Names and Dates
Agazzari, Agostino (1578–1640)
Agricola, Johann Friedrich (1720–1774)
Agricola, Martin (1486–1556)
Aguilera de Heredia, Sebastián (ca. 1565–1627)
Ahle, Johann Rudolf (1625–1673)
Albert, Heinrich (1604–1651)
Alborea, Francesco (1691–1739)
Albrici, Vincenzo (1631–1696)
Alessandri, Felippo de gli [sic] (fl. 1620s)
Altenburg, Johann Caspar (1689–1761)
Altenburg, Johann Ernst (1734–1801)
Altenburg, Michael (1584–1640)
Amati, Antonio (1560–1649)
Amati, Girolamo (1561–1630)
Anerio, Felice (1560–1614)
Anerio, Giovanni Francesco (ca. 1567–1630)
Antegnati, Costanzo (1549–1624)
Antegnati, Graziadio (1525–1590)
Anton, Franz (Count von Sporck) (1662–1738)
Arbeau, Thoinot (Jehan Tabourot) (1520–1595)
Archilei, Vittoria (1550–ca. 1620)
Ariosti, Attilio Malachia (Frate Ottavio) (1666–ca. 1729)
Ariosti, Giovanni Battista (1688–after 1715)
Arresti, Giulio Cesare (1619–1701)
Artusi, Giovanni Maria (ca. 1540–1613)
Attaingnant, Pierre (ca. 1494–1551/52)
Attey, John (fl. 1622)
Aubert, Pierre-François-Olivier (1763–ca. 1830)
Azaïs, Pierre-Hyacinthe (1741–ca. 1795)
Baccio del Bianco, Luigi (1604–1657)
Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732–1795)
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)
Bacilly, Bénigne de (ca. 1625–1690)
Badia, Carlo (1672–1738)
Balbastre, Claude (1727–1799)
Ballestra, Reimundo (d. 1634)
Baltzer, Thomas (ca. 1630–1663)
Banchieri, Adriano (1567–1634)
Banister, John (1630–1679)
Barbarino, Bartolomeo (ca. 1568–ca. 1617)
Barberini, Antonio (1607–1671)
Barberini, Francesco (1597–1679)
Barcotto, Antonio (ca. 1615–after 1652)
Bardi, Pietro de’ (b. before 1570–d. after 1660)
Bariolla, Ottavio (fl. 1573–1619)
Barley, William (fl. 1596)
Baron, Ernst Gottlieb (1696–1760)
Baroni, Leonora (1611–1670)
Baschenis, Evaristo (1617–1677)
Basevi, Giacobbe (see Giacobbe Cervetto)
Bassani, Francesco Maria (fl. 1620–1622)
Bassani, Giovanni Battista (ca. 1650–1716)
Bassani, Orazio (ca. 1550–1615)
Bassano, Giovanni (ca. 1558–1617)
Bathe, William (1564–1614)
Beauchamp, Pierre (1631–1705)
Becker, Dietrich (ca. 1623–ca. 1679)
Beer, Johann (1655–1700)
Belisi, Filippo Carlo (ca. 1695–1716)
Bendinelli, Cesare (d. 1617)
Benevoli, Orazio (1605–1672)
Bérard, Jean-Antoine (1710–1772)
Berlioz, Hector (1803–1869)
Bermudo, Juan (ca. 1510–ca. 1565)
Bernhard, Christoph (1628–1692)
Bernardi, Bartolomeo (ca. 1670–1732)
Bernardi, Stefano (ca. 1585–1636)
Bertali, Antonio (1605–1669)
Bertolotti, Gasparo [da Salò] (ca. 1540–1609)
Bertrand, Nicolas (ca. 1687–ca. 1725)
Bianciardi, Francesco (ca. 1571–1607)
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644–1704)
Bildstein, Hieronymus (ca. 1580–after 1626)
Bismantova, Bartolomeo (fl. 1675–1694)
Blow, John (1649–1708)
Boccherini, Luigi Rodolfo (1743–1805)
Böhm, George (1661–1737)
Bona, Valerio (f. 1590–1614)
Bonaparte, Napoleon (1769–1821)
Bonizzi, Vincenzo (d. 1630)
Bononcini, Antonio Maria (1677–1726)
Bononcini, Giovanni Maria (1642–1678)
Borbon, Gaspar (ca. 1635–1710)
