (1582–1628)
Giovanni Valentini (c. 1582–1649)
Paolo Agostino, or Agostini (c. 1583–1629)
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)  keyboard
Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)
Robert Johnson (c. 1583–1634)
Johann Daniel Mylius (1583–1642)
Mogens Pedersøn (c. 1583–1623)
Nicolas Vallet (c. 1583–c. 1642)
Michael Altenburg (1584–1640)
Antonio Cifra (1584–1629)
Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584–1654)
Daniel Friderici (1584–1638)
Walter Rowe [de] (c. 1584–1671)
Louis Constantin (c. 1585–1657)
Nicolò Corradini (c. 1585–1646)
Andrea Falconieri (1585–1656)
Johann Grabbe (1585–1655)
Peter Hasse (c. 1585–1640)
Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)
Francesco Rognoni (1585–after 1626)
Domenico Allegri (1585–1629)
Antoine Boësset, Sieur de Villedieu (1586–1643)
Alessandro Grandi (1586–1630)
Stefano Landi (1586–1639)
Jacob Praetorius (1586–1651)
Claudio Saracini (1586–1630)
Johann Schein (1586–1630)
Paul Siefert (1586–1666)
John Adson (c. 1587–1640)
Francesca Caccini (1587–c. 1640)
Ivan Lukačić (c. 1587–1648)
Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654)
Guillaume Bouzignac (1587–1643)
Walter Porter (1588–1659)
Francesco Colombini [de] (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 (c. 1590–after 1618)
Artus Aux-Cousteaux (c. 1590-1656)
Giovanni Pietro Berti (c. 1590?–1638)
Dario Castello (c. 1590–c. 1658)
Giovanni Martino Cesare (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 (1590–1662)
Robert Ramsey (1590s–1644)
Richard Mico (1590–1661)
Nicolò Borbone, or Borboni (c. 1591–1641)
Settimia Caccini (1591–1638?)
Robert Dowland (c. 1591–1641)
Isaac Posch (1591?–c. 1623)
Cornelis Padbrué (c. 1592–1670)
Jacques Gaultier (1592–1652)
John Jenkins (1592–1678)
Domenico Mazzocchi (1592–1665)
Melchior Schildt (1592/1593–1667)
Claudia Rusca (1593–1676)
Gottfried Scheidt (1593–1661)
Johann Ulrich Steigleder (1593–1635)
Francesco Manelli (1594–1667)
Biagio Marini (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 (1596–1687)
Giovanni Rovetta (c. 1596–1668)
Andreas Düben (1597–1662)
Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597–1646)
Charles Racquet (1597–1664)
Luigi Rossi (c. 1597–1653)
Johann Crüger (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 (1599–1663)
John Marchant (died 1611)
Richard Martin (fl. c. 1610)
Girolamo Dalla Casa (fl. from 1568; d. 1601)
William Tisdale (born 1570)
Henry Lichfild (died 1613)
John Bartlet (fl. 1606–10)
Thomas Greaves (fl. 1604)
Richard Sumarte (d. after 1630)
Richard Nicholson (died 1639)
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 (fl. 1624–49; d. c. 1649)
Giovanni Battista Grillo (died 1622)
Marcantonio Negri (died 1624)
Giovanni Battista Riccio (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 (early 17th century–1683)
Manuel Correia (c. 1600–1653)
Bonaventura Rubino (c. 1600–1668)
Girolamo Fantini [it] (c. 1600–1675)
Simon Ives (1600–1662)
Nicolaus à Kempis (c. 1600–1676)
Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (c. 1600–1676)
Marcin Mielczewski (c. 1600–1651)
Carlos Patiño (1600–1675)
Martino Pesenti [de] (c. 1600–c. 1648)
Giovanni Felice Sances (c. 1600–1679)
Marco Scacchi (c. 1600–1662)
Delphin Strungk (1600/1601–1694)
Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (1601/1602–1672)
Michelangelo Rossi (c. 1601–1656)
Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676)
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–c. 1678)
