About this page and its search terms.
Here is a list of our composers for you to search and additionally the countries they are associated with plus their “flourish dates” – equivalent to “circa” (.c) which is an estimate of when they were considered most influential, or at the height of their powers.
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Era
[row] [column size=”col-6″] [list type=”unordered” lined=”yes”] [list_item]Renaissance[/list_item] [list_item]Early Baroque [/list_item] [list_item]Baroque[/list_item] [/list] [/column] [column size=”col-6″] [list type=”unordered” lined=”yes”] [list_item]Classical[/list_item] [list_item]20th century[/list_item] [list_item]21st century[/list_item] [/list] [/column] [/row]
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Country
[row] [column size=”col-6″] [list type=”unordered” lined=”yes” animation=”bottom-to-top” animation_delay=”400″] [list_item]German[/list_item] [list_item]Austrian[/list_item] [list_item]French[/list_item] [list_item]Italian[/list_item] [list_item]Spanish[/list_item] [list_item]English[/list_item] [/list] [/column] [column size=”col-6″] [list type=”unordered” lined=”yes” animation=”bottom-to-top” animation_delay=”400″] [list_item]Scottish[/list_item] [list_item]Franco-Flemish (Holland, Netherlands, Flanders,)[/list_item] [list_item]Dutch (from 1570)[/list_item] [list_item]Portuguese[/list_item] [list_item]Unspecified (collections etc.)[/list_item] [/list] [/column] [/row]
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Flourish (Circa.)
[row] [column size=”col-3″] [list type=”unordered” lined=”yes” animation=”top-to-bottom” animation_delay=”1000″] [list_item]Flourished 1270[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1350[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1370[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1390[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1420[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1440[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1450[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1460[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1470[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1490[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1500[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1520[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1525[/list_item] [/list] [/column] [column size=”col-3″] [list type=”unordered” lined=”yes” animation=”top-to-bottom” animation_delay=”2000″] [list_item]Flourished 1530[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1540[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1545[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1550[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1553[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1555[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1560[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1570[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1580[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1585[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1589[/list_item] [/list] [/column] [column size=”col-3″] [list type=”unordered” lined=”yes” animation=”top-to-bottom” animation_delay=”3000″] [list_item]Flourished 1590[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1597[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1600[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1605[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1610[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1616[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1619[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1620[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1630[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1640[/list_item] [/list] [/column] [column size=”col-3″] [list type=”unordered” lined=”yes” animation=”top-to-bottom” animation_delay=”4000″] [list_item]Flourished 1650[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1660[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1680[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1690[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1700[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1720[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1785[/list_item] [list_item]Flourished 1790[/list_item] [/list] [/column] [/row]