Borbon, Peeter (fl. 1625–1675)
Borjon de Scellery, Pierre (1633–1691)
Borlasca, Bernardino (ca. 1581–ca. 1631)
Boesset, Antoine de (1586–1643)
Borri, Giovanni Battista (fl. 1665–1688)
Bossus, Johannes (Hans) (b. ca. 1570)
Bottrigari, Ercole (1531–1612)
Bourgeois, Loys (ca. 1510–ca. 1561)
Boumeester, Jan (1629–1681)
Bourdelot, Pierre (1610–1685)
Bovicelli, Giovanni Battista (ca. 1550–ca. 1597)
Brade, William (1560–1630)
Braun, Johann Georg Franz (before 1630–after 1675)
Brescianello, Giuseppe Antonio (ca. 1690–1758)
Bréval, Jean-Baptiste-Sébastien (1753–1823)
Brueghel, Jan (1568–1625)
Brunelli, Antonio (ca. 1575–ca. 1630)
Bull, John (1562–1725)
Bull, William (1650–1712)
Buonamente, Giovanni Battista (ca. 1595–1642)
Burney, Charles (1726–1814)
Busch, Ernst (fl. mid-16th century)
Butler, Charles (ca. 1559–1647)
Butler, Henry (d. 1652)
Buxtehude, Dieterich (ca. 1637–1707)
Byrd, William (1539/40–1623)
Cabanilles, Juan (1644–1712)
Cabezón, Antonio (1500–1566)
Caccini, Giulio (1546–1618)
Caldara, Antonio (ca. 1670–1736)
Calmeta, Vincenzo (ca. 1460–1508)
Calvin, Jean (1509–1564)
Cambert, Robert (ca. 1628–1677)
Campion, Thomas (1567–1620)
Campra, André (1660–1744)
Capacelli, Pirro Albergati (1663–1735)
Capricornus, Samuel Friedrich (1628–1665)
Carissimi, Giacomo (1605–1674)
Caroline Era (1603–1714)
Caroso, Fabritio (1526/35–1605/20)
Carracci, Lodovico (1555–1619)
Castaldi, Bellerofonte (ca. 1580–1649)
Castello, Dario (fl. 1621–29)
Castiglione, Baldassare (1478–1529)
Cattaneo, Gioseffo (Giuseppe) (fl. ca. 1750)
Cavalieri, Emilio de’ (ca. 1550–1602)
Cavalli, Francesco (1602–1676)
Cazzati, Maurizio (ca. 1620–1677)
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500–1571)
Cerone, Domenico Pietro (1566–1625)
Cervetto, Giacobbi Basevi (1680/81–1783)
Cesare, Giovanni Martino (1590–1667)
Cesti, Antonio (1623–1669)
Chambonnières, Jacques (1601/02–1672)
Champion, Jacques (ca. 1555–1642)
Champmeslé, Marie La (1642–1698)
Chancy, François de (ca. 1600–1656)
Charles I King of England (1600–1649; reigned 1625–1649)
Charles II King of England (1630–1685; reigned 1649–1685)
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1643–1704)
Cherici, Sebastiano (1647–1703)
Ciaia, Agostino della (see della)
Cima, Giovanni Paolo (ca. 1570–1630)
Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676–1749)
Clavijo, Bernardo (ca. 1550–1626)
Coelho, Manuel Rodriguez (ca. 1555–1635)
Colichon, Michel (fl. 1666–1693)
Colista, Lelio (1629–1680)
Coleman, Charles (1605–1664)
Colombi, Giuseppe (1635–1694)
Colonna, Giovanni Paolo (ca. 1637–1695)
Compasso, Lutio (fl. 1560)
Conforto, Giovanni Luca (ca. 1560–1607)
Conrad von Zabern (ca. 1410–1476 or 1481)
Cooper, Christopher (1655?–1698)
Coprario, John (ca. 1575–1626)
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653–1713)
Cornazzini, Phileno Agostino (1545–1628)
Cornet, Pieter (ca. 1560–ca. 1626)
Correa de Arauxo, Francisco (ca. 1575–after 1633)
Corrette, Michel (1707–1795)
Cosimi, Nicola (1667–1717)
Cotgrave, Randle (d. 1634?)