William Lawes (1602–1645)
Marco Marazzoli (c. 1602–1662)
Abraham Megerle (1607–1680)
Christopher Simpson (c. 1602/1606–1669)
Orazio Tarditi [ca] (1602–1677)
Benedetto Ferrari (c. 1603?–1681)
Francesco Foggia (1603–1688)
Denis Gaultier, Gaultier le jeune (1603–1672)
John IV of Portugal (1603–1656)
Caspar Kittel (1603–1639)
Natale Monferrato (c. 1603–1685)
Diego Pontac (1603–1654)
Marco Uccellini (1603/1610–1680)
Heinrich Albert (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)
William Child (1606–1697)
Michel de La Guerre (c. 1606–1679)
Aldebrando Subissati [de] (1606–1677)
Urbán de Vargas (1606–1656)
Philipp Friedrich Böddecker (1607–1683)
Sigmund Theophil Staden (1607–1655)
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608–1657)
Luigi Battiferri [de] (c. 1610–after 1682)
Leonora Duarte (1610–1678)
Henri Du Mont (1610–1684)
Jacques de Gouy (c. 1610–after 1650)
Nicolas Hotman (c. 1610–1663)
George Jeffreys (c. 1610–1685)
Michel Lambert (1610–1696)
Sébastien Le Camus (c. 1610–1677)
Nicolas Métru (1610–1668)
João Lourenço Rebelo (1610–1661)
William Young (c. 1610–1662)
Leonora Baroni (1611–1670)
Thomas Brewer (1611–c. 1660)
Pablo Bruna (1611–1679)
Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/1612–1675)
Wolfgang Ebner (1612–1665)
Elisabeth Sophie, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1613–1676)
Wilhelm Karges (1613/1614–1699)
Thomas Mace (c. 1613–1709?)
Louis de Mollier (c. 1613–1688)
Giovanni Antonio Rigatti (c. 1613–1648)
Jean-Baptiste Boësset, Sieur de Dehault (1614–1685)
Philipp Friedrich Buchner (1614–1669)
Juan Hidalgo de Polanco (1614–1685)
Marc'Antonio Pasqualini (1614–1691)
Franz Tunder (1614–1667)
Yatsuhashi Kengyo (1614–1685)
Francesca Campana (c. 1615–1665)
Heinrich Bach (1615–1692)
Angelo Michele Bartolotti (c. 1615–1696)
Francesco Corbetta (c. 1615–1681)
Christopher Gibbons (1615–1676)
Francisco López Capillas (c. 1615–1673)
Maurizio Cazzati (1616–1678)
Kaspar Förster (the younger) (1616–1673)
Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667)
Johann Erasmus Kindermann (1616–1655)
Jacques de Saint-Luc (1616–c. 1710)
Matthias Weckmann (c. 1616–1674)
Carlo Caproli (c. 1617–c. 1692)
Nicolaus Hasse [de] (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)
Giulio Cesare Arresti [de] (1619–1701)
Anthoni van Noordt (c. 1619–1675)
Johann Rosenmüller (1619–1684)
Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)
Juan García de Zéspedes (c. 1619–1678)
Johannes Baptista Dolar, also Janez Krstnik Dolar or Jan Křtitel Tolar (c. 1620–1673)
Adam Drese (c. 1620–1701)
Giovanni Battista Granata (1620/1621–1687)
Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620–1680)
Georg Arnold (1621–1676)
Albertus Bryne (1621–1668)
Massimiliano Neri (composer),(1621-1666)
Matthew Locke (c. 1621–1677)
Georg Neumark (1621–1681)
Heinrich Schwemmer (1621–1696)
Ercole Bernabei (1622–1687)
Jean Lacquemant [fr], known as DuBuisson (c. 1622–1680)
Gaspar de Verlit (1622–1682)
Dietrich Becker (c. 1623–c. 1679)
Antonio Cesti (1623–1669)
Jacopo Melani (1623–1676)
David Pohle (1624–1695)
Francesco Provenzale (1624–1704)
François Roberday (1624–1680)
Johann Rudolf Ahle (1625–1673)
Jacques Gallot (c. 1625–1696)
Marco Giuseppe Peranda (c. 1625–1675)
Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626–1712)
Louis Couperin (c. 1626–1661)
Christian Flor [de] (1626–1697)
Giovanni Legrenzi (1626–1690)
Charles Mouton (1626–1710)
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz (1626–1667?)
