The great Renaissance composers
Byrd or Prez? Praetorius or Gabrieli? 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 : Byrd (British composer) or Prez (Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance) ? Sweelinck (Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue in the Renaissance-Baroque eras) or Caccini (Italian 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 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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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 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:
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. Tallis, Hassler, Gabrieli, Willaert, Dufay, Peri, Obrecht...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 18000 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 AbbatiniThe great Renaissance composers
1595-1677 (Baroque)
Composer
Henry AbyngdonThe great Renaissance composers
1418-1497 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Emmanuel AdriaenssenThe great Renaissance composers
1554-1604 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Alexander AgricolaThe great Renaissance composers
1446-1506 (Renaissance)
Composer
Gregor AichingerThe great Renaissance composers
1564-1628 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Gregorio AllegriThe great Renaissance composers
1582-1652 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Elias AmmerbachThe great Renaissance composers
1530-1597 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Francisco Correa de AraujoThe great Renaissance composers
1584-1654 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Jacques ArcadeltThe great Renaissance composers
1505-1568 (Renaissance)
Composer
Hugh AstonThe great Renaissance composers
1485-1558 (Renaissance)
Composer
Pierre AttaingnantThe great Renaissance composers
1494-1552 (Renaissance)
Composer
Adriano BanchieriThe great Renaissance composers
1568-1634 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Adriana BasileThe great Renaissance composers
1580-1640 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Gabriel BatailleThe great Renaissance composers
1575-1630 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Antoine de BertrandThe great Renaissance composers
1540-1581 (Renaissance)
Composer
Gilles BinchoisThe great Renaissance composers
1400-1460 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Antoine de BoëssetThe great Renaissance composers
1587-1643 (Baroque)
Composer
Severo BoniniThe great Renaissance composers
1582-1663 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Antoine BrumelThe great Renaissance composers
1460-1512 (Renaissance)
Composer
John BullThe great Renaissance composers
1562-1628 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni Battista BuonamenteThe great Renaissance composers
1595-1642 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Antoine BusnoisThe great Renaissance composers
1430-1492 (Renaissance)
Composer
William ByrdThe great Renaissance composers
1543-1623 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Antonio de CabezónThe great Renaissance composers
1510-1566 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Francesca CacciniThe great Renaissance composers
1587-1640 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Giulio CacciniThe great Renaissance composers
1551-1618 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Thomas CampionThe great Renaissance composers
1567-1620 (Renaissance)
Composer
Vincenzo CapirolaThe great Renaissance composers
1474-1548 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Manuel CardosoThe great Renaissance composers
1566-1650 (Renaissance)
Composer
António CarreiraThe great Renaissance composers
1525-1590 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Bellerofonte CastaldiThe great Renaissance composers
1580-1649 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Maddalena CasulanaThe great Renaissance composers
1544-1590 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Eustache Du du CaurroyThe great Renaissance composers
1549-1609 (Renaissance)
Composer
Emilio de' de CavalieriThe great Renaissance composers
1550-1602 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Girolamo CavazzoniThe great Renaissance composers
1510-1565 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Pierre CertonThe great Renaissance composers
1515-1572 (Renaissance)
Composer
Mikołaj z ChrzanowaThe great Renaissance composers
1485-1562 (Renaissance)
Composer
Johannes CiconiaThe great Renaissance composers
1370-1412 (Medieval)
Composer
Complete works
Giovanni Paolo CimaThe great Renaissance composers
1570-1622 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Manuel Rodrigues CoelhoThe great Renaissance composers
1555-1635 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Loyset CompèreThe great Renaissance composers
1440-1518 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
John CooperThe great Renaissance composers
1570-1626 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Baude CordierThe great Renaissance composers
1364-1400 (Medieval)
Performer & Composer
Juan CornagoThe great Renaissance composers
1450-1475 (Renaissance)
Composer
Guillaume CosteleyThe great Renaissance composers
1531-1606 (Renaissance)
Composer
Pedro de CristoThe great Renaissance composers
1540-1618 (Renaissance)
Composer
Johann CrügerThe great Renaissance composers
1598-1662 (Baroque)
