Tomás Luis de Victoria

male, deceased (1611)
Orlando de Lassus, Counter-Reformation, palestrina, spanish, 16th century, Renaissance
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - August 20, 1611) was a Spanish composer of the late Renaissance. He was the most famous composer of the 16th c...
Gregorio Allegri

Gregorio Allegri

male, deceased (1652)
Roman Catholic, Miserere mei, Deus, composer, Roman School, Fermo, String instrument…palestrina
Gregorio Allegri (1582 - February 7, 1652) was an Italian composer and priest of the Roman School of composers. He mainly lived in Rome, and died...
Hans Pfitzner

Hans Pfitzner

male, deceased (1949)
Hoch Conservatory, Conductor, Hans (Erich) Pfitzner, Sketch for a New Aesthetic of Music, buried at the Zentralfriedhof, modernist…palestrina
Hans (Erich) Pfitzner (May 5, 1869 - May 22, 1949) was a German composer and self-described anti-modernist. His best known work is probably the...
Peter Philips

Peter Philips

male, deceased (1628)
Roman Catholic priest, priest, Renaissance composer, composer, motet, flanders…palestrina
Peter Philips was an eminent English composer, organist, and Catholic priest exiled to Flanders after the start of the Protestant Reformation. He...
Orlande de Lassus

Orlande de Lassus

male, deceased (1594)
Renaissance composer, Franco-Flemish composer, flanders, flemish, 16th century, franco…palestrina
Orlande de Lassus (also Orlandus Lassus, Orlando di Lasso, Roland de Lassus, or Roland Delattre) (1532 (possibly 1530) - June 14, 1594) was a...
Nicolas Gombert

Nicolas Gombert

male, deceased (1560)
Renaissance composer, Franco-Flemish composer, composer, French, Renaissance, palestrina
Nicolas Gombert (c.1495-c.1560) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous and influential composers between...
Alonso Lobo

Alonso Lobo

male, deceased (1617)
andalusian, contrapuntal, composer, Renaissance, spanish, motet…palestrina
Alonso Lobo was a Spanish composer of the late Renaissance. Although not as famous as Victoria, he was highly regarded at the time, and Victoria...

Francesco Soriano

male, deceased (1621)
from the Province of Viterbo, Soriano nel Cimino, St. Peter's Basilica, Renaissance, Roman school composer, basso continuo…palestrina
Francesco Soriano (1548 or 1549-1621) was an Italian composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most skilled members of the Roman School in the...
Thomas Crecquillon

Thomas Crecquillon

male, deceased (1557)
Renaissance composer, harmonic, Renaissance, motet, flanders, namur…palestrina
Thomas Crecquillon was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He is considered to be a member of the Netherlands school. While his place of...
Giovanni Francesco Anerio

Giovanni Francesco Anerio

male, deceased (1630)
Baroque composer, Renaissance music, oratorio, palestrina, baroque music, Roman school composer
Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c.1567-buried June 12, 1630) was an Italian composer of the Roman School, of the very late Renaissance and early Baroque...