Antonio de Jesús (????–1682)
Nicolas Gigault (c. 1627–1707)
Johann Caspar Kerll (1627–1693)
Christoph Bernhard (1628–1692)
Robert Cambert (c. 1628–1677)
Samuel Capricornus (1628–1665)
Constantin Christian Dedekind (1628–1715)
Gustaf Düben (1628–1690)
Paul Hainlein [de] (1628–1686)
Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691)
Lelio Colista (1629–1680)
Lady Mary Dering (1629–1704)
Andreas Hofer (1629–1684)
Johann Michael Nicolai [de] (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 (c. 1630–1688)
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (c. 1630?–1669/1670)
Antonio Sartorio (1630–1680)
Vincenzo Albrici (1631–1696)
Thomas Baltzar (c. 1631–1663)
Nicolas Lebègue (1631–1702)
Sebastian Anton Scherer (1631–1712)
Francesco Antonio Urio (1631/1632–c. 1719)
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)
Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (1632–1714)
Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632–1692)
Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694)
Sebastian Knüpfer (1633–1676)
Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (c. 1633/1639–1693)
Clamor Heinrich Abel (1634–1696)
Antonio Draghi (c. 1634–1700)
Carlo Grossi (c. 1634–1688)
Adam Krieger (1634–1666)
Andrés de Sola [es] (1634–1696)
Pietro Simone Agostini [it] (c. 1635–1680)
Lambert Chaumont (c. 1635–1712)
Daniel Danielis (1635–1696)
Johann Wilhelm Furchheim (c. 1635–1682)
Miguel de Irízar (1635–1684)
Joannes Florentius a Kempis (1635–after 1711)
Paul I, 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 (c. 1637–1707)
Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637–1695)
Johann Georg Ebeling (1637–1676)
Giovanni Maria Pagliardi (1637–1702)
Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710)
Diogo Dias Melgás (1638–1700)
Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (1638–c. 1693)
Alessandro Stradella (1639–1682)
Pietro degli Antonii [it] (1639–1720)
António Marques Lésbio [fi] (1639–1709)
Alessandro Melani (1639–1703)
Johann Christoph Pezel (1639–1694)
Juan García de Salazar (1639–1710)
Alessandro Stradella (1639–1682)
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)
André Raison (1640s–1719)
Carl Rosier [de] (1640–1725)
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (c. 1640–c. 1700)
Gaspar Sanz (1640–1710)
Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1640–1700)
Esther Elizabeth Velkiers (c. 1640–after 1685)
Maria Francesca Nascinbeni (1640–1680)
Wolfgang Caspar Printz (1641–1717)
Johann Friedrich Alberti (1642–1710)
Georg Christoph Bach (1642–1697)
Johann Christoph Bach (1642–1703)
Giovanni Maria Bononcini (1642–1678)
Benedictus Buns, or Benedictus a Sancto Josepho (1642–1716)
Michelangelo Falvetti (1642–1692)
Friedrich Funcke (1642–1699)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
Johann Adam Reincken (1643?–1722)
Ignazio Albertini (1644–1685)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644–1704)
Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644–1712)
Maria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1675)
Johann Samuel Drese (c. 1644–1716)
Johann Wolfgang Franck (1644–1710)
Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco (1644–1728)
Johann Georg Conradi (1645–1699)
August Kühnel (1645–c. 1700)
Johann Löhner [it] (1645–1705)
Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (c. 1645–1710)
Christian Ritter (c. 1645–c. 1725)
Andreas Werckmeister (1645–1706)
Juan de Araujo (1646–1712)
Johann Fischer (1646–1716)
Rupert Ignaz Mayr (1646–1712)
René Pignon Descoteaux (c. 1646–1728)
Johann Theile (1646–1724)
Pelham Humfrey (1647–1674)
Antonio Teodoro Ortells [es] (1647–1702)
Michael Wise (c. 1647–1687)
Johann Michael Bach (1648–1694)
Johann Melchior Caesar (c. 1648–1692) 
Giovanni Maria Capelli [it] (1648–1726)
David Funck (1648?–after 1690) 
Johann Schelle (1648–1701)
Poul Christian Schindler (1648–1740)
Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei [it] (1649–1732)
John Blow (1649–1708)
Jacques Boyvin (1649–1706)
Pieter Bustijn (c. 1649–1729)
Pascal Collasse (1649–1709)
Michel Farinel [de] (1649–1726)
