Renaissance

Timeline

Composer Profiles

This list is by no means exhaustive. I’m simply including composers I think are most like to be covered in a music history class, based on the most popular textbooks and anthologies. In the coming weeks each of these composer profiles will include information about the composer’s biography, compositional output, and historical significance. Include any composers you would like to see added in the comments!

John Dunstable

Guillaume Du Fay

Johannes Ockeghem

Adrian Willaert

Orlando di Lasso

William Byrd

Jacob Arcadelt

Giovanni da Palestrina

Josquin des Prez

Claudin de Sermisy

Marco Cara

Luca Marenzio

Carlo Gesualdo

Thomas Weelkes