List of medieval composers
This is a list of medieval composers. Composers whose names are italicised have no known surviving music, although in some cases the text of compositions attributed to them survive.
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Early medieval composers (born before 1150)
| Name | Born | Died | Nationality | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romanos the Melodist | c. 490 | c. 560 | Jewish-Syrian-born Byzantine |  |
| Yared | 505 | 571 | Ethiopian |  |
| John of Damascus | c. 675 | 749 | Syrian | .gif) |
| Cosmas of Maiuma | unknown | c. 773 | Syrian |  |
| Khosrovidukht | 8th century | 8th century | Armenian | |
| Sahakdukht | 8th century | 8th century | Armenian | |
| Otfrid von Weissenburg[1] | c. 800 | after 870 | Frankish | |
| Kassia | 805/810 | 865/867 | Byzantine | |
| Joseph the Hymnographer | c. 816 | 886 | Sicilian-Greek |  |
| Notker Balbulus (Notker the Stammerer) | c. 840 | 912 | Frankish? |  |
| Hucbald | 840/850 | 930 | Frankish | |
| Tuotilo (Tutilo of Saint Gall) | c. 850 | 915 | Irish | |
| Etienne de Liege (Stephen of Liege) | c. 850 | 920 | Belgian | |
| Leo VI the Wise | 866 | 912 | Byzantine | |
| Odo of Cluny | c. 878 | 942 | French | |
| Heriger of Lobbes (Herigerus) | c. 925 | 1007 | Frankish? | |
| Odo of Arezzo | 10th century | 11th century | Italian | |
| Fulbert of Chartres | 952-970 | 1028 | French | |
| Adémar de Chabannes | c. 988 | 1034 | French | |
| Guido da Arezzo (Guido of Arezzo; Guido Aretinus) | c. 991/992 | after 1033 | Italian |  |
| Wipo (Wigbert; Wippo of Burgundy) | c. 995 | c. 1048 | Frankish? (Arles/ Burgundy) | |
| Hermann of Reichenau | 1013 | 1054 | German |  |
| Godric | c. 1065 | 1170 | English |  |
| Adam of Saint Victor | c. 1068 | 1146 | French | |
| William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (Guilhem de Peitieus; Guillaume d'Aquitaine) | 1071 | 1126 | Occitan |  |
| Petrus Abaelardus (Peter Abelard) | 1079 | 1142 | French |  |
| Demetrius I of Georgia | c. 1093 | 1156 | Georgian | |
| Goslenus (Jocelin of Soissons) | 1096 | 1152 | French | |
| Hildegard of Bingen | 1098 | 1179 | German |  |
| Marcabru | c. 1099 | c. 1150 | Occitan |  |
| Bernard of Cluny | 1100 | 1170 | French | |
| Jaufre Rudel | 1105 | after 1147 | Occitan |  |
| Albertus Parisiensis (Albert of Paris) | 1116 | c. 1177 | French | |
| Bernart de Ventadorn | 1130/1140 | after 1190/1200 | Ocitan |  |
| Peire d'Alvernhe | c. 1130 | 1215 | Occitan | .jpg) |
| Chrétien de Troyes | c. 1130 | c. 1190 | French |  |
| Tibors de Sarenom | c. 1130 | after 1198 | Occitan | |
| Léonin (Magister Leonius) | before 1150 | c. 1201 | French | |
| Giraut de Bornelh | c. 1138 | 1215 | Occitan |  |
| Berenguier de Palazol | 1140 | 1209 | Catalan | .jpg) |
| Arnaut de Mareuil | c. 1140 | c. 1200 | Occitan |  |
| Beatritz de Dia (Beatriz de Dia; Comtessa de Dia) | c. 1140 | c. 1200 | Occitan |  |
| Bertran de Born | 1140/1150 | 1215 | Occitan |  |
| Hendrik van Veldeke (Heinrich von Veldeke) | 1140/1150 | c. 1190 | Limburgish/ German |  |
| "Vidame de Chartres" (probably Guillaume de Ferrières) | c. 1145/1155 | 1204? | French | |
| Raimbaut d'Aurenga (Raimbaut of Orange) | c. 1147 | 1173 | Occitan |  |
| Guilhem de Saint-Leidier (Guillem Saint Deidier) | c. 1149 | c. 1195/1200 | Occitan |
Middle medieval composers (born 1150–1300)
| Name | Born | Died | Nationality | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnaut Daniel | c. 1150/1160 | c. 1200 | Occitan |  |
