(Jump past Medieval and Renaisssance to Baroque composers)
The musicians and their primary claim to fame...
(a list of several hundred Baroque composers)
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Medieval composers:
Duke William IX of Aquitaine (1071 - 1126) - First Troubadour.
Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179) German - Composer of the first liturgical drama / Morality Play.
Pérotin (fl. 1200) French? - Composer at Notre Dame, invented 4 part polyphony.
Adam de la Halle (1250? - 1288?) French
Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300 - 1337) French
Renaissance composers:
John Dunstable (c. 1390 - 1453) English - Tramstional figure to Renaissance music
Guillaume Du Fay (1397 - 1474) Franco-Flemish - First master of the Franco-Flemish school
Josquin des Prez (1455? - 1521) Franco-Flemish - Master of High Renaissance polyphony
Jacques Arcadelt (1507 - 1558) Franco-Flemish - Known for his secular madrigals
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594) Italian - Culmination of Late Renaissance polyphony
William Byrd (c. 1540 - 1623) English - Sacred & Secular Polyphony, Virginal, Consort Music
John Dowland (1563 - 1626) English - Influential & Popular Madrigalist
Guilo Caccini (1551 - 1618) Italian - Transitional figure, his madrigals influenced early opera
Guilo Caccini (1551 - 1618) Italian - Transitional figure, his madrigals influenced early opera
Giovanni Gabrielli (c. 1555 - 1607) Italian - Transitional figure, Influenced Vocal & Instrumental Mus.
Jan Sweelinck (c. 1562 - 1621) Dutch - Transitional figure, Keyboard Music
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Italian - Transitional figure, wrote the first still performed opera.
Baroque composers:
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 - 1644) Italian - Development of keyboard Music
Heinrich Shütz (1585 - 1672) German - Founded north German school, influenced J.S. Bach
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687) Italian, to France - Court composer of Louis XIV
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637/39 - 1707) North German organ composer - influenced Bach
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704) French - Vocal music composer
Heinrich Biber (1644–1704) Bohemian - Early violin sonata composer
Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713) Italian - The first master violinist and composer
Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706) German - Canon in D (1680)
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) English - Most important English composer before the 20th century
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725) Italian - Mostly known for vocal works, but chamber music, too
François Couperin (1668 - 1733) French - Keyboard composer
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Italian - Violin concertos
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745) Bohemian - Sacred & secular music, chamber & orchestral music
George Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767) German - Vocal and instrumental music of many types
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764) French - Opera and keyboard music, court composer of Louis XV
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) Italian, to Spain - Keyboard composer
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) German, to England - Vocal and instrumental music
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) German - Master of all Baroque musical styles except opera
Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) Italian - Transitional figure, wrote the first still performed opera.
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Baroque composers:
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583 - 1644) Italian - Development of keyboard Music
Heinrich Shütz (1585 - 1672) German - Founded north German school, influenced J.S. Bach
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687) Italian, to France - Court composer of Louis XIV
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637/39 - 1707) North German organ composer - influenced Bach
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704) French - Vocal music composer
Heinrich Biber (1644–1704) Bohemian - Early violin sonata composer
Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713) Italian - The first master violinist and composer
Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706) German - Canon in D (1680)
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695) English - Most important English composer before the 20th century
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 - 1725) Italian - Mostly known for vocal works, but chamber music, too
François Couperin (1668 - 1733) French - Keyboard composer
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) Italian - Violin concertos
Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745) Bohemian - Sacred & secular music, chamber & orchestral music
George Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767) German - Vocal and instrumental music of many types
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764) French - Opera and keyboard music, court composer of Louis XV
Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) Italian, to Spain - Keyboard composer
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759) German, to England - Vocal and instrumental music
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) German - Master of all Baroque musical styles except opera
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