Musical biography : or, memoirs of the lives and writings of the most eminent musical composers and writers, who have flourished in the different countries of Europe during the last three centuries
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| Abel, Carl Friedrich (b. 1723 d. 1787) | composer, viola da gamba |
| Abell, John (b. 1653 d. 1716 a. 1679-1700) | composer, violin in the private music for the voic |
| Agostini, Paolo (b. 1583 d. 1629) | composer, organ |
| Agricola, Martin (b. 1486 d. 1556) | theorist, teacher |
| Alberti, Domenico (b. 1710 d. 1740 a. 1775-1797) | composer, naccarino |
| Alberti, Giuseppe Matteo (b. 1685) | basso, composer |
| Albinoni, Tommaso Giovanni (b. 1671) | composer, musicisti |
| Alcock, John (b. 1715 d. 1806) | organ, composer |
| Aldrich, Henry (b. 1648 d. 1710) | divine, scholar |
| Alessandri, Felice (b. 1747 d. 1798) | composer, compositore |
| Alison, Richard (a. 1592-1606) | composer, professor |
| Allegri, Gregorio (b. 1582 d. 1652) | composer, singer |
| Alsted, Johann Heinrich (b. 1588 d. 1638) | theologian, theorist |
| Amner, John (b. 1579 d. 1641) | composer, conductor |
| Anerio, Felice (b. 1560 d. 1614) | composer, compositore |
| Animuccia, Giovanni (b. 1500) | composer, compositore |
| Antoniotti, Giorgio (b. 1692 d. 1776) | theorist, composer |
| Arcadelt, Jacques (b. 1505 d. 1568) | composer |
| Ariosti, Attilio (b. 1666 d. 1740) | composer |
| Arne, Michael (b. 1740 d. 1786) | composer |
| Arne, Thomas Augustine (b. 1710 d. 1778) | composer, violin |
| Arnold, Samuel (b. 1740 d. 1802) | composer, organ |
| Artusi, Giovanni Maria (b. 1540 d. 1613) | theorist, polemicist |
| Astorga, Emanuele (b. 1680 d. 1757) | composer, barone |
| Attwood, Thomas (b. 1765 d. 1838) | composer, organ |
| Avison, Charles (b. 1710 d. 1770) | composer, conductor |
| Babell, William (b. 1690 d. 1723) | violin, composer |
| Bach, Carl Philip Emanuel (b. 1714) | Komponist, Musiker |
| Bach, Johann Christian (b. 1735 d. 1782) | composer, Musiker |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian (b. 1685) | composer, compositeur |
| Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann (b. 1710) | compositore, Musiker |
| Banister, John (d. 1725) | composer, violin |
| Banister, John (b. 1625 d. 1679) | composer, violin |
| Barrett, John (b. 1676 d. 1719 a. 1710) | cast, child of the Chapel |
| Barsanti, Francesco (b. 1690 d. 1772) | composer, musician |
| Barthelemon, Francois Hippolyte (b. 1741 d. 1808) | violin, composer |
| Bartoli, Daniello (b. 1608 d. 1685) | scholar |
| Bassani, Giovanni Battista (b. 1657) | composer, compositore |
| Baston, Josquin (a. 1542-1563) | composer |
| Bates, Sarah (b. 1755 d. 1811 a. 1784) | soprano |
| Bateson, Thomas (b. -1575 d. 1630) | organ |
| Batten, Adrian (b. -1599 d. 1637) | composer, singing man at Westminster |
| Battishill, Jonathan (b. 1738 d. 1801) | organ, composer |
| Benda, Franz [Frantisek] (b. 1709 d. 1786) | violin, composer |
| Benda, Georg (Antonin) (b. 1721 d. 1795) | composer, Komponist |
| Benevoli, Orazio (b. 1605 d. 1672) | compositore, musicisti |
| Bennett, John (b. -1730 d. 1784) | organ, composer |
| Berardi, Angelo (b. 1636 d. 1694 a. 1687) | theorist, composer |
| Berchem, Jacquet (b. 1505 d. 1565) | composer |
| Bernabei, Ercole (b. 1622 d. 1687 a. 1650) | composer |
| Bernabei, Giuseppe Antonio (b. 1649 d. 1732) | composer, maestro di cappella |
| Bernard, Etienne (b. 1569 d. 1600) | singer, composer |
| Bernier, Nicolas (b. 1665 d. 1734) | composer, organ |
| Bertoni, Ferdinando (b. 1725) | compositore, musicisti |