Francesc Guerau (1649–1717/1722)
Andreas Kneller (1649–1724)
Johann Philipp Krieger (1649–1725)
Johann Valentin Meder (1649–1719)
Pedro de Araújo (fl. 1662–1705)
Alba Trissina (born 1622)
Bartholomäus Aich (fl. 1648)
Gioan Pietro Del Buono [fr] (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 (fl. 1665–1693)
Nicola Matteis (fl. c. 1670–1698; d. after 1713)
Peter Mohrhardt [de], 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 (c. 1650–1717/1720)
Juan Francisco de Navas (c. 1650–1719)
Antonio de Salazar (c. 1650–1715)
Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński (c. 1650–c. 1720)
Pietro Torri (1650–1737)
Robert de Visée (c. 1650–1732/1733)
Johann Jacob Walther (1650–1717)
Johann Georg Ahle (1651–1706)
Petronio Franceschini (1651–1680)
Domenico Gabrielli (1651/1659–1690)
Gilles Jullien (c. 1651/1653–1703)
Johann Krieger (1651–1735)
Jean-François Lalouette (1651–1728)
David Petersen (c. 1651–1737)
Ferdinand Tobias Richter (1651–1711)
William Turner (1651–1740)
Johann Philipp Förtsch (1652–1732)
Romanus Weichlein [de] (1652–1706)
John Abell (1653–after 1724)
Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
Georg Muffat (1653–1704)
Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)  German composer, organist and teacher
Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (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 (c. 1654–c. 1701)
Christian Liebe (1654–1708)
Vincent Lübeck (1654–1740)
Pablo Nassarre (c. 1654–c. 1730)
Ludovico Roncalli (1654–1713)
Sébastien de Brossard (1655–1730)
Ruggiero Fedeli (c. 1655–1722) 
Juan Serqueira de Lima (c. 1655–c. 1726)
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656–1746)
Marin Marais (1656–1728)
Jean-Baptiste Moreau (1656–1733)
James Paisible, or Jacques Paisible (c. 1656–1721)
Georg Reutter (1656–1738)
Alexander Maasmann (fl. 1713)
Thomas Tudway (c. 1656–1726) 
Matías Juan de Veana (c. 1656–after 1708)
Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656–1705)
Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657–1714)
Michel-Richard de Lalande, or Delalande (1657–1726)
Gaetano Greco (c. 1657–c. 1728)
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657–1743)
Damian Stachowicz (1658–1699)
Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709)
Sybrandus van Noordt (1659–1705) 
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Francesco Antonio Pistocchi (1659–1726)
Theodor Schwartzkopff (1659–1732) 
Antonio Veracini (1659–1745)
Henrico Albicastro, or Johann Heinrich von Weissenburg (c. 1660–after 1730)
Rosa Giacinta Badalla (c. 1660–c. 1710)
Francesco Ballaroti (c. 1660–1712) 
Bartolomeo Bernardi [de] (c. 1660–1732)
André Campra (1660–1744)
Jerónimo de Carrión (1660–1721)
Sebastián Durón (1660–1716)
Gottfried Finger (1660–1730)
Johann Joseph Fux (1660–1741)
Friedrich Gottlieb Klingenberg (c. 1660?–1720) 
Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722)
Johann Sigismund Kusser (1660–1727)
Gaspard Le Roux (c. 1660–1707)
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe le fils (the younger) (c. 1660–c. 1720) 
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)
Johannes Schenck (1660–c. 1712)
Christian Friedrich Witt (c. 1660–1717)
Georg Böhm (1661–1733)
Henri Desmarest (1661–1741)
Francesco Gasparini (1661–1727)
Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661–1756)
Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier (c. 1662?–1700)
Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi (1662–1708)
Pirro Capacelli Albergati (1663–1735)
Johann Nikolaus Hanff (1663–1711)
Franz Xaver Murschhauser (1663–1738)
Nicolas Siret (1663–1754)
Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663–1745)
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau, or Zachow (1663–1712)
Nicolas Bernier (1664–1734)
Georg Dietrich Leyding, or Leiding (1664–1710)
Louis Lully (1664–1734)
Michele Mascitti (c. 1664–1760)
Georg Österreich (1664–1735)
Johann Christoph Pez (1664–1716)
Daniel Purcell (1664–1717)
Johann Speth (1664–after 1719)
Filippo Amadei, "Pippo del Violoncello" (c. 1665–c. 1725)
Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter (1665–1742)