| Conon de Béthune | c. 1150 | 1219 | French | |
| Folquet de Marselha (Folquet de Marseille) | c. 1150 | 1231 | Occitan | .jpg) |
| Friedrich von Hûsen (Friedrich von Hausen) | c. 1150/1160 | 1190 | German | |
| Gontier de Soignies | 1150 | after 1220 | French | |
| Peire Raimon de Tolosa | 1150 | after 1220 | Occitan | |
| Raimbaut de Vaqueiras | c. 1150/1160 | 1207 | Occitan |  |
| Azalais de Porcairagues | c. 1155? | 1209? | Occitan | |
| Blondel de Nesle | c. 1155 | 1202 | French | |
| Reinmar von Hagenau (Reinmar der Alte) | c. 1155 | c. 1205 | German | |
| Richard I of England (Richard the Lionheart) | 1157 | 1199 | English |  |
| Alamanda de Castelnau | c. 1160 | 1223 | Occitan | |
| Audefroi le Bastart | 1160 | after 1225 | French | |
| Cadenet | c. 1160 | c. 1235 | Occitan | |
| Gace Brule | c. 1160 | after 1213 | French | |
| Monge de Montaudon | c. 1160 | after 1210 | Occitan | |
| Pérotin (Perotinus) | c. 1160 | c. 1225 | French |  |
| Perdigon | 1160 | after 1212 | Occitan |  |
| Peirol | c. 1160 | c. 1222/1225 | Occitan | .jpg) |
| Philippe le Chancelier (Philip the Chancellor) | c. 1160 | 1236 | French | |
| Raimon de Miraval | c. 1160 | c. 1220 | Occitan |  |
| Albertet de Sestaro | 1164 | after 1221 | Occitan | |
| Chastelain de Couci | c. 1165 | 1203 | French |  |
| Gautier de Dargies | c. 1165/1170 | c. 1236 | French | |
| Bernger von Horheim | 1166 | 13th century? | German | |
| Guillem Magret | c. 1166 | after 1204 | Occitan | |
| Castelloza | c. 1170 | after 1200 | Occitan | |
| Gaucelm Faidit | 1170 | 1202 | Occitan | .jpg) |
| Gui d'Ussel | c. 1170 | c. 1225 | Occitan | |
| Pierre de Molins | 1170 | c. 1220 | French | |
| Pons d'Ortaffa | c. 1170 | c. 1246 | Catalan | |
| Richart de Semilli | c. 1170? | c. 1200 | French | |
| Heinrich von Morungen | unknown | c. 1220 | German | |
| Walther von der Vogelweide | c. 1170 | c. 1230 | German |  |
| Wolfram von Eschenbach | c. 1170 | c. 1220 | German |  |
| Aimeric de Peguilhan | c. 1175 | c. 1230 | Occitan |  |
| Guilhem Ademar | c. 1175 | after 1217 | Occitan |  |
| Peire Vidal | 1175 | 1205 | Occitan | .jpg) |
| Pons de Capduelh (Pons de Capdoill) | 1175? | 1236? | Occitan | |
| Gautier de Coincy | 1177 | 1236 | French |  |
| Maria de Ventadorn | 1177? | 1222? | Occitan | |
| Guilhem Augier (Ogiers Novella) | c. 1179? | after 1230 | Occitan | |
| Albrecht von Johansdorf | c. 1180 | c. 1209 | German | |
| Colin Muset | c. 1180 | after 1250 | French | |
| Garsenda de Proensa | c. 1180 | c. 1242 | Occitan | |
| Peire Cardenal | c. 1180? | c. 1278? | Occitan |  |
| Daude de Pradas | 1184 | c. 1282 | Occitan | |
| Aimeric de Belenoi | 1185 | 1272 | Occitan | |
| Guiot de Dijon | 1185 | 1225 | French | |
| Uc de Saint Circ | 1187 | 1273 | Occitan | .jpg) |
| Hue de la Ferté | 1190 | after 1235 | French | |
| Neidhart von Reuental | c. 1190? | after 1236 | German |  |
| Guillaume le Vinier | c. 1190 | 1245 | French | |
| Eustache le Peintre de Reims | 1195 | c. 1240? | French | |
| Gilles le Vinier | 1195 | 1252 | French | |
| Moniot d'Arras | fl. ca. 1225 | ??? | French | |
| Jehan Erart | c. 1200 | 1258 | French | |
| Adam de Givenchi | 1200 | after 1245 | French | |
| Guibert Kaukesel (Hubert Chaucesel) | c. 1200 | after 1255? | French | |
| Margot | c. 1200 | after 1250 | French | |
| Maroie (Maroie de Dregnau de Lille) | c. 1200 | after 1250 | French | |
| Reinmar von Zweter | c. 1200 | after 1248 | German | |
