Composer Index

From these pages, find composer biographies as well as texts and translations for various works.

A–B | C–D | E–G | H–K | L–N | O–R | S–T | U–Z

A–B     Juan de Araujo (1646–1712)
David P. Babbitt (1947–2006)
Johann Christoph Bach (1642–1703)
Johann Ludwig Bach (1677–1731)
Johann Michael Bach (1648–1694)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Orazio Benevoli (1605–1672)
Heinrich Franz Biber (1644–1704)
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697)
Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637–1707)
William Byrd (1543–1623)
 
C–D     Juan Bautista Comes (c.1582–1643)
Eric Davis (b. 1966)
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Johannes Christoph Demantius (1567–1643)
Josquin Desprez (c.1450–1521)
Hugo Distler (1908–1942)
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (1797–1848)
John Dunstable (c.1370–1453)
Sebastián Durón (1660–1716)
Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
 
E–G     Johann Eccard (1553–1611)
Robert Fayrfax (1464–1521)
Gaspar Fernándes (1570–1629)
Melchior Franck (c.1579–1639)
Andrea Gabrieli (1510–1586)
Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612)
Jacobus Gallus (1550–1591)
Bartholomaeus Gesius (1560–1613)
Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)
Franz Grüber (1787–1863)
Gioseffo Guami (c.1540–1611)
Francisco Guerrero (1528–1599)
 
H–K     Andreas Hammerschmidt (1612–1675)
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Jacob Handl (1550–1591)
Hans Leo Hassler (1562–1612)
Gutierre Fernández Hidalgo (c. 1553–1620)
Andreas Hofer (1629–1684)
Charles Ives (1874–1954)
 
L–N     Orlando di Lasso (1532–1594)
José de Loaysa y Agurto (c. 1630–1695)
Carlos Mejía Godoy (b. 1938)
Guilielmus Messaus (1589–1640)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Cristóbal de Morales (c.1500–1553)
Johannes Nucius (c.1556–1620)
 
O–R     Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410–1497)
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c.1590–1664)
Jacob Pagendarm (1646–1706)
Bernardo de Peralta (fl. 1600–1617)
Peter Philips (c.1560–1628)
Michael Praetorius (c. 1571–1621)
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Leonel Power (1370–1445)
Andreas Raselius (c.1563–1602)
Pedro Rimonte (1565–1627)
Johann Rosenmüller (c.1619–1684)
Salamon Rossi (c.1570–1630)
 
S–T     Antonio de Salazar (c.1650–1715)
Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654)
Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630)
Johann Schelle (1648–1701)
Franz Peter Schubert (1797–1828)
Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)
Thomas Tallis (c.1505–1585)
John Taverner (c.1490–1545)
Franz Tunder (1614–1667)
 
U–Z     Adrian Willaert (c. 1490–1562)
Ralph Vaughn Williams (1872–1958)
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Johann Walther (1496–1570)
Matthias Weckmann (1619–1674)
Thomas Weelkes (1576–1623)
Alonso Xuares (c. 1630–1696)
Juan García de Zéspedes (c.1619–1678)

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