- List of Medieval composers
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Lists of classical music
composers by eraMedieval (476 – 1400) Renaissance (1400 – 1600) Baroque (1600 – 1760) Classical era (1730 – 1820) Romantic era (1815 – 1910) 20th century (1900 – 2000) 21st century (since 2000) Contents
Note on the List
Composers whose names are italicised have no known surviving music, although in some cases texts to songs attributed to them survive without music.
Early Medieval Composers (born before 1150)
Name Born Died Nationality Yared 505 571 Ethiopian Khosrovidukht 8th century 8th century Armenian Sahakduxt 8th century 8th century Armenian Kassia 805/810 867 Byzantine Notker Balbulus
(Notker the Stammerer)c. 840 912 Frankish? Hucbald 840/850 930 Frankish Tuotilo
(Tutilo of Saint Gall)c. 850 915 Irish Odo of Cluny c. 878 942 French Herigerus
(Heriger of Lobbes)c. 925? 1007 Frankish? Odo of Arezzo 10th century 11th century Italian Adémar de Chabannes c. 988 1034 French Hermann of Reichenau 1013 1054 German Godric c. 1065 1170 English Adam of Saint Victor fl. c. 1098 1146 French William IX, Duke of Aquitaine
(Guilhem de Peitieus;
Guillaume d'Aquitaine)1071 1126 Occitan Petrus Abaelardus
(Peter Abelard)1079 1142 French Goslenus
(Jocelin of Soissons)fl. 1126 1152 French Hildegard of Bingen 1098 1179 German Marcabru fl. c. 1129 c. 1150 Occitan Bernard de Cluny 12th century 12th century French Jaufre Rudel fl. 1125 after 1147 Occitan Albertus Parisiensis
(Albert of Paris)fl. 1146 c. 1177 French Bernart de Ventadorn 1130/1140 after 1190/1200 French Chrétien de Troyes fl. from 1160 c. 1190 French Tibors de Sarenom c. 1130 after 1198 Occitan Giraut de Bornelh c. 1138 1215 Occitan Berenguier de Palazol fl. 1160 1209 Catalan Arnaut de Mareuil fl. c. 1170 c. 1200 Occitan Beatritz de Dia
(Comtessa de Dia)c. 1140 c. 1200 Occitan Bertran de Born 1140/1150 1215 Occitan Hendrik van Veldeke
(Heinrich von Veldeke)1140/1150 c. 1190 Limburgish/ German Léonin
(Magister Leonius)fl. from 1150s c. 1201? French Vidame de Chartres
(Guillaume de Ferrières?)c. 1145/1155 1204? French Raimbaut d'Aurenga
(Raimbaut of Orange)c. 1147 1173 Occitan Guilhem de Saint-Leidier
(Guillem de Saint Deidier)before 1150 c. 1195/1200 Occitan Middle Medieval composers (born 1150–1300)
Name Born Died Nationality Arnaut Daniel c. 1150/1160 c. 1200 Occitan Conon de Béthune c. 1150 1219 French Folquet de Marselha
(Folquet de Marseille)c. 1150/1160 1231 Occitan Friedrich von Hûsen
(Friedrich von Hausen)c. 1150/1160 1190 German Gontier de Soignies fl. 1180 after 1220 French Peire Raimon de Tolosa fl. 1180 after 1220 Occitan Raimbaut de Vaqueiras c. 1150/1160 1207 Occitan Azalais de Porcairagues c. 1155? 1209? Occitan Blondel de Nesle c. 1155 1202 French Reinmar von Hagenau
(Reinmar der Alte)fl. 1185 c. 1205 German Richard I of England
(Richard the Lionheart)1157 1199 English Alamanda de Castelnau c. 1160 1223 Occitan Audefroi le Bastart fl. 1190 after 1225 French Cadenet c. 1160 c. 1235 Occitan Gace Brule c. 1160 after 1213 French Monge de Montaudon fl. from 1193 after 1210 Occitan Neidhart von Reuental 12th century after 1240 German Perdigon fl. 1190 after 1212 Occitan Peirol c. 1160 c. 1222/1225 Occitan Philippe le Chancelier
