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Renaissance Classical Music

  • Writer: adam kadishman shakine
    adam kadishman shakine
  • Jul 30, 2025
  • 2 min read

Updated: Dec 7, 2025

The Renaissance 




-15th century-




composers:




John Dunstaple (English)





Leonel Power (English)





John Browne (English)





Robert Fayrfax (English)





Guillaume Du Fay (French)





Antoine Busnois





Josquin des Prez (French)





Antoine Brumel (French)





Gilles Binchois (Franco-Flemish)





Johannes Ockeghem (Franco-Flemish)





Pierre de la Rue (Franco-Flemish)





Loyset Compère (Franco-Flemish)





Jacob Obrecht (Flemish)





Alexander Agricola (Netherlandish)





Heinrich Isaac (Netherlandish)





Juan del Encina (Spanish)






High Renaissance




-16th century-




composers:




Clément Janequin (French)





Philippe Verdelot (French)





Claudin de Sermisy (French)





Nicolas Gombert (Franco-Flemish)





Jacques Arcadelt (Franco-Flemish)





Cipriano de Rore (Franco-Flemish)





Adrian Willaert (Flemish)





Orlando di Lasso/Lassus (Flemish)





John Taverner (English)





Thomas Tallis (English)





Christopher Tye (English)





John Redford (English)





Osbert Parsley (English)





John Sheppard (English)





William Mundy (English)





Robert Parsons (English)





Robert White (English)





William Byrd (English)





Giles Farnaby (English)





Martin Peerson (English)





Thomas Tomkins ( Welsh/English)





John Dowland (English)



Daniel bacheler


Thomas Morley (English)





Anthony Holborne (English)





Thomas Campion (English)





John Corprario (English)





Thomas Lupo the Elder (English)





Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger (English)





Thomas Ravensacroft (English)





Thomas Weelkes (English)





Costanzo Festa (Italian)





Luca Marenzio (italian)





Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (Italian)





Giulio Caccini (Italian)





Giovanni Gabrieli (Italian)





Carlo Gesualdo (Italian)





Claudio Merulo (Italian)





Giovanni Maria Trabaci (Italian)





Cristóbal de Morales (Spanish)





Luis de Milán (Spanish)





Tomás Luis de Victoria (Spanish)





books and collections:



Cancionero de Palacio (Spanish)





Cancionero de Medinaceli (Spanish)





Cancionero de la Colombina (Spanish)





Thoinot Arbeau- L'orchestographie (French)





Praetorius- Terpsichore (mostly French)




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