Couchet, Jan (Joannes) (1615–1655)
Couperin, François (1668–1733)
Couperin, Louis (ca. 1626–1661)
Crüger, Johann (1598–1662)
Cupis, François, le jeune (1732–1808)
Dalla Casa, Girolamo (d. 1601)
Dalza, Joan Ambrosio (fl. 1508)
d'Anglebert, Jean Henri (1628–1691)
Danoville, Le Sieur (fl. 1687)
da Vinci, Leonardo (1452–1519)
degli Antonii, Giovanni Battista (ca. 1636–after 1698)
degli Antonii, Pietro (1639–1720)
de Grigny, Nicolas (1672–1703)
de Lauze, François (fl. 1620s)
della Ciaia, Agostino (1671–1744)
della Robbia, Luca (1400–1482)
della Valle, Pietro (1586–1652)
Demantius, Christoph (1567–1643)
Denner, Jakob (1681–1735)
Denner, Johann Christoph (1655–1707)
de Pure, Michel (1620/34–1680)
Descartes, René (1596–1650)
de Lalande, Michel-Richard (1657–1726)
de Machy, Le Sieur (fl. 2nd half of 17th century)
de Passe, Crispijn (1564–1637)
d'Este, Don Cesare (1561–1628)
Dieupart, Charles (or François?) (ca. 1667–ca. 1740)
d'India, Sigismondo (ca. 1582–1629)
Diruta, Girolamo (ca. 1554–after 1610)
Donati, Ignazio (ca. 1585–1638)
Doni, Giovanni Battista (ca. 1593–1647)
Dowland, John (1563–1626)
Dowland, Robert (ca. 1591–1641)
Draghi, Antonio (1634/34–1700)
Dubuisson, Jean Lacquemant (1622/23–1680/81)
Du Caurroy, Eustache (1549–1609)
Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria (1528–1579; reigned 1550–1579)
Dumanoir, Guillaume (1615–1697)
Du Mont, Henri (ca. 1610–1684)
Dupont, Pierre (d. 1740)
Duport, Jean-Pierre, l'aîné (1741–1818)
Duport, Jean-Louis, le jeune (1749–1819)
Durante, Francesco (1684–1755)
Durante, Ottavio (fl. 1608–1618)
du Tertre, Étienne (fl. mid-16th century)
Duval, François (1672/3–1728)
East, Michael (ca. 1580–1648)
Ebner, Wolfgang (1612–1665) (1653)
Eccles, John (1668–1735)
Ehe family of brass instrument makers (1586–1794)
Eisel, Johann Philipp (1698–1763)
Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533–1603; reigned 1558–1603)
Engramelle, Marie-Dominque-Joseph (1727–1805)
Erbach, Christian (ca. 1570–1635)
Erlebach, Philipp Heinrich (1657–1714)
Esquivel, Juan de Navarro (fl. 1640s)
Evelyn, John (1620–1706)
Falck, Georg (1630–1689)
Fantini, Girolamo (1600–1675)
Farina, Carlo (ca. 1600–1639)
Farnaby, Giles (ca. 1565–1640)
Favier, Jean (1648–1719)
Ferrabosco, Alfonso (i) (1543–1588)
Ferrabosco the Younger, Alfonso (ca. 1575–1628)
Ferro, Marco Antonio (fl. 1642–1662)
Feuillet, Raoul-Auger (ca. 1653–ca. 1709)
Filippi, Gaspare (1590–1653)
Filippini, Stefano (ca. 1601–1690)
Finck, Hermann (1527–1558)
Finger, Gottfried (ca. 1660–1730)
Fiorè, Angelo Maria (ca. 1660–1723)
Fiorenza, Nicola (1700?–1764)
Fleury, Charles (ca. 1605–1652)
Freillon-Poncein, Jean-Pierre (fl. 1700–1708)
Fontana, Giovanni Battista (d. ca. 1630)
Fontei, Nicolò (ca. 1600–ca. 1647)
Forkel, Johann Nicolaus (1749–1818)