| Bevin, Elway (b. 1554 d. 1639) | composer, theorist |
| Bianchi, John C.M. (b. 1775 d. 1802) | violin |
| Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz (b. 1644 d. 1704) | violin, composer |
| Birchensha, John (b. CAD2> d. 1681 a. 1672) | theorist, composer |
| Blow, John (b. 1649 d. 1708) | child of the Chapel, composer |
| Boccherini, Luigi [Ridolfo Luigi] (b. 1743) | composer, compositore |
| Bona, Valerio (b. 1560 d. 1620 a. 1591-1619) | nobile, francescano |
| Bononcini, Antonio Maria (b. 1677) | compositore, violoncellista |
| Bononcini, Giovanni Maria (b. 1678 d. 1753) | violin, cello |
| Bononcini, Giovanni Maria (b. 1640 d. 1678) | composer, theorist |
| Bontempi, Giovanni Andrea (b. 1624 d. 1705) | composer, singer |
| Bosi, Cesare (b. 1773 d. 1802) | composer |
| Boyce, William (b. 1710 d. 1779) | composer, organ |
| Braham, John (b. 1774 d. 1856) | composer, lyricist |
| Brewer, Thomas (b. 1611 d. -1670) | violin, composer |
| Britton, Thomas (b. 1644 d. 1714) | music patron, amateur musician |
| Broschi, Riccardo (b. 1698 a. 1725) | compositore, maestro di musica |
| Brossard, Sebastien (b. 1654 d. 1730) | lexicographer, bibliophile |
| Bryne, Albertus (b. 1621 d. 1671) | organ, composer |
| Buini, Giuseppe Maria (b. 1680 d. 1739) | composer, librettist |
| Bull, John (b. -1563 d. 1628) | librettist, musicisti |
| Burette, Pierre-Jean (b. 1665 d. 1747) | musician, scholar |
| Burney, Charles (b. 1726 d. 1814) | composer, storiografo |
| Busby, Thomas (b. 1755 d. 1838) | writer, musician |
| Butler, Charles (b. 1560 d. 1647 a. 1636) | priest, amateur musician |
| Buttstett, Johann Heinrich (b. 1666 d. 1727) | organ, Komponist |
| Buxtehude, Dietrich (b. 1637) | composer, musicisti |
| Byrd, William (b. 1543 d. 1623) | composer, compositore |
| Caccini, Giulio (b. 1545 d. 1618) | composer, singer |
| Caldara, Antonio (b. 1670 d. 1768) | compositore, musicisti |
| Campion, Thomas (d. 1619) | librettista, poet |
| Campra, Andre (b. 1660 d. 1744) | composer |
| Canis, Cornelius (b. -1520 d. 1561) | composer, imperial Kapellmeister |
| Carbonelli, Steffano (b. 1696 d. 1772) | violin, direttore d'orchestra |
| Carey, Henry (b. 1689 d. 1743) | composer, dramatist |
| Carissimi, Giacomo (b. 1604 d. 1670) | composer, musicisti |
| Carter, Thomas (b. 1769 d. 1800) | composer, singer |
| Castaldi, Bellerofonte (b. -1581 d. 1649) | composer, theorbo |
| Castrucci, Pietro (b. 1679 d. 1752) | violin, composer |
| Cesti, Marc Antonio (b. 1618 d. 1681) | composer, compositore |
| Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (b. -1650 d. 1704) | composer, musicisti |
| Child, William (b. 1606 d. 1697) | composer, organ |
| Chilmead, Edmund (b. 1610 d. 1654) | theorist, man of letters |
| Cifra, Antonio (b. 1584 d. 1629) | compositore, maestro di cappella |
| Cimarosa, Domenico (b. 1749) | composer, compositore |
| Cirri, Giovanni Battista (b. 1724 d. 1808) | cello, composer |
| Clarke, Jeremiah (b. 1674 d. 1707) | composer, organ |
| Clayton, Thomas (b. -1670 d. -1730) | composer, violin |
| Clemens Non Papa (b. >1515 d. 1556) | Komponist, compositeur de musique |
| Clementi, Muzio (b. 1752) | composer, compositeur |
| Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas (b. 1676 d. 1749) | compositore, organ |
| Cocchi, Gioacchino (b. 1720 d. 1788) | compositore, dramatic composer |
| Coick, Gian (b. 1520 a. 1567) | composer |
| Coleman, Charles (b. 1605 d. 1664) | arranger, cast |
| Collasse, Pascal (b. 1649 d. 1709) | composer |
| Collin de Blamont, Francois (b. 1690 d. 1760) | composer, compositeur |
| Colonna, Fabio (b. 1580 d. 1650) | inventor of an enharmonic harpsichord |