| Sordello | c. 1200 | after 1269 | Italian | .jpg) |
| Wincenty of Kielcza | c. 1200 | after 1262 | Polish | |
| Hadewijch | 13th century | 13th century | Belgian | |
| Thibaud de Champagne (Thibaud IV, Count of Champagne; Theobald I, King of Navarre) | 1201 | 1253 | French |  |
| Richard de Fournival | 1201 | 1260? | French |  |
| Gautier d'Épinal (fr) | 1202 | 1272 | French | |
| Gertrude of Dagsburg | 1205 | 1225 | French | |
| Jehan Bretel | c. 1210 | 1272 | French | |
| Martin Codax | c. 1210 | after 1270 | Spanish (Galician) |  |
| Thomas Herier | c. 1210 | after 1270 | French | |
| Raoul de Soissons | c. 1210/1215 | c. 1270 | French | |
| Guiraut d'Espanha | c. 1215 | after 1265 | Occitan | |
| Lambert Ferri | c. 1220 | c. 1300 | French | |
| Alfonso el Sabio (Alfonso X, King of Castile) | 1221 | 1284 | Spanish (Castilian) |  |
| Robert de la Piere | 1225 | 1258 | French | |
| Henry III, Duke of Brabant | c. 1230 | 1261 | Belgian | |
| Airas Nunes | c. 1230 | 1293 | Spanish (Galician) | |
| Guiraut Riquier | c. 1230 | c. 1292 | Occitan |  |
| Konrad von Würzburg | c. 1230 | 1287 | German |  |
| Adam de la Halle | c. 1237 | 1288 | French |  |
| Meister Rumelant | c. 1243 | after 1286/1287 | German |  |
| W. de Wycombe | c. 1245 | 1279? | English | |
| Jehan de Lescurel (Jehannot de l'Escurel) | 1250? | 1304? | French | |
| Ernoul le Vielle de Gastinois (Ernous li Viele) | c. 1250 | c. 1280 | French | |
| Franco of Cologne | 13th century | 13th century | German | |
| Der wilde Alexander (Meister Alexander) | 1255 | after 1288 | German | |
| Casella | 1299 or 1300 | Italian | ||
| Petrus de Cruce | c. 1260 | after 1302 | French | |
| Dom Dinis (Denis, King of Portugal) | 1261 | 1325 | Portuguese |  |
| Marchetto da Padova | c. 1274 | after 1319 | Italian | |
| John Kukuzelis | c. 1280 | 1360 | Bulgarian |  |
| Philippe de Vitry | 1291 | 1361 | French |  |
Late medieval and transitional composers (born 1300–1400)
| Name | Born | Died | Nationality | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johannes Hadlaub | fl. 1300-1340 | before 1340 | Swiss |  |
| Maestro Piero | c. 1300 | after 1350 | Italian | |
| Guillaume de Machaut | c. 1300 | 1377 | French |  |
| Jacopo da Bologna | fl. 1340–1360 | 1386? | Italian | |
| Giovanni da Cascia (Giovanni da Firenze) | fl. 1340? | 14th century | Italian | |
| Gherardello da Firenze | 1320/1325 | 1362/1363 | Italian | |
| John Hanboys | c. 1320? | 1380? | English | |
| Francesco Landini | 1325/1335 | 1397 | Italian |  |
| Lorenzo da Firenze (Lorenzo Masini) | c. 1325 | 1372/1373 | Italian | |
| Donato da Cascia | fl. c. 1350 | after 1370 | Italian | |
| Kir Joakim | 14th century | 14th century | Serbian | |
| Grimace | 14th century | 14th century? | French | |
| Mönch von Salzburg (Monk of Salzburg) (de) | 14th century | 14th century? | German |  |
| P. des Molins | fl. 1370 | unknown | French | |
| Jehan Vaillant (Johannes Vaillant) | c. 1330? | 1390/1400? | French | |
| Johannes Alanus | c. 1332? | 1373? | English | |
| Vincenzo da Rimini | c. 1332? | after 1364? | Italian | |
| Bartolino da Padova | fl. 1365 | after 1405 | Italian | |
| Matheus de Sancto Johanne (Mayshuet de Joan) | fl. c. 1365 | after 1387 | French | |
| Philippus de Caserta (Philipoctus de Caserta) | fl. c. 1370 | c. 1400 | Italian | |
| Egardus | fl. c. 1370? | after 1400 | Flemish | |
| Egidius de Francia | 14th century | 14th century? | French | |