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Composer
- Various: Some volumes are collections spanning a number of composers.
- Anonymous: Self explanatory and inevitable.
[row] [column size=”col-6″] [list type=”unordered” lined=”yes”] [list_item]A[/list_item] [list_item]Adson (John Adson)[/list_item] [list_item]Agostini (Ludovico Agostini)[/list_item] [list_item]Agricola (Alexander Agricola)[/list_item] [list_item]Alamire (Petrus Alamire)[/list_item] [list_item]Alder (Cosmas Alder)[/list_item] [list_item]Allegri (Lorenzo Allegri)[/list_item] [list_item]Altenburg (Michael Altenburg)[/list_item] [list_item]Ammerbach (Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach)[/list_item] [list_item]Anerio (Giovanni Francesco Anerio)[/list_item] [list_item]Anonymous[/list_item] [list_item]Antegnati (Costanzo Antegnati)[/list_item] [list_item]Arcadelt (Jacques Arcadelt)[/list_item] [list_item]Ashton (Hugh Ashton)[/list_item] [list_item]Asola (Giovanni Matteo Asola)[/list_item] [list_item]Attaingnant (Pierre Attaingnant)[/list_item] [list_item]Azzaiolo (Filippo Azzaiolo)[/list_item] [list_item]B[/list_item] [list_item]Babell (William Babell)[/list_item] [list_item]Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)[/list_item] [list_item]Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach)[/list_item] [list_item]Baldwyn (John Baldwyn)[/list_item] [list_item]Ballard (Robert Ballard)[/list_item] [list_item]Banchieri (Adriano Banchieri)[/list_item] [list_item]Barbignant ( Barbignant)[/list_item] [list_item]Barbireau (Jacobus Barbireau)[/list_item] [list_item]Barsanti (Francesco Barsanti)[/list_item] [list_item]Bartolini (Orindio Bartolini)[/list_item] [list_item]Bassano (Giovanni Bassano)[/list_item] [list_item]Bassey (Mark Bassey)[/list_item] [list_item]Bateman (Robert Bateman)[/list_item] [list_item]Bateman (Don Bateman)[/list_item] [list_item]Bateson (Thomas Bateson)[/list_item] [list_item]Bendusi (Francesco Bendusi)[/list_item] [list_item]Bermudo (Juan Bermudo)[/list_item] [list_item]Binchois (Gilles Binchois)[/list_item] [list_item]Biumi (Giacomo Filippo Biumi)[/list_item] [list_item]Blankes (Edward Blankes)[/list_item] [list_item]Blavet (Michel Blavet)[/list_item] [list_item]Boismortier (Joseph Bodin de Boismortier)[/list_item] [list_item]Bonelli (Aurelio Bonelli)[/list_item] [list_item]Bonizzi (Vicenzo Bonizzi)[/list_item] [list_item]Bonzanini (Giacomo Bonzanini)[/list_item] [list_item]Borchgrevinck (Melchior Borchgrevinck)[/list_item] [list_item]Bottaccio (Paolo Bottaccio)[/list_item] [list_item]Brade (William Brade)[/list_item] [list_item]Bramieri (Claudio Bramieri)[/list_item] [list_item]Braun (Jean Daniel Braun)[/list_item] [list_item]Broda (Paulus de Broda)[/list_item] [list_item]Brown (Adrian Brown)[/list_item] [list_item]Brumel (Antoine Brumel)[/list_item] [list_item]Brunelli (Antonio Brunelli)[/list_item] [list_item]Buona (Valerio Buona)[/list_item] [list_item]Buonamente (Giovanni Battista Buonamente)[/list_item] [list_item]Busnois (Antoine Busnois)[/list_item] [list_item]Byrd (William Byrd)[/list_item] [list_item]C[/list_item] [list_item]Canali (Floriano Canali)[/list_item] [list_item]Cangiasi (Giovanni Cangiasi)[/list_item] [list_item]Caprioli (Antonio Caprioli)[/list_item] [list_item]Caron (Philippe Caron)[/list_item] [list_item]Castello (Dario Castello)[/list_item] [list_item]Castro (Jean de Castro)[/list_item] [list_item]Caurroy (Eustache Du Caurroy)[/list_item] [list_item]Cavaccio (Giovanni Cavaccio)[/list_item] [list_item]Cavazzoni (Girolamo Cavazzoni)[/list_item] [list_item]Cazzati (Maurizio