Bacheler, Daniel

( 1572 - 1619 )

Daniel Bacheler  was an English lutenist and composer. Read More
Da Milano, Francesco

Da Milano, Francesco

( 1497 - 1543 )

Francesco Canova da Milano  was a virtuoso Italian lutenist and composer of the Renaissance, he was heralded throughout Italy and Europe and was the foremost lute composer of his time. Read More
Dowland, John

Dowland, John

( 1562 - 1626 )

John Dowland December 1562 - 20 Feb 1626 Nothing is known of his early training. Read More
Ferrabosco, Alfonso

Ferrabosco, Alfonso

( 1543 - 1588 )

Alfonso Ferrabosco was an Italian composer. Read More
Frescobaldi, Girolamo

Frescobaldi, Girolamo

( 1583 - 1643 )

Frescobaldi, Girolamo Italian composer and organist. In 1608 he became organist at St. Peter's, where, except for a six-year sojourn at the Florentine court, he would remain the rest of his life. Read More
picture missing

Holborne, Anthony

( 1584 - 1602 )

We know almost nothing of the life of Anthony Holborne: the first documented date is June 14, 1584, when he married Elisabeth Marten in St Margaret's Church Westminster (today the parish church of Read More
picture missing

Kapsberger, Johann Hieronymus

( 1580 - 1651 )

Kapsberger was a German-Italian virtuoso performer and composer of the early Baroque period. Read More

Le Roy, Adrien

( 1520 - 1598 )

Guitarist, lutenist, singer, composer, editor and French.Historically speaking Le Roy was one of the most influential people in the development and propagation of the French musical style in the si Read More
picture missing

Milan, LuIs

( 1500 - 1561 )

Luis de Milán was a Spanish Renaissance composer, vihuelist (instrument similar to the guitar), and writer on music. Read More
picture missing

Molinaro, Simone

( 1570 - 1634 )

Simone Molinaro was one of the more important Italian composers of the post-Renaissance era. Read More
picture missing

Mudarra, Alonso

( 1510 - 1580 )

Alonso Mudarra  was a Spanish composer and vihuelist of the Renaissance. Read More
Narvaez, Luis de

Narvaez, Luis de

( 1500 - 1560 )

Read More
picture missing

Piccinini, Alessandro

( 1566 - 1638 )

Alessandro Piccinini  was a lutenist composer and writer on music who lived and worked in Bologna. His father, his two brothers and his son were lutenists too. Read More
Praetorius, Michael

Praetorius, Michael

( 1571 - 1621 )

Michael Praetorius was a German composer, organist, and writer about music. Read More