John Dowland

John Dowland

male, deceased (1626)
John Dowland (1563 - buried February 20, 1626) was an English composer, singer, and lutenist. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such...

Robert de Visée

male, deceased (1725)
Robert de Visée was a lutenist, guitarist, theorbist and viol player at the court of Louis the XIV, as well as a singer, and composer for lute, t...

John Johnson

male, deceased (1594)
John Johnson (c. 1545 - 1594) was an English lutenist, composer of songs and lute music, attached to the court of Queen Elizabeth I.
Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn

male, deceased (1732)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) is the composer of three wonderful trios for flute, cello and piano, the first of which was composed in 1790 and ranks...
Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

male, deceased (1750)
Johann Sebastian Bach was a prolific German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments drew...
Sylvius Leopold Weiss

Sylvius Leopold Weiss

male, deceased (1750)
Silvius Leopold Weiss was a German composer and lutenist. Born in Grottkau near Breslau, the son of Johann Jacob Weiss, also a lutenist, he served...
Thomas Campion

Thomas Campion

male, deceased (1620)
Thomas Campion, (sometimes Campian) (February 12, 1567 - March 1, 1620) was an English composer, poet and physician. Campion was born in London and...
Alessandro Piccinini

Alessandro Piccinini

male, deceased (1638)
Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638), was an Italian lutenist and composer. Born in Bologna, Piccinini was taught to play the lute by his father,...
Francesco Canova da Milano

Francesco Canova da Milano

male, deceased (1543)
Francesco Canova da Milano was a virtuoso Italian lutenist and composer of the Renaissance. Born in Monza, near Milan (hence the "da Milano"), he...
Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

male, deceased (1651)
Johann(es) Hieronymus Kapsberger (also: "Giovanni Girolamo" or "Giovanni Geronimo Kapsperger"), (1580 - january 17, 1651) was a German-Italian...