Foscarini, Giovanni Paolo (fl. 1621–1649)
Franceschini, Petronio (1651–1680)
Franzoni, Amante (fl. 1603–1630)
Freschi, Domenico (1634–1710)
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583–1643)
Friedrich Ulrich, Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg (1591–1634; reigned 1613–1634)
Froberger, Johann Jakob (ca. 1616–1667)
Fugger, Anton (1493–1560)
Fugger, Jakob (1459–1525)
Fuhrmann, Martin Heinrich (1669–1745)
Funck, David (1648–1699)
Fux, Johann Joseph (1660–1741)
Fux, Vinzenz (ca. 1606–1659)
Gabrieli, Andrea (ca. 1515–1586)
Gabrieli, Giovanni (ca. 1557–1612)
Gabrielli, Domenico (1659–1690)
Gaffurius, Franchinus (1451–1522)
Gagliano, Marco da (1582–1643)
Gahn, Johann Benedikt (1674–1711)
Galilei, Vincenzo (ca. 1520–1591)
Galli, Domenico (fl. late 17th century)
Galliard, John Ernst (Johann Ernest) (1666/87–1747/49)
Galli-Curci, Amelita (1882–1963)
Ganassi, Sylvestro (1492–d. mid-16th century)
García, Manuel (1805–1906)
Gaspardini, Gasparo (ca. 1667–1694)
Gasparini, Francesco (1661–1727)
Gaultier, Denis (1597–1672)
Geminiani, Francesco (1687–1762)
Gesualdo, Carlo (1566–1613)
Giaccobi, Girolamo (1567–1628)
Gianoncelli, Bernardo (d. before 1650)
Gibbons, Orlando (1583–1625)
Gigault, Nicolas (1624/25–1707)
Giovanni, Scipione (fl. 1650)
Giustiniani, Vincenzo (1564–1637)
Gleitsmann, Anton Wilhelm Heinrich (b. 1698–?)
Gonet, Valérien (late 16th century–after 1617)
Gonzaga, Francesco (1466–1519)
Gosling, John (1644–1733)
Grandi, Alessandro (1586–1630)
Graupner, Christoph (1683–1756)
Graziani, Carlo (1710–1787)
Greeting, Thomas (d. 1682)
Grossi, Andrea (fl. 1678–1696)
Guarneri, Andrea (1623–1698)
Guarneri, Pietro (1655–1720)
Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591–1666)
Guillet, Charles (ca. 1575–1654)
Haas, Johann Wilhelm (1649–1723)
Hacquart, Carolus (1649–1701)
Hainlein, Hanns (1598–1671)
Haka, Richard (1646–1705)
Hals, Harmen (1611–1669)
Hammerschmidt, Andreas (1612–1675)
Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759)
Hardel, Jacques (ca. 1640–1679)
Hassler, Hans Leo (1564–1612)
Haussmann, Elias Gottlob (1696–1774)
Haward, Charles (fl. 1668–1689)
Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732–1809)
Hentzschel, Johann (fl. 1649)
Henry VIII (1491–1547; reigned 1509–1557)
Herbst, Johann Andreas (1588–1666)
Hieronymus of Moravia (fl. 1272–1304)
Hidalgo, Juan (ca. 1612–1685)
Hiller, Johann Adam (1728–1804)
Hingeston, John (ca. 1606–1683)
Hinterleitner, Ferdinand Ignaz (1659–1710)
Hofer, Andreas (1629–1684)
Höffler, Konrad (1647–1705)
Hoffmann, Martin (1653–1719)
Holbein, Hans (ca. 1498–1543)
Holborne, Anthony (ca. 1545–1602)
Hotman, Nicolas (before 1614–1663)
Hotteterre le Romain, Jacques (1674–1763)
Hotteterre, Jean (d. 1691)
Hudgebut, John (fl. 1679–1699)