Composer
Ghiselin DanckertsThe great Renaissance composers
1510-1565 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Fabrizio DenticeThe great Renaissance composers
1530-1581 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Sigismondo d'D'IndiaThe great Renaissance composers
1582-1629 (Renaissance)
Composer
Antonius DivitisThe great Renaissance composers
1475-1526 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Wojciech DługorajThe great Renaissance composers
1550-1619 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
John DowlandThe great Renaissance composers
1563-1626 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Complete works
Guillaume DufayThe great Renaissance composers
1397-1474 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
John DunstapleThe great Renaissance composers
1390-1453 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
Andrea FalconieriThe great Renaissance composers
1590c-1656 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Giles FarnabyThe great Renaissance composers
1563-1640 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Gaspar FernándezThe great Renaissance composers
1568c-1629 (Renaissance)
Composer
Giovanni Battista FontanaThe great Renaissance composers
1589-1630 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Thomas FordThe great Renaissance composers
1580-1648 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Girolamo FrescobaldiThe great Renaissance composers
1583-1643 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Andrea GabrieliThe great Renaissance composers
1533-1585 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni GabrieliThe great Renaissance composers
1557-1612 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Marco da GaglianoThe great Renaissance composers
1582-1643 (Baroque)
Conductor & Composer
Michelagnolo GalileiThe great Renaissance composers
1575-1631 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Vincenzo GalileiThe great Renaissance composers
1520-1591 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Jacobus GallusThe great Renaissance composers
1550-1591 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Giovanni Giacomo GastoldiThe great Renaissance composers
1555-1609 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Ennemond GaultierThe great Renaissance composers
1575-1651 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Claude GervaiseThe great Renaissance composers
1510-1558 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Carlo GesualdoThe great Renaissance composers
1566-1613 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Girolamo GiacobbiThe great Renaissance composers
1567-1629 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Orlando GibbonsThe great Renaissance composers
1583-1625 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Nicolas GombertThe great Renaissance composers
1495-1560 (Renaissance)
Composer
Claude GoudimelThe great Renaissance composers
1505-1572 (Renaissance)
Composer
Alessandro GrandiThe great Renaissance composers
1586-1630 (Renaissance)
Composer
Piotr of GrudziądzThe great Renaissance composers
1392-1480 (Renaissance)
Composer
Francisco GuerreroThe great Renaissance composers
1528-1599 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Kryštof von HarantThe great Renaissance composers
1564-1621 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Hans Leo HasslerThe great Renaissance composers
1564-1612 (Renaissance)
Composer
Luis Venegas de HenestrosaThe great Renaissance composers
1510-1570 (Renaissance)
Composer
Sebastian Aguilera de HerediaThe great Renaissance composers
1566c-1632c (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Anthony HolborneThe great Renaissance composers
1545-1602 (Renaissance)
Composer
Tobias HumeThe great Renaissance composers
1569-1645 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Marc'Antonio IngegneriThe great Renaissance composers
1535-1592 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Heinrich IsaacThe great Renaissance composers
1450-1517 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Clément JanequinThe great Renaissance composers
1485-1558 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
John JenkinsThe great Renaissance composers
1592-1678 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Claude Le JeuneThe great Renaissance composers
1528-1600 (Renaissance)
Composer
Robert JohnsonThe great Renaissance composers
1583-1633 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Johannes Hieronymus KapsbergerThe great Renaissance composers
1580-1651 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Jacobus de KerleThe great Renaissance composers
1531-1591 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Stefano LandiThe great Renaissance composers
1587-1639 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Nicholas LanierThe great Renaissance composers
1588-1666 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Pierre de la RueThe great Renaissance composers
1460-1518 (Renaissance)
Composer
Orlande de LassusThe great Renaissance composers
1532-1594 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
Henry LawesThe great Renaissance composers
1595-1662 (Baroque)
Composer
Leonhard LechnerThe great Renaissance composers
1553-1606 (Renaissance)
Composer
Alonso LoboThe great Renaissance composers
1555-1617 (Renaissance)
Composer
Duarte LoboThe great Renaissance composers
1565-1646 (Renaissance)
Composer
