Baroque Composers

        Here is a list of Baroque composers.  You can view pictures and/or biographies of some composers by clicking on their names.


Alberti, Giuseppe Matteo (1685 - 1751)

Albinoni, Tomaso (1671 - 1750)

Allegri, Gregorio  (1582 - 1652)

Angus, John (fl. c. 1562 - 1595)

Arauxo, Francisco Correa de (c. 1576 - 1654)

Babell, William (c. 1690 - 1723)

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 - 1750)

Bacheler, Daniel (1572 - 1618)

Baldassare, Pietro (1690 - 1768)

Barre, Michel de la (c. 1675 - 1743 or 1744)

Barsanti, Francesco (1690 - 1772)

Baston, John (fl. c. 1700)

Battiferri, Luigi (1610 - 1682)

Becker, Dietrich (1623 - 1679)

Bellinzini, Paolo Benedetto (c. 1690 - 1757)

Bendinelli, Cesare (fl. c. 1700)

Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644 - 1704)

Blow, John (1648 - 1708)

Bohm, Georg (1661 - 1733)

Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de (1689 - 1755)

Bononcini, Giovanni (1670 - 1747)

Bonporti, Francesco Antonio (1672 - 1748)

Brade, William (1560 - 1630)

Brito, Estevao de (1575 - 1641)

Bruhns, Nikolaus (1665 - 1697)

Bruna, Pablo (1611 - 1679)

Bull, John (1562 - 1628)

Bustijn, Pieter (? - 1729)

Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637 - 1707)

Cabanilles, Juan Bautista Jose (1644 - 1712)

Caldara, Antonio (1670 - 1736)

Campra, Andre (1660 - 1744)

Capelli, Giovanni Maria (1648 - 1726)

Capillas, Francesco Lopez (1612 - 1673)

Cardoso, Frei Manuel (1566 - 1650)

Castello, Dario (c. 1560 - c. 1640)

Castillo, Bernardo Clavijo del (fl. c. 1650 - c. 1700)

Cato, Diomedes (c. 1570 - after 1615)

Cererols, Joan (1618 - 1680)

Chambonnieres, Jacques Champion de (1602 - c. 1672)

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1644 - 1704)

Cima, Giovanni Paolo (1570 - 1622)

Clarke, Jeremiah (1674 - 1707)

Clerambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676 - 1749)

Coelho, Manuel Rodrigues (c. 1555 - c. 1635)

Colista, Lelio (1629 - 1680)

Conversi, Girolamo (fl. c. 1570 - 1590)

Coprario, John (c. 1575 - 1626)

Corelli, Arcangelo (1653 - 1713)

Couperin, Francois (1668 - 1733)

Couperin, Louis (1626 - 1661)

Cristo, Pedro de (c. 1550 - 1618)

Dandrieu, Jean-Francois (1682 - 1738)

d'Anglebert, Jean-Henri (1635 - 1691)

Daquin, Louis-Claude (1694 - 1772)

Delalande, Michel-Richard (1657 - 1726)

Dentice, Fabrizio (fl. c. 1550 - 1600)

Destouches, Andre-Cardinal (1672 - 1749)

Dieupart, Charles Francois (1667 - 1740)

Dornel, Louis Antoine (c. 1685 - 1765)

Dowland, John (1563 - 1626)

Dumont, Henri (1610 - 1684)

Durance, Francesco (1684 - 1755)

Duron, Sebastian (1660 - 1716)

Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury (1582 - 1648)

Endler, Johann Samuel (1694 - 1762)

Fantini, Girolamo (1602 - ?)

Farnaby, Giles (1565 - 1640)

Fasch, Johann Friedrich (1688 - 1758)

Fault, Francois Du (1604 – 1670

Ferrabosco, Alphonso Ii (c. 1570 - 1628)

Fevrier, Pierre (1696 - 1764)

Fiamengo, Leonardo Meldart (fl. c. 1550 - 1600)

Fischer, Johann Caspar Ferdinand (1665 - 1746)

Fontanell, Conte Alfonso i (1557 - 1622)

Ford, Thomas (1580 - 1648)

Forqueray, Antoine (1672 - 1745)

Forster, Christoph (1693 - 1745)

Franceschini, Petronio (1650 - 1680)

Francoeur, Francois (1698 - 1787)

Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583 - 1643)

Froberger, Johann Jakob (1616 - 1667)

Gabriel, Giovanni i (1553 - 1612)

