Medieval – General
Notable Medieval Composers (500 – 1430)
If you wish to be generally familiar with classical music, here is a short list of composers you should know from this period.
Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Representative Pieces |
Bingen, Hildegard von | 1098 | 1179 | German | Ordo Virtutum (liturgical drama) Symphonia armoniae celestium revelationum (song cycle) |
de Vitry, Philippe | 1291 | 1361 | French | Motets in Roman de Fauvel Motets in Ars Nova (music theory book) |
Dunstable, John | ~1390 | 1453 | English | Mass movements Motets |
Landini, Francesco | ~1325 | 1397 | Italian | 147 ballate (in the Squarcialupi Codex) |
Machaut, Guillaume de ML410 .G966 | ~1300 | 1377 | French | Messe de Nostre Dame (mass) Motets, Ballades, and Virelai |