Thomas LupoThe great Renaissance composers
1571-1627 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Luzzasco LuzzaschiThe great Renaissance composers
1545-1607 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Francesco ManelliThe great Renaissance composers
1594-1667 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Jacquet of MantuaThe great Renaissance composers
1483-1559 (Renaissance)
Composer
Luca MarenzioThe great Renaissance composers
1553-1599 (Renaissance)
Composer
Biagio MariniThe great Renaissance composers
1594-1663 (Baroque)
Composer
André MaugarsThe great Renaissance composers
1580-1640 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Ascanio MayoneThe great Renaissance composers
1570-1627 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Domenico MazzocchiThe great Renaissance composers
1592-1665 (Baroque)
Composer
Virgilio MazzocchiThe great Renaissance composers
1597-1646 (Baroque)
Conductor & Composer
Tarquinio MerulaThe great Renaissance composers
1595-1665 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Claudio MeruloThe great Renaissance composers
1533-1604 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
René MesangeauThe great Renaissance composers
1568-1638 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Luis de MilánThe great Renaissance composers
1500-1561 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Francesco Canova da MilanoThe great Renaissance composers
1497-1543 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Philippe de MonteThe great Renaissance composers
1521-1603 (Renaissance)
Conductor & Composer
Claudio MonteverdiThe great Renaissance composers
1567-1643 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Cristóbal de MoralesThe great Renaissance composers
1500-1553 (Renaissance)
Composer
Thomas MorleyThe great Renaissance composers
1559-1602 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Étienne MouliniéThe great Renaissance composers
1599-1676 (Baroque)
Composer
Jean MoutonThe great Renaissance composers
1459-1522 (Renaissance)
Composer
Alonso de MudarraThe great Renaissance composers
1510-1580 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Johann Daniel MyliusThe great Renaissance composers
1583-1642 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Luis de NarváezThe great Renaissance composers
1500-1555 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Hans NeusidlerThe great Renaissance composers
1508-1563 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Jacob ObrechtThe great Renaissance composers
1457-1505 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
Johannes OckeghemThe great Renaissance composers
1410-1497 (Renaissance)
Composer
Diego OrtizThe great Renaissance composers
1510-1570 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Caspar OthmayrThe great Renaissance composers
1515-1553 (Renaissance)
Composer
Juan Gutiérrez de PadillaThe great Renaissance composers
1590-1664 (Baroque)
Composer
Giovanni da PalestrinaThe great Renaissance composers
1525c-1594 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Complete works
Jacob Clemens non PapaThe great Renaissance composers
1510-1555 (Renaissance)
Composer
Bartolomé Ramos de ParejaThe great Renaissance composers
1440-1491 (Renaissance)
Composer
Robert ParsonsThe great Renaissance composers
1535-1572 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Pierre PassereauThe great Renaissance composers
1500c-1547 (Renaissance)
Composer
Martin PeersonThe great Renaissance composers
1572-1651 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Jacopo PeriThe great Renaissance composers
1561-1633 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Peter PhilipsThe great Renaissance composers
1561-1628 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Alessandro PiccininiThe great Renaissance composers
1566-1638 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Jakub PolakThe great Renaissance composers
1540-1605 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Jacob PraetoriusThe great Renaissance composers
1586-1651 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Michael PraetoriusThe great Renaissance composers
1571-1621 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Josquin des PrezThe great Renaissance composers
1450-1521 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
Joan Pau PujolThe great Renaissance composers
1570-1626 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Charles RacquetThe great Renaissance composers
1597-1664 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Mikołaj RadomskiThe great Renaissance composers
1400-1450 (Renaissance)
Composer
Francesco RasiThe great Renaissance composers
1574-1621 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Thomas RavenscroftThe great Renaissance composers
1588-1635 (Baroque)
Composer
Jacob RegnartThe great Renaissance composers
1545c-1599 (Renaissance)
Composer
Cipriano de RoreThe great Renaissance composers
1515-1565 (Renaissance)
Composer
Philip RosseterThe great Renaissance composers
1568-1623 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Salamone RossiThe great Renaissance composers
1570-1630 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Luigi RossiThe great Renaissance composers
1597-1653 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Giovanni RovettaThe great Renaissance composers
1596-1668 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Vincenzo RuffoThe great Renaissance composers