| Colonna, Giovanni Paolo (b. 1637) | composer, compositore |
| Conti, Francesco Bartolomeo (b. 1681) | ballerina, Komponist |
| Cooke, Benjamin (b. 1734 d. 1793) | organ, composer |
| Cooke, Henry (b. 1615 d. 1672) | singer, choir trainer |
| Coprario, John (b. -1580 d. 1626) | composer, viola da gamba |
| Corbett, William (b. 1675 d. 1748) | violin, composer |
| Corelli, Arcangelo (b. 1653 a. 19th century |
composer, compositore |
| Corteccia, Francesco [Pier Francesco] (b. 1502 d. 1571) | composer, organ |
| Cosyn, Benjamin (b. 1570 d. 1652) | composer |
| Couperin, Francois (le grand) (b. 1668 d. 1733) | composer, harpsichord |
| Couperin, Louis (b. 1626 d. 1661) | composer, harpsichord |
| Cramer, Wilhelm (b. 1745 d. 1799) | violin, Musiker |
| Cranford, William (b. CAD2> d. -1675) | composer, singer |
| Crecquillon, Thomas (d. 1557) | composer |
| Creighton, Robert (b. 1636 d. 1734) | ecclesiastic, amateur composer |
| Crispi, Pietro Maria (b. 1737 d. 1797) | composer, organ |
| Croce, Giovanni (b. 1557 d. 1609) | composer, compositore |
| Croft, William (b. 1677 d. 1727) | composer |
| Cruger, Pancratius (b. 1546 d. 1615) | teacher, writer |
| Daman, William (b. 1549 d. 1591) | composer, Royal musician |
| Dandrieu, Jean-Francois (b. 1682 d. 1738) | musicisti, organ |
| Davy, John (b. 1763 d. 1824) | composer |
| De Fesch, Willem (b. 1687 d. 1761) | composer, cello |
| De la Fond, John Francis (a. 1716-1725) | author, teacher of languages |
| Dering, Richard (b. 1580 d. 1630) | composer, organista |
| Descartes, Rene (b. 1596 d. 1650 a. 1649) | philosopher, mathematician |
| Desmarets, Henri (b. 1661 d. 1741) | composer |
| Destouches, Andre (b. 1672 d. 1749) | composer |
| Dibdin, Charles (b. 1745 d. 1814) | composer, poet |
| Dieupart, Charles (b. 1667 d. 1740) | violin, harpsichord |
| Diruta, Girolamo (b. 1554 d. 1610) | compositore, organ |
| Dittenhofer, I.C. (a. 1830) |
| Doni, Giovanni Battista (b. 1594 d. 1647) | classicist, Italiensk musikhistoriker |
| Dowland, John (b. 1563 d. ?) | composer, lutenist |
| Draghi, Antonio (d. 1700) | composer, administrator |
| Du Caurroy, Eustache (b. 1549 d. 1609) | composer, maitre de la musique de chapelle du roi |
| Du Mont, Henry (b. 1610 d. 1684 a. 1664) | composer, organ |
| Dubourg, Matthew (b. 1703 d. 1767) | violin, music director |
| Dupuis, Thomas Sanders [Saunders] (b. 1730 d. 1796) | composer, organ |
| Durante, Francisco Pasquale (b. 1684 d. 1755) | composer |
| East, Michael (b. 1580 d. 1648) | composer |
| Eccles, Henry (b. -1685 d. -1745) | violin, composer |
| Eccles, John (b. 1668 d. 1735) | composer |
| Eckard, Johann Gottfried (b. 1735 d. 1809) | piano, composer |
| Edelmann, Jean-Frederic (b. 1749 d. 1794) | composer, harpsichord |
| Eichner, Ernst (Dieterich Adolph) (b. 1740 d. 1777) | bassoon, composer |
| Farmer, John (a. 1591-1601) | madrigalist, composer |
| Farmer, Thomas (d. 1688 died: 1688) | composer, violin |
| Farnaby, Giles (b. 1563 d. 1646) | composer |
| Farrant, Richard (b. -1530 d. 1580) | cathedral musician, composer |
| Felton, William (b. 1715 d. 1769) | clergyman, organ |
| Feo, Francesco (b. 1691 d. 1761) | composer, teacher |
| Ferrari, Benedetto (b. 1597 d. 1681 a. 17e secolo |
librettist, librettista |
| Festa, Costanzo (b. 1490 d. 1545) | composer, compositore |
| Festing, Michael Christian (b. 1680 d. 1752) | composer, violin |
| Fevin, Antoine (b. 1470 d. 1512) | composer |
| Fischer, Johann Christian (b. 1733 d. 1800) | oboe |
| Fludd, Robert (b. 1574 d. 1637) | physician, writer |
| Foggia, Francesco (b. 1604 d. 1688) | composer |