(Philip the Chancellor)c. 1160/1170 1236 French Raimon de Miraval c. 1160 c. 1220 Occitan Albertet de Sestaro fl. 1194 after 1221 Occitan Chastelain de Couci c. 1165 1203 French Gautier de Dargies c. 1165/1170 c. 1236 French Bernger von Horheim fl. 1196 13th century? German Guillem Magret fl. c. 1196 after 1204 Occitan Castelloza 12th century 13th century Occitan Gaucelm Faidit 1170 1202 Occitan Gui d'Ussel c. 1170 after 1209 Occitan Pérotin
(Perotinus)fl. c. 1200 13th century French Pierre de Molins fl. 1190 c. 1220 French Pons d'Ortaffa c. 1170 c. 1246 Catalan Richart de Semilli fl. c. 1200? 13th century? French Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 c. 1230 German Wolfram von Eschenbach c. 1170 c. 1220 German Aimeric de Peguilhan c. 1175 c. 1230 Occitan Guilhem Ademar fl. from c. 1195 after 1217 Occitan Peire Vidal 1175 1205 Occitan Pons de Capduelh
(Pons de Capdoill)fl. 1195 1236? Occitan Gautier de Coincy 1177 1236 French Maria de Ventadorn 12th century 1222? Occitan Guilhem Augier
(Ogiers Novella)fl. c. 1209? after 1230 Occitan Colin Muset fl. c. 1210 after 1250 French Garsenda de Proensa c. 1180 c. 1242 Occitan Peire Cardenal c. 1180 c. 1278 Occitan Daude de Pradas fl. 1214 c. 1282 Occitan Aimeric de Belenoi fl. 1215 after 1242 Occitan Guiot de Dijon fl. 1215 after 1225 French Uc de Saint Circ fl. 1217 after 1253 Occitan Hue de la Ferté fl. 1220 after 1235 French Guillaume le Vinier c. 1190 1245 French Eustache le Peintre de Reims fl. 1225 c. 1240? French Gilles le Vinier fl. 1225 1252 French Adam de Givenchi fl. 1230 after 1245 French Guibert Kaukesel
(Hubert Chaucesel)fl. c. 1230 after 1255? French Margot 13th century 13th century French Maroie 13th century 13th century French Maroie de Dregnau de Lille 13th century 13th century French Reinmar von Zweter c. 1200 after 1248 German Sordello c. 1200 after 1269 Italian Wincenty z Kielczy c. 1200 after 1262 Polish Thibaud de Champagne
(Thibaud IV, Count of Champagne;
Theobald I, King of Navarre)1201 1253 French Gautier d'Épinal (fr) fl. 1232 1272 French Gertrude of Dagsburg 1205 1225 French Jehan Bretel c. 1210 1272 French Martin Codax fl. c. 1240 after 1270 Spanish (Galician) Thomas Herier fl. c. 1240 after 1270 French Raoul de Soissons c. 1210/1215 c. 1270 French Guiraut d'Espanha fl. c. 1245 after 1265 Occitan Lambert Ferri fl. c. 1250 c. 1300 French Alfonso el Sabio
(Alfonso X, King of Castile)1221 1284 Spanish (Castilian) Robert de la Piere fl. 1255 1258 French Guiraut Riquier c. 1230 c. 1292 Occitan Konrad von Würzburg c. 1230 1287 German Adam de la Halle c. 1237 1288 French Meister Rumelant fl. c. 1273 after 1286/1287 German W. de Wycombe fl. c. 1275 13th century? English Jehan de Lescurel
(Jehannot de l'Escurel)13th century 1304? French Ernoul le Vielle de Gastinois
(Ernous li Viele)fl. c. 1280 13th century? French Der wilde Alexander
(Meister Alexander)fl. 1285 after 1288 German Petrus de Cruce fl. c. 1290 after 1302 French Dom Dinis
(Denis, King of Portugal)1261 1325 Portuguese Marchetto da Padova c. 1274 after 1319 French Philippe de Vitry 1291 1361 French Late Medieval and transitional composers (born 1300–1400)
Name Born Died Nationality Maestro Piero c. 1300 after 1350 Italian Guillaume de Machaut c. 1300 1377 French Jacopo da Bologna fl. 1340–1360 14th century Italian Giovanni da Cascia