| Johannes Cuvelier (Cunelier) | fl. c. 1372 | after 1387 | French | |
| Franciscus Andrieu | fl. c. 1377 | c. 1400 | French? | |
| Johannes Symonis Hasprois | fl. 1378 | 1428 | French |  |
| Goscalch (Petrus de Godescalc?) | fl. c. 1378/1380 | 1394? | French? | |
| Niccolò da Perugia | 14th century | c. 1400 | Italian | |
| Jehan Suzay | fl. c. 1380 | after 1395 | French | |
| Trebor | fl. c. 1380 | c. 1400 | French | |
| Jan of Jenstejn | 1348 | 1400 | Czech |  |
| Záviš of Zápy | c. 1350 | c. 1411 | Czech | |
| Antonio Zacara da Teramo | c. 1350/1360 | c. 1413/1416 | Italian |  |
| Jacob Senleches | fl. c. 1382 | after 1395 | French |  |
| Andrea da Firenze (Andreas de Florentia) | fl. c. 1375 | c. 1415 | Italian | |
| Paolo da Firenze (Paolo Tenorista) | c. 1355 | c. 1436 | Italian | |
| Solage | 14th century | after 1403 | French | |
| Hugo von Montfort | 1357 | 1423 | German (Austrian) |  |
| Giovanni Mazzuoli (Giovanni degli Organi) | 1360 | 1426 | Italian | |
| Grazioso da Padova (Gratiosus de Padua) | fl. c. 1391? | 15th century? | Italian | |
| Martinus Fabri | fl. 1395 | 1400 | Dutch | |
| Borlet | fl. c. 1397? | after 1409 | French | |
| Aleyn | fl. c. 1400 | 15th century | English | |
| Johannes Ciconia | c. 1370 | 1412 | Flemish | |
| Matteo da Perugia | fl. 1400 | after 1416 | Italian | |
| Johannes de Lymburgia | c. 1370 | 1430 | Belgian | |
| Johannes Tapissier (Jean de Noyers) | c. 1370 | before 1410 | Burgundian | |
| Antonio da Cividale (Antonius de Civitate Austrie) | fl. c. 1392 | 1421 | Italian | |
| Antonello da Caserta | 14th century | after 1402? | Italian | |
| Nicolas Grenon | c. 1375 | 1456 | Burgundian | |
| Oswald von Wolkenstein | c. 1377 | 1445 | German |  |
| Andrea Stefani | fl. c. 1399 | 15th century | Italian | |
| Bartolomeo da Bologna | fl. 1405 | after 1427 | Italian | |
| Baude Cordier | c. 1380 | before 1440 | French |  |
| Thomas Fabri | 1380 | 1420 | Flemish | |
| Pierre Fontaine | c. 1380 | c. 1450 | French | |
| Nicolaus Ricii de Nucella Campli | fl. 1401-20 | after 1436 | Italian | |
| Mikołaj Radomski (Nicolaus de Radom) | c. 1380 | 15th century | Polish | |
| Ugolino da Forlì or Ugolino da Orvieto (it) | c. 1380 | c. 1457 | Italian | |
| Leonel Power | c. 1370/1385? | 1445 | English |  |
| Jacobus Vide | 1385 | 1433 | Burgundian | |
| Queldryk | fl. c. 1400 | 15th century | English | |
| Johannes Cesaris | fl. 1406 | 1417 | French | |
| Roy Henry (probably Henry V of England) | fl. c. 1410 | 15th century | English | |
| Byttering (possibly Thomas Byttering) | fl. c. 1410 | after 1420? | English | |
| Conradus de Pistoia (Coradus de Pistorio) | fl. c. 1410 | 15th century | Italian | |
| John Dunstaple (John Dunstable) | c. 1390 | 1453 | English | |
| Hugo de Lantins | fl. c. 1420 | after 1430? | Flemish | |
| Richard Loqueville | fl. 1410 | 1418 | French | |
| Pycard | fl. c. 1410 | 15th century | English or French | |
| Arnold de Lantins | fl. 1423 | 1432 | Flemish | |
| Guillaume Dufay | 1397 | 1474 | Burgundian |  |
| Estienne Grossin | fl. 1418 | after 1421 | French | |
| Gilles Binchois | c. 1400 | 1460 | Burgundian |  |
| Johannes Brassart | c. 1400 | 1455 | Burgundian | |
| Manuel Chrysaphes | fl. 1440 | 1463 | Byzantine |
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References
- His status as a composer is unclear, although some copies of his poetry have surviving music notation.
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