| Ford, Thomas (d. 1648 a. 1611) | composer, viol |
| Franc, Guillaume (b. 1505 d. 1570 a. 1541) | composer, musicien |
| Frescobaldi, Girolamo (b. 1583 d. 1643) | composer, compositore |
| Froberger, Johann Jacob (b. 1626 d. 1667) | composer, compositore |
| Fux, Johann Joseph (b. 1660 d. 1741) | composer, writer |
| Galliard, John Ernest (b. 1680 d. 1749) | composer, organ |
| Galuppi, Baldassare (b. 1706 d. 1785) | composer, compositore |
| Gasparini, Francesco (b. 1668) | cantore, composer |
| Gastoldi, Giovanni Giacomo (b. >1555 d. 1622) | compositore, poeta |
| Gatti, Theobaldo (b. 1650 d. 1727) | composer, bass viol |
| Gautier, Denis (b. 1603 d. 1672 a. 1626) | lute |
| Gautier, Pierre (d. 1638) | composer, lute |
| Geminiani, Francesco (Xaverio) (b. 1687 d. 1762) | violin, composer |
| Gervais, Charles Hubert (b. 1671 d. 1744 a. 1697-1720) | composer, musicisti |
| Gesualdo, Carlo (b. 1561 d. 1613) | nobleman, composer |
| Giachetto (a. 1580) | musician |
| Giacomelli, Geminiano (b. 1692 d. 1740 a. 1738-1740) | organ, composer |
| Giardini, Felice (b. 1716 d. 1796) | composer, violin |
| Gibbons, Christopher (b. 1615 d. 1676) | organ, composer |
| Gibbons, Edward (b. 1570 d. 1650) | organ, composer |
| Gibbons, Ellis (b. 1573 d. 1603) | composer |
| Gibbons, Orlando (b. 1583 d. 1625) | composer, organ |
| Giles, Nathaniel (b. 1558 d. 1634) | gentleman of the Chapel, organ |
| Gilles, Jean (b. 1668 d. 1705) | composer |
| Giordani, Tommaso (b. 1733 d. 1806) | compositore, composer |
| Giovannelli, Ruggiero (b. 1560 d. 1625) | composer |
| Gluck, Christoph Willibald (b. 1714) | composer, compositore |
| Goldwin, John (b. 1667 d. 1719) | organ, composer |
| Gombert, Nicolas (b. 1495 d. 1560) | composer, Musiker |
| Gossec, Francois-Joseph (b. 1734 d. 1829 a. 19th century |
composer |
| Goudimel, Claude (b. -1520 d. 1572) | composer, publisher |
| Graun, Carl Heinrich (b. 1704 d. 1759 a. 1830-1831) | composer |
| Graun, Johann Gottlieb (b. -1703 d. 1771) | composer |
| Greene, Maurice (b. 1696 d. 1755) | organ, composer |
| Gregory, William (b. 1605 d. 1663) | flute, wind instrument |
| Gretry, Andre-Ernest-Modeste (b. 1741) | composer, compositore |
| Guglielmi, Pietro Alessandro (b. 1728 d. 1804) | composer, compositore |
| Hall, Henry (b. 1656 d. 1707) | organ, composer |
| Hammerschmidt, Andreas (b. 1611 d. 1675) | composer, organ |
| Handel, George Friederic (b. 1685) | composer, compositore |
| Hart, Philip (b. 1674 d. 1749) | composer, organ |
| Hasse, Johann Adolph (b. 1699 d. 1783) | composer, compositore |
| Hawkins, John (b. 1719 d. 1789) | music historian, antiquarian |
| Hayden, George (d. 1722) | composer, organ |
| Haydn, Josef [Franz Josef] (b. 1732 d. 1809) | composer, Komposition |
| Haydn, Michael [Johann Michael] (b. 1737 d. 1806) | composer, musicisti |
| Hayes, Philip (b. 1738 d. 1797) | organ, composer |
| Hayes, William (b. 1707 d. 1777) | composer, organ |
| Haym, Nicola Francesco (b. 1678 d. 1729) | cello, librettista |
| Henstridge, Daniel (b. 1646 d. 1736) | organ, composer |
| Herbst, Johann Andreas (b. 1588 d. 1666) | theorist, composer |
| Herschel, Jacob (b. 1734 d. 1792) | violin, musician |
| Heseltine, James (b. 1692 d. 1763) | organ, composer |
| Heyther, William (b. 1563 d. 1627) | lay-clerk |
| Hilton, John (d. 1608 a. 1593-1594) | church musician, composer |
| Hingeston, John (b. CAD2> d. 1688) | composer, organ |
| Hoeberechts, John Lewis (b. 1760 d. 1820) | piano, composer |
| Holcombe, Henry (b. 1693 d. 1750) | singer, composer |
| Holder, William (b. 1616 d. 1696) | divine, mathematician |
