The great Renaissance composers
Frescobaldi or Dunstaple? Dufay or des Prez? 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 1400 and 1600 (renaissance era)
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 : Frescobaldi (Italian composer (1583–1643)) or Dunstaple (British composer) ? Gesualdo (Italian prince, composer and murderer (1566–1613)) or Gibbons (English composer, virginalist and organist (1583-1625)) ? 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 1400 and 1600 (renaissance era). And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).
Composers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:
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Top 10 classical musiccomposers for the years 1400-1600
Who are these greatest composers, the most famous over the 1400-1600 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:
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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. Ockeghem, Galilei, Tallis, Obrecht, Caccini, Palestrina, Lassus...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 19000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers for the renaissance era, 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.
Antonio Maria Abbatini The great Renaissance composers
1595-1677 (Baroque)
Composer
Henry Abyngdon The great Renaissance composers
1418-1497 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Emmanuel Adriaenssen The great Renaissance composers
1554-1604 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Alexander Agricola The great Renaissance composers
1446-1506 (Renaissance)
Composer
Gregor Aichinger The great Renaissance composers
1561-1628 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Gregorio Allegri The great Renaissance composers
1582-1652 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Elias Ammerbach The great Renaissance composers
1530-1597 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Francisco Correa de Araujo The great Renaissance composers
1584-1654 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Jacques Arcadelt The great Renaissance composers
1505-1568 (Renaissance)
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Hugh Aston The great Renaissance composers
1485-1558 (Renaissance)
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Pierre Attaingnant The great Renaissance composers
1494-1552 (Renaissance)
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Adriano Banchieri The great Renaissance composers
1568-1634 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Adriana Basile The great Renaissance composers
1586-1640 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Gabriel Bataille The great Renaissance composers
1575-1630 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Antoine de Bertrand The great Renaissance composers
1540-1581 (Renaissance)
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Gilles Binchois The great Renaissance composers
1400-1460 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Antoine de Boësset The great Renaissance composers
1587-1643 (Baroque)
Composer
Severo Bonini The great Renaissance composers
1582-1663 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
John Browne The great Renaissance composers
1401c-1501 (Renaissance)
Composer
Antoine Brumel The great Renaissance composers
1460-1512 (Renaissance)
Composer
John Bull The great Renaissance composers
1562-1628 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni Battista Buonamente The great Renaissance composers
1595-1642 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Antoine Busnois The great Renaissance composers
1430-1492 (Renaissance)
Composer
William Byrd The great Renaissance composers
1543-1623 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Antonio de Cabezón The great Renaissance composers
1510-1566 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Francesca Caccini The great Renaissance composers
1587-1640 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Giulio Caccini The great Renaissance composers
1551-1618 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Thomas Campion The great Renaissance composers
1567-1620 (Renaissance)
Composer
Vincenzo Capirola The great Renaissance composers
1474-1548 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Manuel Cardoso The great Renaissance composers
1566-1650 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
António Carreira The great Renaissance composers
1525-1590 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Bellerofonte Castaldi The great Renaissance composers
1580-1649 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Maddalena Casulana The great Renaissance composers
1530-1590 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Girolamo Cavazzoni The great Renaissance composers
1510-1565 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Pierre Certon The great Renaissance composers
1515-1572 (Renaissance)
Composer
Johannes Ciconia The great Renaissance composers
1370-1412 (Medieval)
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Complete works
Claude Le Claude Le Jeune The great Renaissance composers
1528-1600 (Renaissance)
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Jacob Clemens n Clemens The great Renaissance composers
1510-1555 (Renaissance)
Composer
Loyset Compère The great Renaissance composers
1445-1518 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
John Cooper The great Renaissance composers
1570-1626 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Baude Cordier The great Renaissance composers
