The 15th-century classical music greatest works
The ones you know or you must know.
Other renowned works
1480 - Misericordias Domini in aeternum cantabo Josquin des Prez
1464 - Ave regina caelorum Guillaume Dufay
1463 - Ecce ancilla domini Guillaume Dufay
1450 - Se la face ay pale Guillaume Dufay
1440 - Caput Guillaume Dufay
1435 - Mirandas parit haec urbs Florentina puellas Guillaume Dufay
1433 - C'est bien raison Guillaume Dufay
1431 - Ecclesiae militanti Guillaume Dufay
1426 - Missa sine nomine Guillaume Dufay
1426 - Sancti Jacobi Guillaume Dufay
This selection of works is not the result of personal preferences or artistic opinion. Selected works come from an exclusive data analysis method developed by soclassiq.
The dating of the works can be precise or sometimes approximate. It may correspond to the premiere date or publication year or completion of the composition (that can be several years after its first public execution).
1400 .. 1500 : the essential composers
1397-1474 Guillaume Dufay
1456-1497 Johannes Ockeghem
1390-1453 John Dunstaple
1480-1562 Adrian Willaert
1472-1558 Clément Janequin
1446-1506 Alexander Agricola
1486-1542 Ludwig Senfl
1460-1518 Pierre de la Rue
° : Masterpieces listed
On stage or recorded, listen these essential works
Meet the greatest works of classical music
Currently, 25000+ works are listed for a small selection of 101 composers among thousands listed here. Many composers are missing of which some are essential: J. Rodriguo, C. Franck, H. Gorecki, C. Nielsen, J.Corigliano, P. Hindemith, C. Ives, A. Webern ... New catalogues will be processed later to complete this experience of the discovery of the classical music masterpieces. Thus this selection of works will be updated.
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Composed for piano, harpsichord, organ, violin, cello, viola, flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, string orchestra, string quartet, ...
The purpose of these pages is to point out few relevant works only among tens of thousands and to provide some chronological references.