Cazzati)[/list_item] [list_item]Christenius (Johann Christenius)[/list_item] [list_item]Cima (Andrea Cima)[/list_item] [list_item]Cima (Giovanni Paolo Cima)[/list_item] [list_item]Compère (Loyset Compère)[/list_item] [list_item]Coperario (John Coperario)[/list_item] [list_item]Corelli (Arcangelo Corelli)[/list_item] [list_item]Cornysh (William Cornysh)[/list_item] [list_item]Corteccia (Francesco Corteccia)[/list_item] [list_item]Crecquillon (Thomas Crecquillon)[/list_item] [list_item]D[/list_item] [list_item]d’Estrée (Jean d’Estrée)[/list_item] [list_item]Dalla Casa (Girolamo Dalla Casa)[/list_item] [list_item]Daman (William Daman)[/list_item] [list_item]de la Torre (Francisco de la Torre)[/list_item] [list_item]Debussy (Claude Debussy)[/list_item] [list_item]Deering (Richard Deering)[/list_item] [list_item]Demantius (Christoph Demantius)[/list_item] [list_item]Donato (Baldassare Donato)[/list_item] [list_item]Dornel (Louis-Antoine Dornel)[/list_item] [list_item]Dowland (John Dowland)[/list_item] [list_item]du Tertre (Etienne du Tertre)[/list_item] [list_item]Dufay (Guillaume Dufay)[/list_item] [list_item]Dunstable (John Dunstable)[/list_item] [list_item]E[/list_item] [list_item]East (Michael East)[/list_item] [list_item]Eccard (Johannes Eccard)[/list_item] [list_item]Encina (Juan del Encina)[/list_item] [list_item]Engelmann (Georg Engelmann)[/list_item] [list_item]F[/list_item] [list_item]Falconiero (Andrea Falconiero)[/list_item] [list_item]Farmer (John Farmer)[/list_item] [list_item]Farnaby (Giles Farnaby)[/list_item] [list_item]Fayrfax (Robert Fayrfax)[/list_item] [list_item]Ferrabosco – Alfonso Ferrabosco (the younger)[/list_item] [list_item]Ferretti (Giovanni Ferretti)[/list_item] [list_item]Festa (Costanzo Festa)[/list_item] [list_item]Festa (Sebastian Festa)[/list_item] [list_item]Finck (Heinrich Finck)[/list_item] [list_item]Fontana (Giovanni Battista Fontana)[/list_item] [list_item]Fontana (Vincenzo Fontana)[/list_item] [list_item]Franck (Melchior Franck)[/list_item] [list_item]Frescobaldi (Girolamo Frescobaldi)[/list_item] [list_item]Frye (Walter Frye)[/list_item] [list_item]G[/list_item] [list_item]Gabrieli (Andrea Gabrieli)[/list_item] [list_item]Gabrieli (Giovanni Gabrieli)[/list_item] [list_item]Galilei (Vincenzo Galilei)[/list_item] [list_item]Gastoldi (Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi)[/list_item] [list_item]Gervaise (Claude Gervaise)[/list_item] [list_item]Gesualdo (Carlo Gesualdo)[/list_item] [list_item]Ghiselin (Johannes Ghiselin)[/list_item] [list_item]Ghizeghem (Hayne van Ghizeghem)[/list_item] [list_item]Ghro (Johannes Ghro)[/list_item] [list_item]Giamberti (Giuseppe Giamberti)[/list_item] [list_item]Gibbons (Orlando Gibbons)[/list_item] [list_item]Gistou (Nicholas Gistou)[/list_item] [list_item]Goudimel (Claude Goudimel)[/list_item] [list_item]Grillo (Giovanni Battista Grillo)[/list_item] [list_item]Guami (Francesco Guami)[/list_item] [list_item]Guami (Gioseffo Guami)[/list_item] [list_item]Guillemant (Benoit Guillemant)[/list_item] [list_item]Gussago (Cesario Gussago)[/list_item] [list_item]H[/list_item] [list_item]Halle (Adam de la Halle)[/list_item] [list_item]Handel (George Frideric Handel)[/list_item] [list_item]Harding (James Harding)[/list_item] [list_item]Harris (Andy Harris)[/list_item] [list_item]Hassler (Hans Leo Hassler)[/list_item] [list_item]Haussmann (Valentin Haussmann)[/list_item] [list_item]Heberle (Anton Heberle)[/list_item] [list_item]Hodges (Johnny Hodges)[/list_item] [list_item]Hofhaimer (Paul Hofhaimer)[/list_item] [list_item]Holborne (Anthony Holborne)[/list_item] [list_item]Hook (James Hook)[/list_item] [list_item]Hotteterre (Jacques Hotteterre)[/list_item] [list_item]I[/list_item] [list_item]Ippolito (• Ippolito)[/list_item] [list_item]Isaac (Heinrich Isaac)[/list_item] [list_item]J[/list_item] [list_item]Janequin (Clement Janequin)[/list_item] [list_item]Jenkins (John Jenkins)[/list_item] [list_item]Johnson (Edward Johnson)[/list_item] [list_item]Joplin (Scott Joplin)[/list_item] [list_item]Josquin (Josquin des Pres)[/list_item] [list_item]K[/list_item] [list_item]Kapsberger (Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger)[/list_item] [list_item]Kindermann (Erasmus Kindermann)[/list_item] [list_item]Kirbye (George Kirbye)[/list_item] [list_item]Krähmer (Ernst Krähmer)[/list_item] [/list] [/column] [column size=”col-6″] [list type=”unordered” lined=”yes”] [list_item]L[/list_item] [list_item]La Barre (Michel de La Barre)[/list_item] [list_item]Landini (Francesco Landini)[/list_item] [list_item]Lappi (Pietro Lappi)[/list_item] [list_item]Lassus (Roland de Lassus)[/list_item] [list_item]Le Jeune (Claude Le Jeune)[/list_item] [list_item]Le Roy (Adrian Le Roy)[/list_item] [list_item]Lechner (Leonhard Lechner)[/list_item] [list_item]Legrenzi (Giovanni Legrenzi)[/list_item] [list_item]Lemlin (Lorenz Lemlin)[/list_item] [list_item]Lloyd (John Lloyd)[/list_item] [list_item]Locke (Matthew Locke)[/list_item] [list_item]Lupacchino (Bernardo Lupacchino)[/list_item] [list_item]Lupo (Thomas Lupo)[/list_item] [list_item]Lutkeman (Paul Lutkeman)[/list_item] [list_item]M[/list_item] [list_item]Machaut (Guillaume de Machaut)[/list_item] [list_item]Mainerio (Giorgio Mainerio)[/list_item] [list_item]Malvezzi (Cristoforo Malvezzi)[/list_item] [list_item]Manchicourt (Pierre de Manchicourt)[/list_item] [list_item]Marenzio (Luca Marenzio)[/list_item] [list_item]Marini (Biagio Marini)[/list_item] [list_item]Martini (Johannes Martini)[/list_item] [list_item]Maschera (Fiorenzo Maschera)[/list_item] [list_item]Matteis (Nicola Matteis)[/list_item] [list_item]Mayone (Ascanio Mayone)[/list_item] [list_item]Mazzi (Luigi Mazzi)[/list_item] [list_item]Merula (Tarquinio Merula)[/list_item] [list_item]Merulo (Claudio Merulo)[/list_item] [list_item]Mico (Richard Mico)[/list_item] [list_item]Moderne (Jacques Moderne)[/list_item] [list_item]Montalbano (Bartolomeo Montalbano)[/list_item] [list_item]Moritz (Landgraf of Hessen)[/list_item] [list_item]Morley (Thomas Morley)[/list_item] [list_item]Mortaro (Antonio Mortaro)[/list_item] [list_item]Morton (Robert Morton)[/list_item] [list_item]Moulu (Pierre Moulu)[/list_item] [list_item]Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)[/list_item] [list_item]Mundy (William Mundy)[/list_item] [list_item]N[/list_item] [list_item]Nasco (Giovanni Nasco)[/list_item] [list_item]Ninot le Petit[/list_item] [list_item]Nola (Giovanni Domenico da Nola)[/list_item] [list_item]O[/list_item] [list_item]Obrecht (Jacob Obrecht)[/list_item] [list_item]Ockeghem (Johannes Ockeghem)[/list_item] [list_item]Orologio (Alexander Orologio)[/list_item] [list_item]Ortiz (Diego Ortiz)[/list_item] [list_item]P[/list_item] [list_item]Padovano (Annibale Padovano)[/list_item] [list_item]Paisible (Jacques Paisible)[/list_item] [list_item]Palestrina (Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina)[/list_item] [list_item]Parcham (Andrew Parcham)[/list_item] [list_item]Parsley (Osbert Parsley)[/list_item] [list_item]Parsons (Robert Parsons)[/list_item] [list_item]Pellegrini (Vicenzo Pellegrini)[/list_item] [list_item]Peuerl (Paul Peuerl)[/list_item] [list_item]Pevernage (André Pevernage)[/list_item] [list_item]Phalese (Pierre Phalese)[/list_item] [list_item]Phillips (Peter Phillips)[/list_item] [list_item]Picchi (Giovanni Picchi)[/list_item] [list_item]Playford (John Playford)[/list_item] [list_item]Porta (Costanzo Porta)[/list_item] [list_item]Posch (Isaac Posch)[/list_item] [list_item]Praetorius (Hieronymus Praetorius)[/list_item] [list_item]Praetorius (Michael Praetorius)[/list_item] [list_item]Pres (Josquin des Pres)[/list_item] [list_item]Presten (Jorgen Presten)[/list_item] [list_item]Priuli (Giovanni Priuli)[/list_item] [list_item]Purcell (Henry Purcell)[/list_item] [list_item]Q[/list_item] [list_item]Quagliati (Paolo Quagliati)[/list_item] [list_item]Quantz (Johann Joachim Quantz)[/list_item] [list_item]R[/list_item] [list_item]Regnart (Jacob Regnart)[/list_item] [list_item]Reid (John Reid)[/list_item] [list_item]Rhaw (Georg Rhaw)[/list_item] [list_item]Riccio (Giovanni Battista Riccio)[/list_item] [list_item]Richafort (Jean Richafort)[/list_item] [list_item]Rimonte (Pedro Rimonte)[/list_item] [list_item]Rognoni (Francesco Rognoni)[/list_item] [list_item]Rognoni (G D Rognoni Taeggio)[/list_item] [list_item]Rognoni (Richardo Rognoni)[/list_item] [list_item]Romano (Eustachio Romano)[/list_item] [list_item]Rore (Cipriano de Rore)[/list_item] [list_item]Rossi (Salamone Rossi)[/list_item] [list_item]Rovigo (Francesco Rovigo)[/list_item] [list_item]Ruffo (Vicenzo Ruffo)[/list_item] [list_item]Rue (Pierre de la Rue)[/list_item] [list_item]S[/list_item] [list_item]Sandrin (Pierre Sandrin)[/list_item] [list_item]Satie (Erik Satie)[/list_item] [list_item]Scarlatti (Domenico Scarlatti)[/list_item] [list_item]Scheidt (Samuel Scheidt)[/list_item] [list_item]Schein (Johann Hermann Schein)[/list_item] [list_item]Schröter (Leonhard Schröter)[/list_item] [list_item]Schultz (Johannes Schultz)[/list_item] [list_item]Schütz (Heinrich Schütz)[/list_item] [list_item]Segni (Giulio Segni)[/list_item] [list_item]Selma y Salaverde (Bartolomeo Selma y Salaverde)[/list_item] [list_item]Senfl (Ludwig Senfl)[/list_item] [list_item]Sermisy (Claudin de Sermisy)[/list_item] [list_item]Sicher (Fridolin Sicher)[/list_item] [list_item]Silva (Andreas de Silva)[/list_item] [list_item]Simpson (Thomas Simpson)[/list_item] [list_item]Soderino (Agostino Soderino)[/list_item] [list_item]Stephan (Johann Stephan)[/list_item] [list_item]Stonings (Henry Stonings)[/list_item] [list_item]Striggio (Alessandro Striggio)[/list_item] [list_item]Susato (Tielman Susato)[/list_item] [list_item]Sweelinck (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)[/list_item] [list_item]T[/list_item] [list_item]Tallis (Thomas Tallis)[/list_item] [list_item]Tasso (Joan Tasso)[/list_item] [list_item]Taverner (John Taverner)[/list_item] [list_item]Telemann (Georg Philipp Telemann)[/list_item] [list_item]Theile (Johann Theile)[/list_item] [list_item]Thesselius (Johann Thesselius)[/list_item] [list_item]Tiburtino (Giuliano Tiburtino)[/list_item] [list_item]Titelouze (Jean Titelouze)[/list_item] [list_item]Tomkins (Thomas Tomkins)[/list_item] [list_item]Trabaci (Giovanni Maria Trabaci)[/list_item] [list_item]Trofeo (Ruggier Trofeo)[/list_item] [list_item]Troilo (Antonio Troilo)[/list_item] [list_item]Trombetti (Ascanio Trombetti)[/list_item] [list_item]Turini (Francesco Turini)[/list_item] [list_item]Turnhout (Gerard de Turnhout)[/list_item] [list_item]Tye (Christopher Tye)[/list_item] [list_item]U[/list_item] [list_item]Uccellini (Marco Uccellini)[/list_item] [list_item]Usper/Sponga (Francesco Usper/Sponga)[/list_item] [list_item]V[/list_item] [list_item]Vaillant (Johannes Vaillant)[/list_item] [list_item]Valente (Antonio Valente)[/list_item] [list_item]Van Eyck (Jacob Van Eyck)[/list_item] [list_item]Van Wilder (Philip Van Wilder)[/list_item] [list_item]Various[/list_item] [list_item]Vecchi (Orazio Vecchi)[/list_item] [list_item]Verdelot (Phillipe Verdelot)[/list_item] [list_item]Viadana (Lodovico Grossi da Viadana)[/list_item] [list_item]Vincenet[/list_item] [list_item]Virgiliano (Aurelio Virgiliano)[/list_item] [list_item]Vitali (Giovanni Battista Vitali)[/list_item] [list_item]Vivaldi (Antonio Vivaldi)[/list_item] [list_item]W[/list_item] [list_item]Walter (Johann Walter)[/list_item] [list_item]Ward (John Ward)[/list_item] [list_item]Weelkes (Thomas Weelkes)[/list_item] [list_item]Weerbecke (Gaspar de Weerbecke)[/list_item] [list_item]Wert (Giaches Wert)[/list_item] [list_item]White (Robert White)[/list_item] [list_item]White (William White)[/list_item] [list_item]Widmann (Erasmus Widmann)[/list_item] [list_item]Wilbye (John Wilbye)[/list_item] [list_item]Willaert (Adrian Willaert)[/list_item] [list_item]Woodcock (Clement Woodcock)[/list_item] [list_item]Z[/list_item] [list_item]Zanetti (Gasparo Zanetti)[/list_item] [/list] [/column] [/row]