1364-1400 (Medieval)
Performer & Composer
Juan Cornago The great Renaissance composers
1450-1475 (Renaissance)
Composer
Guillaume Costeley The great Renaissance composers
1531-1606 (Renaissance)
Composer
mohamed de cristo The great Renaissance composers
1500-1553 (Renaissance)
Composer
Pedro de Cristo The great Renaissance composers
1540-1618 (Renaissance)
Composer
Johann Crüger The great Renaissance composers
1598-1662 (Baroque)
Composer
Ghiselin Danckerts The great Renaissance composers
1510-1565 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Johann Daniel Mylius The great Renaissance composers
1583-1642 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Emilio de de' Cavalieri The great Renaissance composers
1550-1602 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Fabrizio Dentice The great Renaissance composers
1530-1581 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Josquin des Prez The great Renaissance composers
1455-1521 (Renaissance)
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Complete works
Sigismondo d'D'India The great Renaissance composers
1582-1629 (Renaissance)
Composer
Antonius Divitis The great Renaissance composers
1475-1526 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Wojciech Długoraj The great Renaissance composers
1550-1619 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
John Dowland The great Renaissance composers
1563-1626 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Complete works
Eustache du Du Caurroy The great Renaissance composers
1549-1609 (Renaissance)
Composer
Guillaume Dufay The great Renaissance composers
1397-1474 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
John Dunstaple The great Renaissance composers
1390-1453 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
Andrea Falconieri The great Renaissance composers
1585c-1656 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Giles Farnaby The great Renaissance composers
1563-1640 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Gaspar Fernández The great Renaissance composers
1568c-1629 (Renaissance)
Composer
Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger The great Renaissance composers
1575-1628 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni Battista Fontana The great Renaissance composers
1589-1630 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Girolamo Frescobaldi The great Renaissance composers
1583-1643 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Andrea Gabrieli The great Renaissance composers
1533-1585 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni Gabrieli The great Renaissance composers
1557-1612 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Marco da Gagliano The great Renaissance composers
1582-1643 (Baroque)
Conductor & Composer
Michelagnolo Galilei The great Renaissance composers
1575-1631 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Vincenzo Galilei The great Renaissance composers
1520-1591 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Jacobus Gallus The great Renaissance composers
1550-1591 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi The great Renaissance composers
1555-1609 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Ennemond Gaultier The great Renaissance composers
1575-1651 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Claude Gervaise The great Renaissance composers
1510-1558 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Carlo Gesualdo The great Renaissance composers
1566-1613 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Girolamo Giacobbi The great Renaissance composers
1567-1629 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Orlando Gibbons The great Renaissance composers
1583-1625 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Nicolas Gombert The great Renaissance composers
1495-1560 (Renaissance)
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Claude Goudimel The great Renaissance composers
1505-1572 (Renaissance)
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Alessandro Grandi The great Renaissance composers
1577-1630 (Renaissance)
Composer
Arnoul Gréban The great Renaissance composers
1420-1471 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Piotr of Grudziądz The great Renaissance composers
1392-1480 (Renaissance)
Composer
Francisco Guerrero The great Renaissance composers
1528-1599 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Kryštof von Harant The great Renaissance composers
1564-1621 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Hans Leo Hassler The great Renaissance composers
1564-1612 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Luis Venegas de Henestrosa The great Renaissance composers
1510-1570 (Renaissance)
Composer
Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia The great Renaissance composers
1566c-1632c (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Anthony Holborne The great Renaissance composers
1545-1602 (Renaissance)
Composer
Tobias Hume The great Renaissance composers
1569-1645 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Marc'Antonio Ingegneri The great Renaissance composers
1535-1592 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Heinrich Isaac The great Renaissance composers
1450-1517 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Clément Janequin The great Renaissance composers
1472-1558 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
John Jenkins The great Renaissance composers
1592-1678 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Robert Johnson The great Renaissance composers
