The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
Obrecht or Senfl? der Vogelweide or Léonin? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle such abundant fields as classical music and opera, covering 10 centuries of history: there are thousands of composers. Making a selection of musicians, such as a “top 10” for example, is a difficult and subjective exercise. A musical selection is often the expression of personal preferences or artistic opinions, very interesting but also very different according to critics or musicologists, or simply influenced by the context: will an English composer not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?
For example: in France, Charles Gounod, a 19th century French composer, is more easily mentioned than the Norwegian Edvard Grieg, who is more recognized in the world.
Timeline of classical music composers, between 1000 and 1500
Whoever wants to discover classical music or opera does not always have an experienced music lover, an expert or an educator at his or her side to support and guide him or her in these fields. So : Obrecht (Flemish composer) or Senfl (German-Swiss composer) ? Dunstaple (British composer) or la Rue (Franco-Flemish Renaissance singer, composer) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular composers around the world, for those living or having lived between 1000 and 1500. And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).
Composers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:
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This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages , or eras : medieval music, renaissance, baroque music (Bach...), classical period (Mozart...), romantic music (Beethoven...), XXth (Stravinsky), or across continents (with ).
Top 10 classical musiccomposers for the years 1000-1500
Who are these greatest composers, the most famous over the 1000-1500 era? The works of these musician have shaped the history of classical music and lyric art. There are those you probably know, or at least by name and the others.
Here are these 10 classical music composers, renowned artists from around the world:
Curious to know their most emblematic works? Just a click away to discover them.
The selections of musicians (classical music composers) proposed by soclassiq are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to their works, the performers, the lyrical singers, les orchestras, the conductors and the venues : opera houses, concert halls or festivals.
What about the others? 25, 50 or more?
Summarizing to 10 musician names such a wide and diverse field may seem extreme or too simplistic for those who know classical music and lyrical art well, for those who can easily name 50 or more classical music composers. Willaert, Busnois, Isaac, Arezzo, la Halle, Machaut, Bingen...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 19000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers for the years 1000-1500, widely recognized around the world:
Note:
- This selection may include highly reputed artists and musicians who have occasionally devoted themselves to classical music and not exclusively.
- It may also include composers who have been or are concert performers, some more renowned for their careers than for the work they have left behind.
Peter Abelard The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1079-1142 (Medieval)
Composer
Henry Abyngdon The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1418-1497 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Alexander Agricola The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1446-1506 (Renaissance)
Composer
Guido of Arezzo The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
992-1050 (Medieval)
Composer
Hugh Aston The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1485-1558 (Renaissance)
Composer
Pierre Attaingnant The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1494-1552 (Renaissance)
Composer
Gilles Binchois The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1400-1460 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Hildegard of Bingen The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1098-1179 (Medieval)
Composer
Complete works
Jacopo da Bologna The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1340-1386 (Medieval)
Composer
John Browne The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1401c-1501 (Renaissance)
Composer
Antoine Brumel The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1460-1512 (Renaissance)
Composer
Antoine Busnois The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1430-1492 (Renaissance)
Composer
Vincenzo Capirola The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1474-1548 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Philip the Chancellor The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1165-1236 (Medieval)
Composer
Johannes Ciconia The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1370-1412 (Medieval)
Composer
Complete works
Loyset Compère The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1445-1518 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Baude Cordier The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1364-1400 (Medieval)
Performer & Composer
Juan Cornago The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1450-1475 (Renaissance)
Composer
Walther von der Vogelweide The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1170-1230 (Medieval)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Josquin des Prez The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1455-1521 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
Antonius Divitis The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1475-1526 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Guillaume Dufay The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1397-1474 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
John Dunstaple The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1390-1453 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
Heinrich von Frauenlob The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1255-1318 (Medieval)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Nicolas Gombert The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1495-1560 (Renaissance)
Composer
Arnoul Gréban The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1420-1471 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Grimace The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1350c-1375c (Medieval)
Composer
Piotr of Grudziądz The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1392-1480 (Renaissance)
Composer
Heinrich Isaac The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1450-1517 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Clément Janequin The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1472-1558 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Adam de la Halle The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1240-1288 (Medieval)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Francesco Landini The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1335-1397 (Medieval)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Pierre de la Rue The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1460-1518 (Renaissance)
Composer
Léonin The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1150-1210 (Medieval)
Composer
Georg Liban The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1464-(?) (20th century)
Composer
Guillaume de Machaut The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1300-1377 (Medieval)
Composer
Complete works
Jacquet of Mantua The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1483-1559 (Renaissance)
Composer
Francesco Canova da Milano The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1497-1543 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Jean Mouton The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1459-1522 (Renaissance)
Composer
Theobald I of Navarre The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1201-1253 (Medieval)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Jacob Obrecht The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1457-1505 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
Johannes Ockeghem The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1456-1497 (Renaissance)
Composer
Berenguer de Palou The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1150c-1164 (Medieval)
Performer & Composer
Bartolomé Ramos de Pareja The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1440-1491 (Renaissance)
Composer
Pérotin The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1155-1230 (Medieval)
Composer
Complete works
Matheus de Perusio The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1380c-1418c (Medieval)
Composer
Hans Sachs The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1494-1576 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Pierre Sandrin The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1490-1561 (Renaissance)
Composer
Arnolt Schlick The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1460c-1525 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Ludwig Senfl The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1486-1542 (Renaissance)
Conductor & Composer
Claudin de Sermisy The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1490-1562 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Solage The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1400c-1403 (Renaissance)
Composer
Antonio Squarcialupi The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1416-1480 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
John Taverner The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1490-1545 (Renaissance)
Composer
Johannes Tinctoris The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1435-1511 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
Genc Tukiçi The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
30-(?) (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Philippe Verdelot The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1470-1552 (Renaissance)
Conductor & Composer
Philippe de Vitry The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1291-1361 (Medieval)
Composer
Complete works
Gaspar van Weerbeke The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1445-1517 (Renaissance)
Composer
Adrian Willaert The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1480-1562 (Renaissance)
Composer
Oswald von Wolkenstein The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1377-1445 (Renaissance)
Composer
Záviš of Zápy The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1350-1422 (Medieval)
Composer
Mikołaj z Chrzanowa The beginnings of classical music (1000-1500)
1485-1562 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
See also...
Timelines : Composers
- 10 centuries of classical music
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The beginnings of classical music, 1000 ... 1500
- The rise of classical music, 1500 ... 2000
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- Medieval * Renaissance * Baroque * Classical * Romantic * XXe
- Romantic : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- XXe : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1400 - 1500 : The 15th-century classical music composers
- 1500 - 1600 : The 16th-century classical music composers
- 1600 - 1700 : The 17th-century classical music composers + ( 1600 - 1650 ) + ( 1650 - 1700 )
- 1700 - 1800 : The 18th-century classical music composers + ( 1700 - 1750 ) + ( 1750 - 1800 )
- 1800 - 1900 : The 19th-century classical music composers
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- 1800 - 1850 : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1850 - 1900 : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1900 - 2000 : The 20th-century classical music composers
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- 1900 - 1950 : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1950 - 2000 : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
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Last update : 2024-03-10