| Hook, James (b. 1746 d. 1827) | organ, composer |
| Hooper, Edmund (b. 1553 d. 1621) | organ, composer |
| Howard, Samuel (b. 1710 d. 1782) | composer, organ |
| Hume, Tobias (b. 1569 d. 1645) | composer, viol |
| Humfrey, Pelham (b. 1647 d. 1674) | lute, composer |
| Isham, John (b. 1680 d. 1726) | organ, composer |
| Ives, Simon (b. 1600 d. 1662) | composer, instrumentalist |
| Jackson, William (b. 1730 d. 1803) | composer, essayist |
| Jacquet de la Guerre, Elizabeth-Claude (b. 1666 d. 1729) | composer, harpsichord |
| James, John (d. 1745) | organ, voice |
| Jenkins, John (b. 1592 d. 1678) | alto saxophone, cast |
| Johnson, Robert (b. 1500 d. 1560) | composer |
| Jommelli, Nicolo (b. 1714 d. 1774) | composer |
| Jones, Robert (a. 1597-1615) | composer |
| Josquin Desprez (b. 1440) | composer, compositore |
| Kapsberger, Johan Hieronymus (b. 1580 d. 1651) | composer, instrumentalist |
| Keiser, Reinhard (b. 1674 d. 1739) | composer, Komponist |
| Keller, Gottfried (d. 1704) | composer, teacher |
| Kelly, Michael (b. 1762 d. 1826) | cantante, tenor |
| Kent, James (b. 1700 d. 1776) | cathedral musician, composer |
| Kepler, Johannes (b. 1571 d. 1630) | astronomer, mathematician |
| Kerle, Jacobus (b. 1531 d. 1591) | composer, organ |
| Kerll, Johann Kaspar (b. 1627 d. 1693) | composer, organ |
| King, Charles (b. 1687 d. 1748) | cast, cathedral musician |
| Kircher, Athanasius (b. 1601 d. 1680) | Noyize, polyhistorian |
| Kirnberger, Johann Philipp (b. 1721 d. 1783) | theorist, composer |
| Klemm, Johann (b. 1595 d. 1657) | composer, organ |
| Kozeluch, Leopold (b. 1747) | composer, Komponist |
| Krieger, Johann Philipp (b. 1649 d. 1725) | composer, organ |
| Krumbhorn, Kaspar (b. 1542 d. 1621) | organ |
| Kuhnau, Johann (b. 1660 d. 1722) | composer, compositore |
| Kusser, Johann Sigismund (b. 1657 d. 1727) | composer, Komponist |
| La Rue, Pierre (b. 1460 d. 1518) | composer |
| Lalande, Michel-Richard (b. 1657 d. 1726) | composer, organ |
| Lallouette, Jean Francois (b. 1651 d. 1728 a. 1675) | composer |
| Lambert, Michel (b. 1610 d. 1696) | Buchverleger, composer |
| Lampe, John Frederick (b. 1703 d. 1751) | composer, bassoon |
| Lanier, Nicholas (d. 1612 a. 1566) | flute |
| Lassus, Ferdinand (b. 1560 d. 1609) | singer, composer |
| Lassus, Orlande (b. 1532 d. ?) | composer, compositore |
| Lassus, Rudolph (b. 1563 d. 1625) | organ, composer |
| Latilla, Gaetano (b. 1711 d. 1788) | composer, maestro di cappella |
| Lawes, Henry (b. 1596 d. 1662) | composer, gentleman of the Chapel |
| Lawes, William (b. 1582 d. 1645) | composer, musician |
| Le Jeune, Claude (b. -1530 d. 1600) | composer |
| Legrenzi, Giovanni (b. 1625 d. 1690) | composer, musicisti |
| Leighton, William (b. 1565 d. 1622 a. 1614) | amateur poet, editor |
| Leo, Leonardo (Ortensio Salvatore de) (b. 1694) | composer, compositore |
| Leveridge, Richard (b. -1671 d. 1758) | bass, vocals |
| Liberati, Antonio (b. 1617 d. 1692) | theorist, composer |
| Linley, Francis (b. 1770 d. 1800 a. 1796-1799) | composer, music seller |
| Linley, Thomas (b. 1733 d. 1795) | composer, harpsichord |
| Locke, Matthew (b. -1622 d. 1677) | composer |
| Loeillet, Jean Baptiste [John of London] (b. 1680 d. 1730) | composer, musicisti |
| Lorente, Andres (d. 1703) | theorist, musico |
| Lorenzani, Paolo (b. 1640 d. 1713) | composer |
| Lotti, Antonio (b. 1667 d. 1740) | composer, compositore |
| Loulie, Etienne (b. 1655 d. 1707) | theorist, musicien |
| Lowe, Edward (b. 1610 d. 1682) | composer, music copyist |
| Lully, Jean-Baptiste (b. 1632) | composer, compositore |
| Mace, Thomas (b. -1613 d. 1706) | lute, singer |
