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Composer Index – by period – Renaissance

Composers and arrangers represented on this website from the Renaissance period
(broadly defined as AD1430-1600).

Agricola, Alexander (c1456-1506)
Aguilera de Heredia, Sebastián (1561-1627)
Alamire, Pierre (c1470-?1536)
Alanus, Johannes (fl late 14th century-early 15th century)
Alberti, Innocentio (c1535-1615)
Allegri, Gregorio (1582-1652)
Alvarado, Diego de (1570-1643)
Alwood, Richard (fl1550-1550)
Amner, John (1579-1641)
Amon, Blasius (c1560-1590)
Anchieta, Juan de (1462-1523)
Andreae, Carolus (c1570-1627)
Anerio, Felice (c1560-1614)
Anerio, Giovanni Francesco (c1567-1630)
Appenzeller, Benedictus (c1480/88-after 1558)
Arcadelt, Jacques (?1505-1568)
Asola, Giammateo (c1532-1609)
Aston, Hugh (c1485-?1558)
Baccusi, Ippolito (c1550-1609)
Bacheler, Daniel (1572-1619)
Badajoz, João de (fl c1520-1520)
Balbi, Ludovico (c1545-1604)
Baldwin, John (1560-1615)
Ballard, Robert (c1575-after 1649)
Barbingant (fl c1445-1460)
Bassano, Augustine (?-1604)
Bassano, Giovanni (1560/1-1617)
Bassano, Jerome (1559-1635)
Bauldeweyn, Noel (c1480-1530)
Bedyngham, John (dc1459/60)
Bendinelli, Cesare (c1542-1617)
Bennet, John (1570-1615)
Bertani, Lelio (1554-1612)
Besard, Jean-Baptiste (c1567-c1617)
Binchois, Gilles (c1400-1460)
Blancks, Edward (c1550-1633)
Blitheman, John (c1525-1591)
Boësset, Antoine (1586-1643)
Bonini, Pietro Andrea (c1550-c1605)
Bossinensis, Franciscus (fl1510-1510)
Bourgeois, Louis (c1510-1559)
Bozzi, Paolo (c1550-1628)
Brade, William (1560-1630)
Brito, Estêvão de (c1575-1641)
Brollo, Bartolomeus (fl1430-1450)
Browne, John (fl c1490-1490)
Bruck, Arnold von (?1500-1554)
Brumel, Antoine (c1460-1512/13)
Bryne, Albertus (c1621-1668)
Bull, John (?1562/3-1628)
Buonamente, Giovanni (d1642)
Busnois, Antoine (c1430-1492)
Byrd, William (1539/40-1623)
Cabezón, Antonio de (1510-1566)
Cabezón, Hernando de (1541-1602)
Caccini, Giuliano (1546-1618)
Campion, Thomas (1567-1620)
Capirola, Vincenzo (1474-after 1548)
Cara, Marchetto (c1470-?1525)
Cardoso, Manuel (1566-1650)
Carlton, Richard (c1558-?1638)
Caroso, Fabritio (c1527-c1605)
Caroubel, Pierre Francisque (d1611)
Carreira, António (c1515-c1590)
Carvor, Robert (c1484/7-after 1567)
Castro y Malagaray, Juan de (c1572-1632)
Caustun, Thomas (c1522-1569)
Cavaccio, Giovanni (c1556-1626)
Cavalieri, Emilio de' (c1550-1602)
Cavendish, Michael (c1565-1628)
Ceballos, Rodrigo de (c1530-1581)
Champion, Jacques (?-in or after 1535)
Champion, Nicolas (fl1526-1526)
Charles the Bold (1433-1477)
Chirbury, [? Robert] (? c1380-1454)
Cima, Gian Paolo (c1570-c1622)
Clemens non Papa, Jacobus (c1510/15-1555/6)
Cleve, Johannes de (1528/9-1582)
Cobbold, William (1560-1639)
Colombani, Oratio (c1550-1595)