1583-1633 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger The great Renaissance composers
1580-1651 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Jacobus de Kerle The great Renaissance composers
1531-1591 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Stefano Landi The great Renaissance composers
1587-1639 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Nicholas Lanier The great Renaissance composers
1588-1666 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Pierre de la Rue The great Renaissance composers
1460-1518 (Renaissance)
Composer
Orlande de Lassus The great Renaissance composers
1532-1594 (Renaissance)
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Complete works
Henry Lawes The great Renaissance composers
1595-1662 (Baroque)
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Leonhard Lechner The great Renaissance composers
1553-1606 (Renaissance)
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Alonso Lobo The great Renaissance composers
1555-1617 (Renaissance)
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Duarte Lobo The great Renaissance composers
1565-1646 (Renaissance)
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Thomas Lupo The great Renaissance composers
1571-1627 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Luzzasco Luzzaschi The great Renaissance composers
1545-1607 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Francesco Manelli The great Renaissance composers
1594-1667 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Jacquet of Mantua The great Renaissance composers
1483-1559 (Renaissance)
Composer
Luca Marenzio The great Renaissance composers
1553-1599 (Renaissance)
Composer
Giovanni Maria Trabaci The great Renaissance composers
1585c-1647 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Biagio Marini The great Renaissance composers
1594-1663 (Baroque)
Composer
Ascanio Mayone The great Renaissance composers
1570-1627 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Domenico Mazzocchi The great Renaissance composers
1592-1665 (Baroque)
Composer
Virgilio Mazzocchi The great Renaissance composers
1597-1646 (Baroque)
Conductor & Composer
Tarquinio Merula The great Renaissance composers
1595-1665 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Claudio Merulo The great Renaissance composers
1533-1604 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
René Mesangeau The great Renaissance composers
1568-1638 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Luis de Milán The great Renaissance composers
1500-1561 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Francesco Canova da Milano The great Renaissance composers
1497-1543 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Philippe de Monte The great Renaissance composers
1521-1603 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Claudio Monteverdi The great Renaissance composers
1567-1643 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Thomas Morley The great Renaissance composers
1559-1602 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Étienne Moulinié The great Renaissance composers
1599-1676 (Baroque)
Composer
Jean Mouton The great Renaissance composers
1459-1522 (Renaissance)
Composer
Alonso de Mudarra The great Renaissance composers
1510-1580 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Luis de Narváez The great Renaissance composers
1500-1555 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Hans Neusidler The great Renaissance composers
1508-1563 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Jacob Obrecht The great Renaissance composers
1457-1505 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
Johannes Ockeghem The great Renaissance composers
1456-1497 (Renaissance)
Composer
Diego Ortiz The great Renaissance composers
1510-1570 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Caspar Othmayr The great Renaissance composers
1515-1553 (Renaissance)
Composer
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla The great Renaissance composers
1590-1664 (Baroque)
Composer
Giovanni da Palestrina The great Renaissance composers
1525-1594 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Complete works
Giovanni Paolo Cima The great Renaissance composers
1570-1622 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Bartolomé Ramos de Pareja The great Renaissance composers
1440-1491 (Renaissance)
Composer
Robert Parsons The great Renaissance composers
1535-1572 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Martin Peerson The great Renaissance composers
1572-1651 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Jacopo Peri The great Renaissance composers
1561-1633 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Peter Philips The great Renaissance composers
1561-1628 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Alessandro Piccinini The great Renaissance composers
1566-1638 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck The great Renaissance composers
1562-1621 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Jakub Polak The great Renaissance composers
1540-1605 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Jacob Praetorius The great Renaissance composers
1586-1651 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Michael Praetorius The great Renaissance composers
1571-1621 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Joan Pau Pujol The great Renaissance composers
1570-1626 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Charles Racquet The great Renaissance composers
