Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Representative Pieces |
Agricola, Alexander | 1446 | 1506 | Franco-Flemish | Missa In myne zin (mass) De tous biens plaine (three voices) |
Arbeau, Thoinot | 1519 | 1595 | French | Orchésographie (dances) |
Buchner, Hans | 1483 | 1538 | German | Fundamentbuch (organ) |
Bull, John ML410 .B93 | 1562 | 1628 | English | Almighty God, which by the Leading of a Star (anthem) Walsingham (virginal) |
Byrd, William ML410 .B996 | 1540 | 1623 | English | Cantiones sacrae (motets) Earl of Salisbury Pavan (virginal) Songs of Sundrie Natures (voice) |
des Prez, Josquin | ~1450 | 1521 | Franco-Flemish | Missa de Beata Virgine (mass) Adieu mes amours (chanson) Miserere (motet) |
Dowland, John | 1563 | 1626 | English | Flow My Tears (song) Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares (5 viols and lute) Lute Music |
Francesco da Milano | 1497 | 1543 | Italian | Many ricercars (lute) |
Gabrieli, Andrea | 1532 | 1585 | Italian | Canzoni alla francese et ricercari ariosi (keyboard) Psalmi Davidici (6 voices) |
Gabrieli, Giovanni ML410 .G11 | 1557 | 1612 | Italian | In Ecclesiis (multiple choirs, brass, and continuo) Sacrae Symphoniae (mixed choruses) |
Gesualdo, Carlo ML410 .G29 | 1560 | 1613 | Italian | Tenebrae Responsoria (voices) Moro, lasso, al mio duolo (from Book 6 of Madrigals) |
Hassler, Hans Leo | 1564 | 1612 | German | Lustgarten neuer teutscher Gesang, Balletti, Galliarden und Intraden (lieder) |
Janequin, Clément | ~1485 | 1558 | French | La bataille (chanson) Le chant des oiseaux (chanson) |
la Rue, Pierre de | ~1452 | 1518 | Franco-Flemish | O Salutaris Hostia (motet) Requiem (mass) |
Lasso, Orlando di | 1530 | 1594 | Franco-Flemish | Penitential Psalms of David (choral) ~100 Magnificats (choral) Magnum Opus Musicum (516 sacred motets) |
Mouton, Jean | ~1459 | 1522 | French | Quaeramus cum pastoribus (voices) |
Mudarra, Alonso | ~1510 | 1580 | Spanish | 3 Libros de musica (vihuela) |
Narváez, Luis de | 1490 | 1547 | Spanish | Los seys libros del Delphin (vihuela/guitar) Music for Vihuela |
Ockeghem, Johannes | ~1410 | 1497 | Franco-Flemish | Missa pro Defunctis (Requiem mass) Fors seulement l’attente (chanson) |
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da ML410 .P15 | 1525 | 1594 | Italian | Missa Papae Marcelli (mass) O Magnum Mysterium (motet) |
Paolo da Firenze | ~1355 | 1436 | Italian | Benedicamus Domino (2 voices) Madrigals (voices) |
Paumann, Conrad | ~1410 | 1473 | German | O rosa bella (3 voices) Buxheimer Orgelbuch (organ) |
Praetorius, Hieronymus | 1560 | 1629 | German | Cantiones Sacrae (chorus) Joseph, lieber Joseph mein (voices) |
Tallis, Thomas ML410 .T147 | ~1505 | 1585 | English | Third Mode Melody (Why fum’th in fight) (4 voices) Puer natus est nobis (Christmas mass) |
Taverner, John | ~1490 | 1545 | English | Dum Transisset Sabbatum (motet) The Western Wynde Mass |
Tye, Christopher | ~1505 | ~1572 | English | The Actes of the Apostles (4 voices) Euge Bone Mass |
Verdelot, Philippe | ~1480 | ~1532 | French | Quanto sia liet’ il giorno (4 voices) |
Wolkenstein, Oswald von | 1377 | 1445 | German | Geistliche und weltliche Lieder (voices) |