Compère, Loyset (c1445-1518)
Cooke, John? (c1385-?1442)
Coprario, John (c1570-1626)
Cornago, Johannes (fl c1455-1485)
Cornysh, William (d1523)
Cornysh, William (dc1502)
Correa de Arauxo, Francisco (1584-1654)
Costa, Gasparo (fl1580-1590)
Cosyn, Benjamin (c1570-after 1652)
Cotes, Ambrosio (c1550-1603)
Craen, Nicolaus (?-1507)
Cranford, William (fl1613-fl1621)
Crecquillon, Thomas (c1505-c1557)
Cristo, Pedro de (c1550-1618)
Croce, Giovanni (c1557-1609)
Cutting, Francis (c1550-1595/6)
Dalza, Joan Ambrosio (fl1508-1508)
Daman, William (c1540-1591)
Damett, [Thomas?] (? 1389/90-between 15 July 1436 and 14 April 1437)
Danyel, John (1564-c1626)
Daser, Ludwig (1526-1589)
De Silva, Andreas (c1475/80-c1530)
Deane, William (?1575-c1638)
Dering, Richard (c1580-1630)
Díaz Bessón, Gabriel (before 1590-1638)
Divitis, Antonius (c1470-c1530)
Dlugoraj, Wojciech (1557/8-after c1619)
Domarto, Petrus de (fl1450-1450)
Dowland, John (1563-1626)
Dragoni, Giovanni Andrea (c1540-1598)
Drake, Sir Francis (1588-1637)
Driffelde, Robert[?] (fl1424-1468)
Dufay, Guillaume (1397-1474)
Dunstaple, John (c1390-1453)
East, Michael (1580-1648)
Ebreo da Pesaro, Guglielmo (c1420-1484)
Eccard, Johannes (1533-1611)
Encina, Juan del (1468-1529/30)
Enrique (d1488)
Erbach, Christian (c1570-1635)
Eremita, Giulio (c1550-c1600)
Ertel, Sebastian (1550/60-1618)
Escobedo, Bartolomé de (c1505-1563)
Esquivel, Juan (c1560-before 1630)
Excetre, J (fl c1410-1410)
Eyck, Jacob van (1589-1657)
Farmer, John (fl1591-1601)
Farnaby, Giles (c1563-1640)
Farnaby, Richard (c1594-?)
Farrant, Richard (?1525-1580)
Fayrfax, Robert (1464-1521)
Fernandes, Gaspar (1570-1629)
Fernández Palero, Francisco (d1597)
Fernandez, Aires (?-?)
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (1542/3-1588)
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (c1575-1628)
Festa, Costanzo (c1485/90-1545)
Festa, Sebastiano (1495-1524)
Févin, Antoine de (c1470-1511/12)
Fillimarino, Fabrizio (fl1594-1594)
Flecha, Matteo (1481-1553)
Florio, Giovanni (fl1555-1598)
Fontaine, Pierre (c1380-c1450)
Forest (fl 1400-1450)
Forestier, Mathurin (fl c1500-1500)
Fowler, [John?] (fl c1460-1460)
Francesco Canova da Milano (1497-1543)
Franco, Hernando (1532-1585)
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643)
Frye, Walter (d1475)
Gabriel de Texerana (?1480-1528)
Gabrieli, Andrea (c1510-1586)
Gabrieli, Giovanni (c1554/7-1612)
Galilei, Vincenzo (c1520-1591)
Galli, Antonius (d1565)
Gardane, Antonio (1509-1569)
Garsi da Parma, Santino (1542-1604)
Gastoldi, Giovanni Giacomo (c1553/4-1609)
Gerarde, Dericke (1485-1580)
Gervaise, Claude (fl1540-1560)
Gervays (fl c1400-1400)
Gesualdo, Carlo (c1561-1613)
Gibbons, Ellis (1573-1603)
Gibbons, Orlando (1583-1625)
Giles, Thomas (?-?)