Hume, Tobias (ca. 1579–1645)
Humfrey, Pelham (1647/8–1674)
Huygens, Constantijn (1596–1687)
Iacchini, Giuseppe Maria (ca. 1670–ca. 1727)
Iacobilli, Ludovico (see Jacobilli)
Ingenieri, Marc-Antoine (ca. 1547–1592)
Inns of Court Manuscripts (ca. 1570–ca. 1670)
Jacchini, Giuseppe Maria (ca. 1663–1727)
Jacobean Era (1603–1625)
Jacobilli, Ludovico (1598–1664)
Jacobs, Hendrick (1630–1699)
Ja[c]que, Juan Antonio (fl. late 17th century)
Jacquet de la Guerre, Elizabeth (1665–1729)
Jambe de Fer, Philibert (ca. 1515–ca. 1566)
James I of England (1566–1625; reigned 1567–1625)
Janequin, Clément (ca. 1485–after 1558)
Janowka, Balthasar (1669–1741)
Janson, Jean-Baptiste-Aimé-Joseph (ca. 1742–1803)
Jarzebsk, Adam (ca. 1590–ca. 1648)
Jaye, Henry (fl. ca. 1610–1667)
Jenkins, John (1592–1678)
Jerome of Moravia (d. after 1271)
Johnson, Robert (1583–1633)
Jones, Inigo (1573–1652)
Kapsberger, Giovanni Girolamo (Johann Hieronymus) (ca. 1580–1651)
Karp, Gregorius (fl. late 17th/early 18th centuries)
Kastner, Jean Georges (1810–1867)
Keiser, Reinhard (1674–1739)
Kerll, Johann Caspar (1627–1693)
Kern, Andreas (2nd half of 17th century)
Kindermann, Johannes (1616–1655)
Knüpfer, Sebastian (1633–1676)
Kodisch, Johann Carl (1654–1721)
Kofahl, Christian (fl. 1670s)
Konwalynka, Paul (fl. 1650–after 1671)
Kremberg, Jakob (1650–1715)
Krieger, Johann Philipp (1649–1725)
Krouchdaler, Hans (ca. 1652–after 1699)
Kuhnau, Johann (1660–1722)
Kühnel, August (1645–1700)
Kynseker, Hieronymus Franziskus (1636–1686)
Lacman, Jean (see Dubuisson)
La Fontaine, Jean de (1621–1695)
La Grotte, Nicolas de (1530–ca. 1600)
Lambert, Michel (1610–1696)
Landi, Stefano (1587–1639)
Lanfranco, Giovanni Maria (ca. 1490–1545)
Lanier, Nicholas (1588–1666)
Lanzetti, Salvatore (ca. 1710–ca. 1780)
Lasso, Orlando di (1530/32–1594)
Laurenti, Bartolomeo (1644–1726)
Lawes, Henry (1595–1662)
Lawes, William (1602–1645)
Lazzari, Ferdinando Antonio (1678–1754)
Lebègue, Nicolas (1630–1702)
Le Cerf de la Viéville, Jean-Laurent (1674–1707)
LeClair, Jean-Marie (1697–1764)
Leckingfield Proverbs (first mentioned in 1404)
Legrenzi, Giovanni (1626–1690)
Leichnamschneider, Johannes (d. after 1751)
Leichnamschneider, Michael (ca. 1670/76–1751)
Le Jeune, Claude (1528/30–1600)
Lenton, John (before 1657–before 1719)
Leo, Leonardo (1694–1744)
Leonarda, Isabella (1620–1704)
Levasseur, Jean-Henri (1764–ca. 1826)
Lind, Jenny (Johanna Maria) (1820–1887)
Lissieu (fl. 1672)
Locke, Matthew (ca. 1622–1677)
Lorin, André (fl. second half of 17th century)
Louis XII (1462–1515; reigned 1498–1515)
Louis XIII (1601–43; reigned 1610–1643)
Louis XIV (1638–1715; reigned 1643–1715)
Loulié, Étienne (1654–1702)
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632–1687)
Lupi, Livio (fl. 1600–1610)
Lupo, Richard (?–?)