1510-1587 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Hans SachsThe great Renaissance composers
1494-1576 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Pierre SandrinThe great Renaissance composers
1490-1561 (Renaissance)
Composer
Heinrich ScheidemannThe great Renaissance composers
1596-1663 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Samuel ScheidtThe great Renaissance composers
1587-1654 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Johann Hermann ScheinThe great Renaissance composers
1586-1630 (Renaissance)
Conductor & Composer
Arnolt SchlickThe great Renaissance composers
1460c-1525 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Johann SchopThe great Renaissance composers
1590-1667 (Baroque)
Composer
Heinrich SchützThe great Renaissance composers
1585-1672 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Ludwig SenflThe great Renaissance composers
1486-1542 (Renaissance)
Conductor & Composer
Claudin de SermisyThe great Renaissance composers
1490-1562 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer & Composer
John SheppardThe great Renaissance composers
1515-1558 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer
Paul SiefertThe great Renaissance composers
1586-1666 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
SolageThe great Renaissance composers
1400c-1403 (Renaissance)
Composer
Antonio SquarcialupiThe great Renaissance composers
1416-1480 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Johann StadenThe great Renaissance composers
1581-1634 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Johann StobäusThe great Renaissance composers
1580-1646 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Tielman SusatoThe great Renaissance composers
1500-1570 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Jan Pieterszoon SweelinckThe great Renaissance composers
1562-1621 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Tomasz SzadekThe great Renaissance composers
1550-1612 (Renaissance)
Composer
Wacław of SzamotułyThe great Renaissance composers
1520-1560 (Renaissance)
Composer
Thomas TallisThe great Renaissance composers
1502-1585 (Renaissance)
Composer
John TavernerThe great Renaissance composers
1490-1545 (Renaissance)
Composer
Johannes TinctorisThe great Renaissance composers
1435-1511 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works
Jean TitelouzeThe great Renaissance composers
1563-1633 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Thomas TomkinsThe great Renaissance composers
1572-1656 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni Maria TrabaciThe great Renaissance composers
1585c-1647 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Christopher TyeThe great Renaissance composers
1505-1573 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Jacobus VaetThe great Renaissance composers
1529-1567 (Renaissance)
Composer
Enríquez de ValderrábanoThe great Renaissance composers
1500-1557 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Antonio ValenteThe great Renaissance composers
1520-1580 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni ValentiniThe great Renaissance composers
1582-1649 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Nicolas ValletThe great Renaissance composers
1588c-1650c (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Orazio VecchiThe great Renaissance composers
1550-1605 (Renaissance)
Composer
Philippe VerdelotThe great Renaissance composers
1470-1552 (Renaissance)
Conductor & Composer
Tomás Luis de VictoriaThe great Renaissance composers
1548-1611 (Renaissance)
Composer
Thomas WeelkesThe great Renaissance composers
1576-1623 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Gaspar van WeerbekeThe great Renaissance composers
1445-1517 (Renaissance)
Composer
Giaches de WertThe great Renaissance composers
1535-1596 (Renaissance)
Composer
John WilbyeThe great Renaissance composers
1574-1638 (Renaissance)
Composer
Philip van WilderThe great Renaissance composers
1500-1554 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Adrian WillaertThe great Renaissance composers
1490-1562 (Renaissance)
Composer
Oswald von WolkensteinThe great Renaissance composers
1377-1445 (Renaissance)
Composer
Alfonso Ferrabosco the youngerThe great Renaissance composers
1575-1628 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Gioseffo ZarlinoThe great Renaissance composers
1517-1590 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Some composers to be celebrated very soon
Next month, more than 40 important artists and musicians will be honoured. In February 2021 some of them may celebrate a special anniversary. For others, amateurs and enthusiasts will celebrate the bicentenary of their birth or the fiftieth anniversary of their death for example. Among them, some famous composers:
on 4, Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), 20th anniversary (Death),
on 8, André Grétry (1741-1813), 280th anniversary (Birth),
on 15, Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), 450th anniversary (Birth),
on 20, Percy Grainger (1882-1961), 60th anniversary (Death),
on 21, Carl Czerny (1791-1857), 230th anniversary (Birth),
...
There are others to discover. And it is not too late to focus on the January 2021 celebrations (40+).
Always good opportunities to discover or deepen, (re)listen, explore the vastness and diversity of classical music...
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