Giovannelli, Ruggiero (c1560-1625)
Giustinian, Leonardo (c1383-1446)
Gombert, Nicolas (c1495-c1560)
Goudimel, Claude (c1514-1572)
Grabbe, Johann (1585-1655)
Grandi, Alessandro (1575/80-1630)
Guami, Gioseffo (c1540-1611)
Guédron, Pierre (c1570-c1620)
Guerrero, Francisco (1528-1599)
Guyot, Jean (?1520-1588)
Handford, George (1582/5-1647)
Handl, Jacobus (1550-1591)
Hassler, Hans Leo (1562-1612)
Hellinck, Lupus (1493/4-1541)
Henry VIII (1491-1547)
Hernández, Francisco (1517-1587)
Hilton, John (1565-?1609)
Hofhaimer, Paul (1459-1537)
Holborne, Antony (c?1545-1602)
Holmes, John (?-1629)
Hooper, Edmund (c1553-1621)
Huet, Gregorio (before 1550-c1616)
Hume, Tobias (?c1579-1645)
Hunnis, William (d1597)
Hunt, Thomas (fl c1600-fl c1600)
India, Sigismondo d' (c1582-c1629)
Infantas, Fernando de las (1534-c1610)
Inglot, William (1554-1621)
Isaac, Heinrich (c1450-1517)
Ivan the Terrible, Tsar (1530-1584)
Jacquet of Mantua (1483-1559)
Janequin, Clément (c1485-1558)
Jeffreys, George (c1610-1685)
João IV of Portugal (1604-1656)
Johannes de Lymburgia (fl1400-1440)
Johnson, Edward (fl1572-1601)
Johnson, Robert (c1583-1633)
Jones, Robert (fl1597-1615)
Josquin des Prez (c1450/55-1521)
Kapsberger, Giovanni Girolamo (c1580-1651)
Kirbye, George (c1565-1634)
Klingenstein, Bernhard (1545/6-1614)
La Hèle, George de (1547-1586)
La Rue, Pierre de (c1452-1518)
Lanier, Nicholas (1588-1666)
Lassus, Orlande de (1530/32-1594)
Le Jeune, Claude (1528/30-1600)
Le Rouge, Guillaume (fl c1450-1465)
Legrant, Johannes (fl c1420-1440)
Leoni, Leone (c1550-1627)
Leonore d'Este (1515-1575)
Lhéritier, Jean (c1480-after 1551)
Lisley, John (fl c1600-fl c1600)
Lobo, Alonso (1555-1617)
Lobo, Duarte (c1565-1646)
Lopez, Antonio (?-?)
Ludford, Nicholas (c1490-1557)
Lupi, Johannes (c1506-1539)
Lupo, Joseph (c1537-1616)
Lupo, Thomas (1571-1627)
Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
Macque, Giovanni de (?1548/50-1614)
Maessens, Pieter (c1505-1562)
Magalhães, Filipe de (c1563-1652)
Mainerio, Giorgio (c1535-1582)
Maio, Giovan Tomaso di (c1500-1563)
Manchicourt, Pierre de (c1510-1564)
Mancini, Curzio (c1553-after 1611)
Marenzio, Luca (1553/4-1599)
Marini, Biagio (1594-1663)
Marson, George (c1573-1632)
Massaino, Tiburtio (c1550-1609)
Mayone, Ascanio (c1565-1627)
Mendes, Manuel (c1547-1605)
Merbecke, John (c1510-c1585)
Mercure d'Orléans (fl c1590-c1619)
Merula, Tarquinio (1594/5-1665)
Merulo, Claudio (1533-1604)
Michi, Orazio (1594/5-1641)
Milán, Luys (c1500-after 1560)
Milton, John (c1563-1647)
Molinaro, Simone (c1565-1615)
Molins, P des (fl 1350-1350)
Monte, Philippe de (1521-1603)
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)
Morago, Estêvão Lopes (c1575-after 1630)
Morales, Cristóbal de (c1500-1553)
Morata, Ginés de (fl1550-1550)
Moritz, Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel (1572-1632)
Morley, Thomas (1557/8-1602)
Morton, Robert (c1430-after 13 March 1479)
Moulu, Pierre (?1484-c1550)
Mouton, Jean (before 1459-1522)
Mudarra, Alonso (c1510-1580)
Mundy, John (c1555-1630)
Mundy, William (c1529-1591)
Nanino, Giovanni Maria (1543/4-1607)
Narváez, Luys de (fl1526-1549)
Negri, Cesare (c1536-fl1604)
Newman, Anthony (?-?)
Nicholson, Richard (fl1595-1639)
Nicolson, Richard (c1570-1639)
Norcombe, Daniel (1576-before 1626)
Notari, Angelo (1566-1663)
Nucius, Johannes (c1556-1620)
Obrecht, Jacob (1457/8-1505)
Ockeghem, Johannes (c1410-1497)
Ortiz, Diego (c1510-c1570)
Padovano, Annibale (1527-1575)
Paiva, Heliodoro de (1502-1552)
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525/6-1594)
Parsons, Robert (c1535-1572)
Parsons, William (fl1545-1563)
Passereau, Pierre (fl1509-1547)
Payen, Nicolas (c1512-after 24 April 1559)
Peerson, Martin (c1572-1651)
Peñalosa, Francisco de (c1470-1528)
Peraza, Francisco de (1564-1598)
Perrichon, Julien (1566-c1600)
Philips, Peter (1560/1-1628)
Phinot, Dominique (c1510-c1556)
Picchi, Giovanni (1572-1643)
Piccinini, Alessandro (1566-c1638)
Picforth (fl c1580-1580)
Pilkington, Francis (c1570-1638)
Plummer, John (?c1410-c1484)
Poliziano, Angelo (1454-1494)
Porta, Costanzo (1528-1601)
Porta, J de (?-?)