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697)
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (c. 1665/1667–1734)
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
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 (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)
Alphonse d'Eve [it] (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 (1668–1735)
Jean Gilles (1668–1705)
Giorgio Gentili [de] (c. 1668–after 1731)
Georg von Bertouch (1668–1743)
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)
Giuseppe Boniventi [it] (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)
Benedetto Vinaccesi [it] (c. 1670–1719)
Jean-Baptiste Volumier, or Woulmyer (1670–1728)
Johann Hugo von Wilderer (1670/1671–1724)
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671–1751)
Giuseppe Aldrovandini (1671–1707)
Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721)
Azzolino della Ciaja, or della Ciaia (1671–1755)
Gaspard Corrette (c. 1671–before 1733)
Antoine Forqueray (1671–1745)
Charles-Hubert Gervais (1671–1744)
Teodorico Pedrini (1671–1746)
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)
Francesco Mancini (1672–1737)
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 (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)
Pietro Paolo Laurenti [it] (1675–1719)
Giovanni Porta (c. 1675–1755)
Obadiah Shuttleworth (c. 1675?–1734)
Francesco Venturini (c. 1675–1745)
Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749)
Diogenio Bigaglia [de] (1676–1745)
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749)
Giacomo Facco (1676–1753)
Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner (1676–1754)
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676–1760)
John Weldon (1676–1736)
Johann Ludwig Bach (1677–1731)
Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677–1726)
Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari (1677–1754)
Johann Wilhelm Drese (1677–1745)
Francesco Nicola Fago (1677–1745)
Jean-Baptiste Morin (1677–1745)
Christian Petzold (1677–1733)
William Croft (1678–1727)
Ferdinando Antonio Lazzari (1678–1754)
Giovanni Antonio Piani [de], 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 (1680–1748)
Giuseppe Fedeli, or Joseph Saggione (c. 1680–c. 1745)
Jean-Adam Guilain (c. 1680–after 1739)
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London (1680–1730)
Giovanni Mossi (c. 1680?–1742)
Jean-Baptiste Stuck (1680–1755)
Emanuele d'Astorga (1681–1736)
Carl Heinrich Biber (1681–1749)
Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1681–1732)
Johann Mattheson (1681–1764)
Anne Danican Philidor (1681–1728)
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)
Giovanni Veneziano [it] (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)
Johann Jacob de Neufville [de] (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
François Campion (c. 1685–1747) 
Louis-Antoine Dornel (c. 1685–1765)
Lodovico Giustini (1685–1743)
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)
Benedetto Marcello (1686–1739)
Nicola Porpora (1686–1768)
Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763)
Johann Adam Birkenstock (1687–1733)
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)
Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750)
Michele Falco (c. 1688–after 1732)
Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758)
Jacob Klein (1688–1748) 
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Ghent (1688–1720)
Thomas Roseingrave (1688–1766)
Domenico Zipoli (1688–1726)
Jacques Aubert (1689–1753)
William Babell (c. 1689–1723)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
Jan Josef Ignác Brentner (1689–1742)
Pietro Gnocchi (1689–1775)
Jean-Baptiste Quentin (before 1690–c. 1742) (not to be confused with his son 1718–c. 1750)
Francesco Barsanti (1690–1772)
Jean Daniel Braun [de] (c. 1690?–c. 1740)
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (c. 1690 – 1758)
Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin (1690–1768)
Fortunato Chelleri (1690–1757)
François Colin de Blamont (1690–1760)
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)