1597-1664 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Mikołaj Radomski The great Renaissance composers
1400-1450 (Renaissance)
Composer
Virginia Ramponi-Andreini The great Renaissance composers
1583-1630 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Francesco Rasi The great Renaissance composers
1574-1621 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Thomas Ravenscroft The great Renaissance composers
1588-1635 (Baroque)
Composer
Jacob Regnart The great Renaissance composers
1545c-1599 (Renaissance)
Composer
Manuel Rodrigues Coelho The great Renaissance composers
1555-1635 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Cipriano de Rore The great Renaissance composers
1515-1565 (Renaissance)
Composer
Philip Rosseter The great Renaissance composers
1568-1623 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Salamone Rossi The great Renaissance composers
1570-1630 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Luigi Rossi The great Renaissance composers
1597-1653 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Giovanni Rovetta The great Renaissance composers
1596-1668 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Vincenzo Ruffo The great Renaissance composers
1510-1587 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Hans Sachs The great Renaissance composers
1494-1576 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Pierre Sandrin The great Renaissance composers
1490-1561 (Renaissance)
Composer
Heinrich Scheidemann The great Renaissance composers
1596-1663 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Samuel Scheidt The great Renaissance composers
1587-1654 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Johann Hermann Schein The great Renaissance composers
1586-1630 (Renaissance)
Conductor & Composer
Arnolt Schlick The great Renaissance composers
1460c-1525 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Johann Schop The great Renaissance composers
1590-1667 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Heinrich Schütz The great Renaissance composers
1585-1672 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Ludwig Senfl The great Renaissance composers
1486-1542 (Renaissance)
Conductor & Composer
Claudin de Sermisy The great Renaissance composers
1490-1562 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
John Sheppard The great Renaissance composers
1515-1558 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer
Paul Siefert The great Renaissance composers
1586-1666 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Solage The great Renaissance composers
1400c-1403 (Renaissance)
Composer
Antonio Squarcialupi The great Renaissance composers
1416-1480 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Johann Staden The great Renaissance composers
1581-1634 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Johann Stobäus The great Renaissance composers
1580-1646 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Tielman Susato The great Renaissance composers
1500-1570 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Tomasz Szadek The great Renaissance composers
1550-1612 (Renaissance)
Composer
Wacław of Szamotuły The great Renaissance composers
1520-1560 (Renaissance)
Composer
Thomas Tallis The great Renaissance composers
1505-1585 (Renaissance)
Composer
John Taverner The great Renaissance composers
1490-1545 (Renaissance)
Composer
Johannes Tinctoris The great Renaissance composers
1435-1511 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
Jean Titelouze The great Renaissance composers
1563-1633 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Thomas Tomkins The great Renaissance composers
1572-1656 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Christopher Tye The great Renaissance composers
1505-1573 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Jacobus Vaet The great Renaissance composers
1529-1567 (Renaissance)
Composer
Enríquez de Valderrábano The great Renaissance composers
1500-1557 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Antonio Valente The great Renaissance composers
1520-1580 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni Valentini The great Renaissance composers
1582-1649 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Nicolas Vallet The great Renaissance composers
1588c-1650c (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Orazio Vecchi The great Renaissance composers
1550-1605 (Renaissance)
Composer
Philippe Verdelot The great Renaissance composers
1470-1552 (Renaissance)
Conductor & Composer
Tomás Luis de Victoria The great Renaissance composers
1548-1611 (Renaissance)
Composer
Thomas Weelkes The great Renaissance composers
1576-1623 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Gaspar van Weerbeke The great Renaissance composers
1445-1517 (Renaissance)
Composer
Giaches de Wert The great Renaissance composers
1535-1596 (Renaissance)
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Thomas Whythorne The great Renaissance composers
1528-1595 (Renaissance)
Composer
John Wilbye The great Renaissance composers
1574-1638 (Renaissance)
Composer
Philip van Wilder The great Renaissance composers
1500-1554 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Adrian Willaert The great Renaissance composers
1480-1562 (Renaissance)
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Oswald von Wolkenstein The great Renaissance composers
1377-1445 (Renaissance)
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Gioseffo Zarlino The great Renaissance composers
1517-1590 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
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