Power, Leonel (d1445)
Praetorius, Hieronymus (1560-1629)
Praetorius, Michael (1571-1621)
Preti, Alfonso (fl1586-1592)
Primavera, Giovan Leonardo (c1540/45-after 1585)
Prioris, Johannes (fl c1485-1512)
Pullois, Jean (?-1478)
Ravenscroft, Thomas (c1582-c1635)
Redford, John (d1547)
Regis, Johannes (c1425-c1496)
Regnart, Jacob (c1540-1599)
Reiner, Jacob (1555/60-1606)
Ribera, Bernardino de (c1520-?1580)
Richafort, Jean (c1480-after 1547)
Rivafrecha, Martín de (c1479-1528)
Robledo, Melchor (c1520-before 7 April 1587)
Rodrigues Coelho, Manuel (c1555-1635)
Rogier, Philippe (c1561-1596)
Rognoni Taeggio, Francesco (dbefore 1626)
Rore, Cipriano de (1515/16-1565)
Rosseter, Philip (1567/8-1623)
Rossi, Michelangelo (c1601-1656)
Rossi, Salomone (c1570-c1630)
Sabino, Ippolito (c1550-1593)
Santini, Prospero (fl1591-1614)
Scheidt, Samuel (1587-1654)
Schein, Johann (1586-1630)
Schoendorff, Philipp (1565/70-in or after 1617)
Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672)
Segni, Julio (1498-1561)
Senfl, Ludwig (1489/91-1543)
Serafino Aquilano (1466-1500)
Sermisy, Claudin de (1490-1562)
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Sheppard, John (c1515-1558)
Simpson, Christopher (c1602/6-1669)
Simpson, Thomas (1582-?1628)
Smert, Richard (c1400-?1478/9)
Soriano, Francesco (1548/9-1621)
Soursby (fl c1430-1460)
Spinacino, Francesco (fl1507-1507)
Stabile, Annibale (c1535-1595)
Stone, Robert (1516-1613)
Striggio, Alessandro (c1536/7-1592)
Strogers, Nicholas (d1575?)
Sturgeon, [? Nicholas] (d1454)
Sturt, John (d1625)
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621)
Tabourot, Jehan (1520-1595)
Tallis, Thomas (c1505-1585)
Taverner, John (c1490-1545)
Tayler, ? J (?-?)
Taylor, Robert (d?1637)
Teschner, Melchior (1584-1635)
Titelouze, Jehan (1562/3-1633)
Tomkins, Thomas (1572-1656)
Torre, Francisco de la (fl1483-1504)
Trabaci, Giovanni Maria (1575-1647)
Tregian, Francis (1574-1619)
Tromboncino, Bartolomeo (c1470-1535)
Trouluffe, John (fl 1448-c1473)
Tye, Christopher (c1505-before 15 March 1573)
Vaet, Jacobus (c1529-1567)
Valente, Antonio (c1520-1581)
Vallet, Nicolas (c1583-after 1642)
Vásquez, Juan (c1500-c1560)
Vecchi, Orazio (c1550-1605)
Venegas de Henestrosa, Luis (c1510-1557)
Verdelot, Philippe (c1480/85-?1530/32)
Viadana, Lodovico (c1560-1627)
Victoria, Tomás Luis de (1548-1611)
Vierdanck, Johann (c1605-1646)
Vincenet du Bruecquet (dbefore 1480)
Vinders, Jheronimus (fl1525-1526)
Vivanco, Sebastián de (c1551-1622)
Ward, John (c1589-1638)
Weckmann, Matthias (?1616-1674)
Weelkes, Thomas (1576-1623)
Wert, Giaches de (1535-1596)
White, Robert (c1538-November 1574)
Wilbye, John (1574-1638)
Wilder, Philip van (c1500-1554)
Willaert, Adrian (c1490-1562)
Woodcock, Clement (c1540-1589)
Wylkynson, Robert (c1475/80-1515)
Zerto, Gasparo (c1550-c1605)
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