| Malcolm, Alexander (b. 1685 d. 1763) | theorist, teacher |
| Manchicourt, Pierre (b. 1510 d. 1564) | composer |
| Marais, Marin (b. 1656 d. 1728) | composer, compositeur |
| Marcello, Benedetto (b. 1686) | composer, compositore |
| Marchand, Louis (b. 1669 d. 1732) | harpsichord, organ |
| Marenzio, Luca (b. 1553 d. 1599) | composer, musicisti |
| Martini, Johann Paul Aegidius (b. 1741 d. 1816) | composer, teacher |
| Mattheson, Johann (b. 1681) | composer, compositore |
| Maynard, John (b. 1577 d. 1614 a. 1611) | lute, composer |
| Mazzinghi, Joseph (b. 1765 d. 1844) | composer |
| Meibom, Marcus (b. -1621 d. 1711) | polyhistor |
| Menestrier, Claude-Francois (b. 1631 d. 1705) | Jesuit, savant |
| Mengoli, Pietro (b. 1625 d. 1686) | scholar |
| Merbecke, John (b. >1510 d. 1585) | composer, writer |
| Mercy, Louis (a. 1708) | flute, inventor |
| Mersenne, Marin (b. 1588 d. 1648) | mathematician, philosopher |
| Merula, Tarquinio (b. 1594 d. 1665) | composer, musicisti |
| Meyer, Joachim (b. 1661 d. 1732) | writer |
| Miller, Edward (b. 1735 d. 1807) | organ, composer |
| Milton, John (b. 1563 d. 1646) | amateur composer, father of the poet |
| Minoret, Guillaume (b. 1650 d. 1717) | composer, ecclesiastic |
| Monro, George (d. 1731 a. 1724-1731) | composer, organ |
| Monte, Philippe (b. 1521 d. 1603) | composer, Domherr |
| Monteclair, Michel Pignolet (b. 1666 d. 1737) | composer, theorist |
| Monteverdi, Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) (b. 1567 d. 1643) | composer, compositore |
| Moorehead, John (b. 1760 d. 1804) | violin, composer |
| Morales, Cristobal (b. 1500 d. 1553) | compositor, maestro |
| Moreau, Jean-Baptiste (b. 1656 d. 1733) | composer, teacher |
| Moritz, Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel (b. 1572) | Komponist, music patron |
| Morley, Thomas (b. 1557) | composer, editor |
| Mouret, Jean-Joseph (b. 1682 d. 1738) | composer, Musikalienhandler |
| Mouton, Jean (b. 1459 d. 1522) | composer |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (b. 1756 d. 1791) | composer |
| Muffat, Georg (d. 1704) | composer, compositore |
| Mundy, John (b. 1555 d. 1630) | composer, organ |
| Mundy, William (b. 1529 d. 1591) | composer |
| Nanino, Giovanni Bernardino (b. 1560 d. 1623) | maestro di cappella, teacher |
| Nanino, Giovanni Maria (b. 1543 d. 1607) | compositore, teacher |
| Nares, James (b. 1715 d. 1783) | composer |
| Naumann, Johan Gottlieb (b. 1741) | composer, Komponist |
| Nicholson, Richard (d. 1639 a. 1585-1596) | organ, composer |
Nicolai, Valentino (a. 1775-?1798) |
composer of unknown origin, active in London and P |
| Nivers, Guillaume Gabriel (b. 1632 d. 1714) | organ, composer |
| Norris, Thomas (b. 1740 d. 1790) | organ, composer |
| Obrecht, Jacob (b. >1450 d. 1505) | composer |
| Ockeghem, Johannes (b. 1410 d. 1497) | composer, Komposition |
| Orlandini, Giuseppe Maria (b. 1675) | composer, compositore |
| Pachelbel, Johann (b. 1653 d. 1706) | composer, organ |
| Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi (a. 19th century |
composer, compositore |
| Pallavicino, Benedetto (b. 1551 d. 1601) | composer |
| Parsons, Robert (b. 1530 d. 1569) | composer |
| Peerson, Martin (b. -1573 d. 1651) | composer, virginal |
| Penna, Lorenzo (b. 1613) | composer, compositore |
| Pepusch, Johann Christoph (b. 1667 d. 1752) | composer, theorist |
| Perez, David (b. 1711 d. 1778) | composer, compositore |
| Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (b. 1710) | composer, compositor |
| Peri, Jacopo (b. 1561 d. 1633) | composer, singer |
| Pescetti, Giovanni Battista (b. 1704 d. 1766) | composer, compositore |