Lupo, Thomas (1571–1627)
Lutij, Prospero (fl. 1580s)
Mace, Thomas (1612/13–?1706)
Macque, Giovanni de (ca. 1548–1614)
Maffei, Giovanni Camillo (early 16th century; fl. 1562–1573)
Maggini, Giovanni Paolo (1580–ca. 1630)
Mancini, Giulio (1558–1630)
Marais, Marin (1656–1728)
Marazzoli, Marco (ca. 1602–1662)
Marcello, Benedetto (1686–1739)
Marchettus of Padua (1274?; fl 1305–1326)
Marenzio, Luca (ca. 1553–1599)
Marini, Biagio (1594–1663)
Marolles, Abbé Michel de (1600–1681)
Marotti, Ippolito (late 17th, early 18th centuries)
Martinelli, Caterina (ca. 1589–1608)
Maschera, Florentino (1540–1584)
Mascitti, Michele (1663/4–1760)
Massinger, Philip (1583–1640)
Matteis, Nicola (fl. ca. 1670–ca. 1698)
Mattheson, Johann (1681–1764)
Mauduit, Jacques (1557–1627)
Maugars, André (ca. 1580–ca. 1645)
Mayone, Ascanio (ca. 1565–1627)
Mazarin, Jules (Cardinal) (1602–1661)
Mazzaferrata, Giovanni Battista (d. 1691)
Mazzocchi, Domenico (1582–1665)
Meares, Richard (ca. 1647–1725)
Meder, Johann Valentin (1649–1719)
Médard, François (fl. 1700)
Mei, Girolamo (1519–1594)
Mielich, Hans (1516–1573)
Melii, Pietro Paolo (1579–1623)
Mell, David (1605–1662)
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809–1847)
Ménestrier, Claude-François (1631–1705)
Merck, Daniel (1650–1717)
Mersenne, Marin (1588–1648)
Merula, Tarquinio (1594/95–1665)
Merulo, Claudio (1553–1604)
Métru, Nicolas (ca. 1610–after 1663)
Millet, Jean (1618–1684)
Montalbano, Bartolomeo (ca. 1598–before March 1651)
Montéclair, Michel Pignolet de (1667–1737)
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567–1643)
Moreschi, Alessandro (1858–1922)
Moritz von Hessen (Landgraf) (1572–1632)
Morley, Thomas (1557/58–1602)
Moscheles, Ignaz (1794–1870)
Moulinié, Etienne (ca. 1600–after 1669)
Mozart, Leopold (1719–1787)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–1791)
Muffat, Georg (1653–1704)
Murcia, Santiago de (fl. 1714)
Mylius, Wolfgang (1636–1712)
Negri, Cesare (ca. 1535–ca. 1605)
Neri, Massimiliano (ca. 1615–1666)
Nicolai, Johann Michael (1629–1685)
Niedt, Friedrich (1674–1708)
Nivers, Guillaume-Gabriel (1632–1714)
Norcombe, Daniel (ca. 1576–1655)
Norman, Barak (1651–1724)
North, Roger (ca. 1651–1734)
Notari, Angelo (1566–1663)
Nyert, Pierre de (ca. 1597–1682)
Öller, Georg Nicolaus (fl. 17th century)
Olivo, Simpliciano (1594–1680)
Ornithoparcus, Andreas (b. ca. 1490)
Orologio, Alessandro (ca. 1550–1633)
Ortiz, Diego (ca. 1510–ca. 1570)
Pachelbel, Johann (1653–1706)
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525/26–1594)
Pallavicino, Carlo (ca. 1630–1688)
Palmer, Francis (fl. early 17th century)
Pasch, Johann Georg (fl. mid-17th century)
Pasquini, Bernardo (1637–1710)
Pasquini, Ercole (ca. 1560–ca. 1620)
Pate, John (d. 1704)
Pater, Jean-Baptiste Joseph (1695–1736)
Patti, Adelina, (1843–1919)
Paulet, Angélique (1591–1650)
Pécour, Louis Guillaume (1653–1729)
Pederzuoli, Giovanni Battista (d. after 1691)
Penna, Lorenzo (1613–1693)
Pepys, Samuel (1633–1703)
Peraza, Jeronimo (ca. 1555–ca. 1600)
Peri, Jacobo (1561–1633)
Perrine, [first name unknown] (d. after 1698)
Perti, Giacomo Antonio (1661–1756)
Pezel, Johann Christoph (1639–1694)
Phalèse, Pierre (ca. 1545–1629)
Philidor, André Danican (ca. 1652–1730)
Philip III (1578–1621; reigned 1598–1621)
Philip IV (1605–1665; reigned 1621–1665)
Philips, Peter (1560/61–1628)
Picart, Bernard (1673–1733)
Picart, Peeter (?)