Robert Woodcock (c. 1690 – 1728)
Francesco Feo (1691–1761)
Jan Francisci (1691–1758)
Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch (1691–1765)
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)
Laurent Belissen (1693–1762)
Šimon Brixi (1693–1735)
Gregor Joseph Werner (1693–1766)
Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772)
Johann Samuel Endler [de] (1694–1762)
Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694–1772)
Leonardo Leo (1694–1744)
Antonín Reichenauer (c. 1694–1730)
Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758)
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 (1696–1755)
Johann Melchior Molter (1696–1765)
Johann Caspar Vogler (1696–1763)
Andrea Zani (1696–1757)
Josse Boutmy (1697–1779)
Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel (1697–1775)
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)
Riccardo Broschi (c. 1698–1756)
François Francoeur (1698–1787)
František Jiránek (1698–1778)
Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698–c. 1764)
Gaetano Maria Schiassi [de] (1698–1754)
Jean-Baptiste Forqueray le fils (1699–1782)
Joseph Gibbs (1699–1788)
Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783)
Juan Francés de Iribarren (1699–1767)
Jan Zach (1699–1773)
Ignazio Pollice or Pulici (fl. 1684–1705)
John Baston (fl. 1708–1739)
Charles Bâton [s] (fl. 1733–1758)
Domenico Della Bella (fl. c. 1700–1715)
Michielina Della Pietà (fl. c. 1701–1744)
Charles Dollé (fl. 1735–1755; d. after 1755)
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)
Richard Jones (late 17th century–1744)
Gottfried Lindemann (fl. 1713–1741; d. 1741)
Le Sieur de Machy (d. after 1692)
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)
Romano Antonio Piacentino (c. 18th century)



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 era, include the following figures listed by their date of birth: 


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)
Michel Blavet (1700–1768)
Sebastian Bodinus (c. 1700–1759)
Domenico Dall'Oglio (c. 1700–1764)
João Rodrigues Esteves (1700–1751)
Nicola Fiorenza (after 1700–1764)
Jean-Baptiste Masse (c. 1700–c. 1757)
Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700–1775)
Johan Agrell (1701–1765)
François Rebel (1701–1775)
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)
John Frederick Lampe (1703–1751)
Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703–1771)
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)
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)
Pancrace Royer (1705–1755)
Andrea Bernasconi (c. 1706–1784)
Carlo Cecere (1706–1761)
Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785)
William Hayes (1706–1777)
Giovanni Battista Martini, or Padre Martini (1706–1784)
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)
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 (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)
Joseph Abaco, or dall'Abaco (1710–1805)
Thomas Arne (1710–1778)
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)
Élisabeth de Haulteterre (fl. 1737–1768)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
William Boyce (1711–1779)
Ignaz Holzbauer (1711–1783)
Gaetano Latilla (1711–1788)
Davide Perez (1711–1778)
Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758)
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711–1772)
James Oswald (1711–1769)
Frederick the Great (1712–1786)
John Hebden (1712–1765)
Giacomo Puccini (senior) (1712-1781)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
John Christopher Smith (1712–1795)
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 (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)
Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799)
Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1723–1787)
Rafael Antonio Castellanos (c. 1725–1791)
Santa della Pietà (fl. c. 1725–1750, d. after 1774)
Karl Kohaut (1726–1784)
Pierre van Maldere (1729–1768)
Antonio Soler (1729–1783)
Capel Bond (1730–1790) 
Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782)
José Joaquim dos Santos (? 1747–1801)