(Giovanni da Firenze)fl. 1340? 14 century Italian Gherardello da Firenze 1320/1325 1362/1363 Italian John Hanboys fl. c. 1370? 14th century? English Francesco Landini 1325/1335 1397 Italian Lorenzo da Firenze
(Lorenzo Masini)14th century 1372/1373 Italian Donato da Cascia fl. c. 1350 after 1370 Italian Grimace 14th century 14th century? French Monch von Salzburg (de) 14th century 14th century? German Jehan Vaillant ([1])
(Johannes Vaillant)fl. c. 1360? 1390/1400? French Johannes Alanus 14th century 1373? English Vincenzo da Rimini fl. c. 1362? after 1364? Italian Bartolino da Padova fl. 1365 after 1405 Italian Matheus de Sancto Johanne ([2])
(Mayshuet de Joan)fl. c. 1365 after 1387 French Philippus de Caserta
(Philipoctus de Caserta)fl. c. 1370 c. 1400 Italian Egardus fl. c. 1370? after 1400 Flemish Egidius de Francia 14th century 14th century? French Johannes Cuvelier ([3])
(Cunelier)fl. c. 1372 after 1387 French Franciscus Andrieu fl. c. 1377 c. 1400 French? Johannes Symonis Hasprois ([4]) fl. 1378 1428 French Arrigo (Henrico) 14th century 14th century Italian Niccolò da Perugia 14th century c. 1400 Italian Jehan Suzay ([5]) fl. c. 1380 after 1395 French Trebor fl. c. 1380 c. 1400 French Antonio Zacara da Teramo c. 1350/1360 c. 1413/1416 Italian Jacob Senleches fl. c. 1382 after 1395 French Andrea da Firenze
(Andreas de Florentia)fl. c. 1375 c. 1415 Italian Paolo da Firenze
(Paolo Tenorista)c. 1355 c. 1436 Italian Solage 14th century after 1403 French Hugo von Montfort 1357 1423 German (Austrian) Giovanni Mazzuoli
(Giovanni degli Organi)1360 1426 Italian Grazioso da Padova
(Gratiosus de Padua)fl. c. 1391? 15th century? Italian Martinus Fabri fl. 1395 1400 Dutch Borlet fl. c. 1397? after 1409 French Aleyn fl. c. 1400 15th century English Johannes Ciconia c. 1370 1412 Flemish Matteo da Perugia fl. 1400 after 1416 Italian Johannes Tapissier
(Jean de Noyers)c. 1370 before 1410 Burgundian Antonio da Cividale
(Antonius de Civitate Austrie)fl. c. 1392 1421 Italian Anthonello de Caserta 14th century after 1402? Italian Oswald von Wolkenstein c. 1377 1445 German Andrea Stefani fl. c. 1399 15th century Italian Bartolomeo da Bologna fl. 1405 after 1427 Italian Baude Cordier c. 1380 before 1440 French Thomas Fabri fl. 1400 after 1415 Flemish Pierre Fontaine c. 1380 c. 1450 French Piero Mazzuoli 14th century 15th century? Italian Mikołaj Radomski
(Nicolaus de Radom)fl. c. 1400 15th century Polish Ugolino da Orvieto (it) c. 1380 c. 1457 Italian Leonel Power c. 1370/1385? 1445 English Jacobus Vide fl. 1405 1433 Burgundian Johannes Cesaris fl. c. 1406 1417 French Roy Henry
(probably Henry V of England)fl. c. 1410 15th century English Byttering
(possibly Thomas Byttering)fl. c. 1410 after 1420? English Conradus de Pistoia
(Coradus de Pistorio)fl. c. 1410 15th century Italian John Dunstaple c. 1390 1453 English Hugo de Lantins fl. c. 1420 after 1430? Flemish Richard Loqueville fl. 1410 1418 French Pycard fl. c. 1410 15th century English or French Arnold de Lantins fl. 1423 1432 Flemish Guillaume Dufay 1397 1474 Burgundian Estienne Grossin fl. 1418 after 1421 French Gilles Binchois c. 1400 1460 Burgundian Johannes Brassart c. 1400/1405 1455 Burgundian See also
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