| Philips, Peter (b. -1561 d. 1628) | composer, organ |
| Piccinni, Niccolo [Vito Niccolo Marcello Antonio Giacomo] (b. 1728 d. 1800) | composer, compositore |
| Playford, Henry (b. 1657 d. 1709) | music publisher |
| Playford, John (b. 1623 d. 1687) | music publisher, book seller |
| Porpora, Nicola (Antonio) (b. 1686) | compositore, musician |
| Porsile, Giuseppe (b. 1680 d. 1750) | composer, compositore |
| Porta, Costanzo (b. -1529 d. 1601) | composer, compositore |
| Porter, Walter (b. 1587 d. 1659) | composer, Quirister of Westminster |
| Praetorius, Michael (b. 1571 d. 1621) | composer, compositore |
Prelleur, Peter (b. 1685 d. 1755 a. 1728-circa175) |
organ, harpsichord |
| Purcell, Daniel (b. 1660 d. 1717) | composer, organ |
| Purcell, Henry (b. 1659 d. 1695) | composer, organ |
| Quantz, Johann Joachim (b. 1697) | flute, composer |
| Rameau, Jean-Philippe (b. 1683 d. 1764) | bagpipes, composer |
| Ramondon, Lewis (d. 1720 a. 1705-1710) | singer, composer |
| Rauzzini, Venanzio (b. 1746 d. 1810) | male soprano, composer |
| Ravenscroft, Thomas (b. 1582 d. 1635) | editor, vocals |
| Reading, John (b. 1645 d. 1692) | composer, organ |
| Reeve, William (b. 1757 d. 1815) | theater composer, actor |
| Reincke (a. 1550) | musician |
| Rinaldo di Capua (b. 1705 d. 1780) | composer |
| Rogers, Benjamin (b. 1614 d. 1698) | organ, composer |
| Rolle, Johann Heinrich (b. 1716 d. 1785) | composer |
| Romano, Michieli (a. 1610) | musician |
| Rosa, Salvatore (b. 1615 d. 1673) | painter, poet |
| Roseingrave, Thomas (b. 1688 d. 1766) | organ, composer |
| Rosenmuller, Johann (b. 1619 d. 1684) | composer, organ |
| Royer, Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace (b. 1705 d. 1755) | composer, concert organizer |
| Russell, William (b. 1777 d. 1813) | organ, composer |
| Sacchini, Antonio (Maria Gasparo Gioacchino) (b. 1730 d. ? a. 19th century |
compositore, Komponist |
| Salieri, Antonio (b. 1750 d. ?) | composer, compositore |
| Salinas, Francisco (b. 1513 d. 1590) | theorist, organ |
| Salomon, Joseph-Francois (b. 1649 d. 1732) | composer, organ |
| Sammartini, Giuseppe (Francesco Gaspare Melchiorre Baldassare) (b. 1695 d. 1770) | oboe, composer |
| Sarro, Domenico Natale (b. 1679 d. 1744) | composer, compositore |
| Sarti, Giuseppe (b. 1729 d. 1802) | compositeur, compositore |
| Scacchi, Marco (b. 1600 d. -1687) | composer, writer on music |
| Scarlatti, Alessandro [Pietro Alessandro Gaspari] (b. 1660) | composer, compositore |
| Scarlatti, Domenico [Giuseppe Domenico] (b. 1685) | composer, keyboard teacher |
| Schroeter, Johann Samuel (b. 1752 d. 1788) | piano, composer |
| Schulz, Johann Abraham Peter (b. 1747) | composer, Komponist |
| Schutz, Heinrich (b. 1585 d. 1672) | composer, Komponist |
| Schwindl, Friedrich (b. 1737 d. 1786) | composer, violin |
| Sheeles, John (b. 1688 d. 1761 a. 1731) | composer, Harpsichord master |
| Shield, William (b. 1748 d. 1829) | theater composer |
| Shuttleworth, Obadiah (b. 1675 d. 1734) | violin, organ |
| Simonelli, Matteo (b. 1618 d. 1696) | composer, singer |
| Simpson, Christopher (b. 1605 d. 1669) | guitar, theorist |
| Somis, Lorenzo (b. 1688 d. 1775) | violin, composer |
| Soriano, Francesco (b. 1548) | religioso, compositore |
| Staggins, Nicholas (d. 1705 died: 1700 a. 1695) | musician |
| Stamitz, Anton Thadeus Johann Nepomuk (b. 1750 d. -1809) | composer, violin |
| Stamitz, Carl (Philipp) (b. 1745 d. 1801 a. 1785) | composer, violin |
| Stanley, John (b. 1712 d. 1786) | composer, organ |
| Steffani, Agostino (b. 1654 d. 1728) | composer, musicisti |