Piccinini, Alessandro (1566–ca. 1638)
Picchi, Giovanni (1571/2–1643)
Pisa, Agostino (fl. 1611)
Pistocchi, Giuseppe (1744–1814)
Platti, Giovanni Benedetto (1692 or 97–1763)
Playford, John (1623–1687)
Poglietti, Alessancro (ca. 1630–1683)
Pohle, David (1624–1695)
Pontio, Pietro (1532–1596)
Porpora, Nicola Antonio (1686–1768)
Praetorius, Jacob (1586–1651)
Praetorius, Michael (1571–1621)
Priest, Josias (ca. 1645–1735)
Prinner, Johann Jacob (1624–1694)
Printz, Wolfgang Caspar (1641–1717)
Priuli, Giovanni (ca. 1575–1626)
Puliaschi, Giovanni Domenico (d. 1622)
Purcell, Henry (1658/9–1695)
Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697–1773)
Racquet, Charles (fl. 1618–1643)
Raguenet, François (1660–1722)
Raison, André (ca. 1640–1719)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683–1764)
Rameau, Pierre (1674–1748)
Raoul, Jean-Marie (1766–1837)
Rebel, Jean-Féry (1666–1747)
Reggio, Pietro (1632–1685)
Reicha, Antoine (1770–1836)
Reiche, Gottfried (1667–1734)
Reincken, Johann Adam (1643–1722)
Renzi, Anna (ca. 1620–after 1661)
Reussner, Esaias (1636–1679)
Riccio, Giovanni Battista (1570–1630)
Richard, Etienne (ca. 1620–1669)
Roberday, François (1624–1695)
Robinson, Thomas (f. 1589–1609)
Rogn[i]oni, Richardo (ca. 1550–before April 1620)
Rognoni-Taeggio, Francesco (d. after 1626)
Rore, Cipriano de (1515/16–1565)
Rose, John (father) (ca. 1530–1597)
Rose, John (son) (ca 1560–1611)
Rosenmüller, Johann (1620–1684)
Rosseter, Philip (1567/68–1623)
Rossi, Camilla de (fl. 1707–1710)
Rossi, Luigi (1597/8–1653)
Rossi, Michelangelo (1601/2–1656)
Rossi, Salamone (1570–ca. 1630)
Rousseau, Jean (1644–ca. 1700)
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712–1778)
Rovetta, Giovanni (1595/7–1668)
Rovigo, Francesco (1540/41–1597)
Rubini, Nicolò (1574–1625)
Rucker, Jean (Joannes, Jan) (1578–1642)
Rudolf II (Holy Roman Emperor of Austria) (1552–1612; reigned 1576–1612)
Sabatino, Nicola (1705–1796)
Sabbatini, Galeazzo (1597–1662)
Sainte-Colombe, Jean de (fl. 1658–87–d. by 1701)
Sainte Lambert, Michel de (fl. 1700)
Saint-Hubert de (fl. 1625)
Saizenay, Vaudry de (1668–1742)
Salieri, Antonio (1750–1823)
Salter, Humphrey (fl. 1680s)
Sances, Giovanni Felice (ca. 1600–1679)
Sancta Maria, Tomás de (ca. 1510–1570)
Santucci Perugino, Ercole (fl. early 17th century)
Scaletta, Orazio (ca. 1550–1630)
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660–1725)
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685–1757)
Scheidemann, Heinrich (ca. 1596–1663)
Scheidt, Samuel (1587–1654)
Schein, Johann Hermann (1586–1630)
Schell, Johann (1660–1732)
Schelle, Johann (1648–1701)
Schenck, Johann (1660–1712)
Schulze, Christian Andreas (ca. 1660–1699)
Schmelzer, Johann Heinrich (1620/23–1680)
Schnitzer, Anton (2nd half of 16th century)
Schütz, Heinrich (1585–1672)
Scipriani, Francesco (1678–1753)
Selma y Salaverde, Bartolomeo de (ca. 1580–ca. 1640)
