Hildegard Of Bingen

Hildegard Of Bingen

female, deceased (1179)
Christian, Bingen, Herbalist, Scivias, Manuscript illuminators, Women of medieval Germany…composer, medieval woman, Medievalcomposer, Medieval writer
Selected English translations of Hildegard *Atherton, Mark, trans. "Hildegard of Bingen: Selected Writings". London: Penguin, 2001. *Baird, Joseph...
Guillaume de Machaut

Guillaume de Machaut

male, deceased (1377)
poet, composer, French, rondeau, Medievalcomposer, Medieval poet…Medieval music
Guillaume de Machaut, sometimes spelled Machault, (c. 1300 – April 1377), was an important Medieval French poet and composer. Guilllaume de Ma...
Roy Henry

Roy Henry

male
Renaissance composer, Sir John Falstaff, English, shakespeare, falstaff, henry v…Medievalcomposer, composer
Roy Henry ("King" Henry) (fl. around 1410) was an English composer, almost certainly a king of England, probably Henry V, but also possibly Henry...

Egardus

male
Franco-Flemish composer, Medievalcomposer, Trecento composer, Medieval music, ars nova, late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries
Egardus (or Engardus or Johannes Echgaerd) was a European composer of music in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.
Guillaume Dufay

Guillaume Dufay

male, deceased (1474)
Music theorist, Renaissance composer, Franco-Flemish composer, Du Fay, Medievalcomposer, Renaissance…Burgundian school composer, Medieval music, composer, Composer of the Burgundian school
Guillaume Dufay (Du Fay, Du Fayt) (?August 5, 1397 - November 27, 1474) was a Franco-Flemish composer and music theorist of the late Middle...
Giraut de Bornelh

Giraut de Bornelh

male, deceased (1215)
troubadour, Guiraut de Bornelh, Medievalcomposer, poet, limoges, tenso
Giraut de Bornelh, also known as Guiraut de Bornelh and Giraut de Borneil (c. 1138 - 1215) was a troubadour, born to a lower class family in the...
Johannes Ciconia

Johannes Ciconia

male, deceased (1412)
Gil Alvarez De Albornoz, Ars subtilior composer, composer, Medievalcomposer, Trecento composer, music theory…Medieval music, Franco-Flemish composer
Johannes Ciconia was a late medieval composer and music theorist. He has possibly been conflated with his father of the same name in some...

Donato da Cascia

male
madrigal, composer, Italian, Benedictine, Medievalcomposer, Trecento composer
Donato da Cascia (also da Firenze or da Florentia) (fl. c. 1350 - 1370) was an Italian composer of the Trecento. All of his surviving music is...
Philippe de Vitry

Philippe de Vitry

male, deceased (1361)
Bishop of Meaux, French music theorist, Jean II of France, composer, French, University of Paris…Medievalcomposer
Philippe de Vitry (October 31, 1291 - June 9, 1361) was a French composer, music theorist and poet. He was an accomplished, innovative, and...
Francesco Landini

Francesco Landini

male, deceased (1397)
from the Province of Florence, Trecento composer, Italian, Blind musician, Medievalcomposer, composer
Francesco Landini or Landino (around 1325 - September 2, 1397) was an Italian composer, organist, singer, poet and instrument maker. He was one of...