CORDA DB
Documented composer catalogue

Renaissance classical music composers

Explore Renaissance composers through dates, works, historical events, places and documented sources in CORDA DB.

Composers

17
  1. Johannes Ockeghem1420–1496 · Renaissance0 dated works
  2. Jacob Obrecht1450–1505 · Renaissance0 dated works
  3. Josquin Des Prez1450–1521 · Renaissance0 dated works
  4. Clément Janequin1485–1558 · Renaissance0 dated works
  5. John Taverner1490–1545 · Renaissance0 dated works
  6. Thomas Tallis1505–1585 · Renaissance0 dated works
  7. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina1525–1594 · Renaissance0 dated works
  8. Orlande de Lassus1532–1594 · Renaissance0 dated works
  9. William Byrd1540–1623 · Renaissance0 dated works
  10. Tomás Luis de Victoria1549–1611 · Renaissance0 dated works
  11. Carlo Gesualdo1561–1613 · Renaissance0 dated works
  12. Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck1562–1621 · Renaissance8 dated works
  13. John Dowland1563–1626 · Renaissance0 dated works
  14. Claudio Monteverdi1567–1643 · Renaissance10 dated works
  15. Michael Praetorius1571–1621 · Renaissance4 dated works
  16. Orlando Gibbons1583–1625 · Renaissance0 dated works
  17. Heinrich Schütz1585–1672 · Renaissance19 dated works

How to use the composer index

The index orders canonical composer records chronologically and connects each identity to historical periods, dated works, life events, places and authority identifiers. Period labels are controlled CORDA DB classifications and may overlap when a composer belongs to more than one historical context.