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Shore, John (1662–1752)
Simonneau, Charles (1645–1728)
Simpson, Christopher (ca. 1602–06–1669)
Simpson, Thomas (1582–1628)
Soderino, Agosto (ca. 1575–after 1608)
Soler, Antonio (1729–1783)
Sommer, Johann (ca. 1570–1627)
Speer, Daniel (1636–1707)
Speth, Johann (1664–after 1719)
Speuy, Henderick (ca. 1570–1625)
Spiegler, Matthias (1595–1631)
Staden, Johann (1581–1634)
Stainer, Jacob (ca. 1617–1683)
Staub, Nikolaus (1664–1734)
Steffani, Agostino (1654–1728)
Steigleder, Johann Ulrich (1593–1635)
Stoeffken, Dietrich (d. 1673)
Störl, Johann Georg Christian (1675–1719)
Stradella, Alessandro (1639–1682)
Stradivari, Antonio (1644–1737)
Strauss, Christoph (1575–1631)
Strozzi, Barbara (1619–1677)
Stuart Period (1603–1714)
Susato, Tielman (Tilman) (1510/15–after 1570)
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterzoon (1562–1621)
Tabourot, Jehan (see Arbeau, Thoinot)
Taglietti, Giulio (ca. 1660–1718)
Taglietti, Luigi (1668–1715)
Talbot, James (1664–1708)
Tallis, Thomas (1505–1585)
Tartini, Giuseppe (1696–1770)
Tate, Nahum (1652–1715)
Taverner, John (ca. 1490–1545)
Tecchler, David 1666–1748)
Telemann, Georg Phillipp (1681–1767)
Theile, Johann (1646–1724)
Tielke, Joachim (1641–1719)
Tillière, Joseph Bonaventure (ca. 1750–ca. 1790)
Tinctoris, Johannes (ca. 1435–1511)
Titelouze, Jean (1563–1633)
Tomkins, Thomas (1572–1656)
Tomlinson, Kellom (ca. 1693–in or after 1754)
Tonini, Bernardo (ca. 1666–after 1727)
Torelli, Giuseppe (1658–1709)
Tosi, Pier Francesco (ca. 1646–1732)
Trabaci, Giovanni Maria (ca. 1575–1647)
Trichet, Pierre (1586/7–1649)
Trioli, G (fl. 1695–1706)
Trofeo, Ruggier (1550–1614)
Trombetti, Ascanio (1544–1590)
Trombon, Giovanni Alvise (fl. late 15th–early 16th centuries)
Uccellini, Marco (ca. 1603 or 1610–1680)
Uffenbach, Zacharias Conrad von (1683–1734)
Usper, Francesco (1561–1641)
Valentini, Giovanni (1582/3–1649)
Valentini, Giuseppe (1681–1753)
Valentini, Pietro Francesco (ca. 1570–1654)
Vandini, Antonio (ca. 1690–ca. 1773–1778)
Van Eyck, Jacob (ca. 1590–1657)
Vannini, Elia (1644–1709)
Vecchi, Orazio (1550–1605)
Vejvanovsky, Pavel Josef (1633/39–1693)
Viadana, Lodovico Grossi da (ca. 1560–1627)
Virdung, Sebastian (ca 1465–after 1511)
Viseé, Robert de (ca. 1650–ca. 1733)
Vitali, Giovanni Battista (1632–1692)
Vitali, Tommaso Antonio (1663–1745)
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678–1741)
Viviani, Giovanni Buonaventura (1638–after 1692)
Waesich, Cherubino (fl. 1632–1639)
Ward, John (1571–1638)
Weaver, John (1673–1760)
Weckmann, Mathias (ca. 1619–1674)
Weigel, Christoph (1654–1725)
Weiss, Sylvius Leopold (1687–1750)
Werckmeister, Andreas (1645–1706)
White, William (1571–ca. 1634)
William and Mary (reigned 1689–1702)
Young, William (d. 1662)
Zacconi, Ludovico (1555–1627)
Zamboni, Giovanni (fl. early 18th century)
Zannetti, Gasparo (fl. 1625–1645)