| Sterkel, Johann Franz Xavier (b. 1750 d. 1817) | composer, piano |
| Stevenson, John (Andrew) (b. 1761 d. 1833) | composer |
| Stonard, William (b. -1575 d. 1630) | organ, composer |
| Storace, Stephen (John Seymour) (b. 1762 d. 1796) | Sanger, Komponist |
| Stradella, Alessandro (b. 1644 d. 1682) | composer, compositore |
| Striggio, Alessandro (b. 1540 d. 1592) | composer, compositore |
| Strozzi, Barbara (b. 1619 d. 1664) | composer, musicisti |
| Symonds, Henry (d. 1740 died: 1740) | composer, organ |
| Tallis, Thomas (b. 1505 d. 1585) | composer, gentleman of the Chapel |
| Tartini, Giuseppe (b. 1692) | composer, compositore |
| Taverner, John (b. 1490 d. 1545) | composer |
| Telemann, Georg Philipp (b. 1681) | composer, compositore |
| Terradellas, Domingo Miguel Barnabas (b. 1701 d. 1751) | compositore, maestro di cappella |
| Tessarini, Carlo (b. 1690 d. 1766) | violin, composer |
| Tevo, Zaccaria (b. 1651 d. 1712) | theorist, composer |
| Thiel, Andrew (a. 1700) | musician |
| Thiel, John (b. 1646 d. 1724) | musician |
| Tigrini, Orazio (b. 1535 d. 1591) | theorist, composer |
| Tomkins, John (b. 1586 d. 1638 a. 1622-1638) | organ, composer |
| Torelli, Giuseppe (b. 1658) | composer, musicisti |
| Torri, Pietro (b. 1650 d. 1737) | composer |
| Tosi, Pier Francesco (b. 1653) | bozzettista, cantante |
| Travers, John (b. 1703 d. 1758) | organ, composer |
| Tucker, William (d. 1679 died: 1679) | composer, clergyman |
| Tudway, Thomas (b. 1650 d. 1726) | composer, page of the Chapel |
| Turner, William (b. 1651 d. 1740) | child and page of the Chapel Royal, composer |
| Tye, Christopher (b. 1505 d. 1580) | composer, musician |
| Valentini, Pier Francesco (b. 1570 d. 1654) | nobile, compositore |
| Vanhal, Johann Baptist (b. 1739 d. 1813) | composer, teacher |
| Vecchi, Orazio (Tiberio) (b. 1550 d. 1604) | compositore, musicisti |
| Vento, Mattia (b. 1735 d. 1776) | composer |
| Veracini, Francesco Maria (b. 1690 d. 1768) | composer, compositore |
| Verdelot, Philippe (b. -1480 d. 1552) | composer |
| Viadana, Lodovici (b. 1560 d. 1627) | composer, friar |
| Vicentino, Nicola (b. 1511 d. 1576) | composer, theorist |
| Victoria, Tomas Luis (b. 1548 d. 1611) | composer, compositore |
| Vinci, Leonardo (b. 1690 d. 1736) | composer, compositore |
| Vivaldi, Antonio (Lucio) (b. 1678 d. 1741) | Komponist, abate |
| Vossius, Gerhard Johann (b. 1577 d. 1649) | polymath |
| Vossius, Isaac (b. 1618 d. 1689) | polymath |
| Wagenseil, Georg Christoph (b. 1715 d. 1777) | composer, keyboard |
| Wallis, John (b. 1616 d. 1703) | mathematician, writer on music |
| Walther, Johann Gottfried (b. 1684 d. 1748) | organ, composer |
| Warwick, Thomas | organ, composer |
| Weelkes, Thomas (b. 1578 d. 1640) | composer, musician |
| Weldon, John (b. 1676 d. 1736) | composer, organ |
| Werckmeister, Andreas (b. 1645 d. 1706) | theorist, organ |
| Wesley, Charles (b. 1707 d. 1788) | divine, hymn writer |
| Wesley, Samuel (b. 1766 d. 1837) | composer, organ |
| Whichello, Abiell (b. 1683 d. 1745) | composer, organ |
| White, Robert (b. 1538 d. 1581) | composer |
| Wiedemann (a. 1726) | flute, composer |
| Wilson, John (b. 1595 d. 1674) | composer, lute |
| Wise, Michael (b. 1647 d. 1687) | composer, musician |
| Wolf, Ernst Wilhelm (b. 1732 d. 1792) | composer |
| Worgan, John (b. 1724 d. 1790) | organ, composer |
| Zacconi, Lodovico Giulio Cesare (b. 1555 d. 1627 a. 1596) | theorist, agostiniano |
| Zachow, Friedrich Wilhelm (b. 1663 d. 1712) | composer, organ |
| Zarlino, Gioseffo (b. 1517 d. 1590) | musicisti, teorico musicale |
| Ziani, Marc'Antonio (b. 1653 d. 1715) | compositore, Komponist |