Gabrieli, Domenico (1651 - 1690)

Gallot, Jacques (c. 1625 - 1696)

Gaultier, Denis (1600 - 1672)

Gaultier, Ennemond (1575 - 1651)

Gaultier, Jacques (c. 1592 - after 1652)

Geminiani, Francesco Xaverio (1687 - 1762)

Gesualdo, Don Carlo (1560 - 1613)

Gibbons, Orlando (1583 - 1625)

Gibbs, Joseph (1698 - 1788)

Gilles, Jean Hyacinthe Theodore (1668 - 1705)

Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714 - 1787)

Graupner, Johann Christoph (1683 - 1760)

Greene, Maurice (1696 - 1755)

Guerre, Elizabeth Jacquet de la (c. 1664 - 1729)

Handel, George Frideric (1685 - 1759)

Harquart, Carolus (1640 - 1701)

Hasse, Johann Adolph (1699 - 1783)

Heinichen, Johann David (1683 - 1729)

Heredia, Sebastian Aguilera de (1565 - 1627)

Hotteterre, Jacques (1674 - 1762)

Hurlebusch, Konrad Friedrich (1696 - 1765)

Jenkins, John (1592 - 1678)

Johnson, Robert (c. 1583 - c. 1633)

Kapsberger, Giovanni Girolamo (c. 1580 - 1651)

Kauffmann, Georg Friedrich (1679 - 1735)

Kellner, David (1670 - 1748)

Kerll, Johann Caspar (1627 - 1693)

Kuhnau, Johann (1660 - 1722)

Lambert, Michel (1610 - 1696)

Lawes, William (1602 - 1645)

Le Roux, Gaspard (? - 1707)

Le Roy, Adrian (fl. c. 1550 - 1580)

Leclair, Jean Marie l'aine (1697 - 1764)

Lobo, Alonso (c. 1555 - 1617)

Lobo, Duarte (1565 - 1646)

Locatelli, Pietro-Antonio (1695 - 1764)

Locke, Matthew (1621 - 1677)

Loeillet, Jean-Baptiste (1680 - 1730)

Lopez, Miquel (1669 - 1723)

Losymthal, Johann Anton Losy van (c. 1643 - 1721)

Lotti, Antonio (1667 - 1740)

Lubeck, Vincenz (1654 - 1740)

Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632 - 1687)

Lupo, Thomas (1571 - 1627)

Machy, Le Sieur de (fl. c. 1686 - 1692)

Magalhaes, Filips de (1571 - 1652)

Mancini, Francesco (1672 - 1737)

Marais, Marin (1656 - 1728)

Marcello, Alessandro (1684 - 1750)

Marcello, Benedetto (1686 - 1739)

Marchand, Louis (1669 - 1732)

Marini, Biagio (c. 1597 - c. 1660)

Matteis, Nicola (? - 1714)

Mattheson, Johann (1681 - 1764)

Mayone, Ascanio (1565 - 1627)

Melgas, Diogo Dias (1638 - 1700)

Mercula, Tarquinio (1594 - 1665)

Michel, Pignolet de (1667 - 1737)

Molter, Johann Melchior (1696 - 1765)

Monteverdi, Claudio Giovanni Antonio (1567 - 1643)

Morago, Estevao Lopes (c. 1575 - after 1630)

Morley, Thomas (1557 - c. 1603)

Moulinie, Etienne (1600 - 1669)

Mouret, Jean-Joseph (1682 - 1738)

Mouton, Charles (1626 - 1710)

Muffat, Georg (1653 - 1704)

Muffat, Gottlieb Theophil (1690 - 1770)

Nassarre, Pablo (1654 - 1730)

Naudot, Jean Jacques-Christophe (1690 - 1762)

Nenna, Pomponio (c. 1550 - before 1613)

Nicolai, Johann Michael (1629 - 1685)

Noordt, Anthoni Van (1620 - 1675)

O'Keover, John (c. 1600 - c. 1663)

Pachelbel, Johann (1653 - 1706)

Padilla, Juan Gutierrez de (c. 1590 - 1664)

Pasquini, Bernardo (1637 - 1710)

Peraza, Francisco de (fl. c. 1575 - c. 1600)

Pez, Johann Christoph (1664 - 1716)

Philips, Peter (1560 - 1628)

Piccinini, Alessandro (1566 - 1638)

Pisendel, Johann Georg (1678 - 175)

Porpora, Nicola Antonio (1686 - 1768)

Praetorius, Hieronymus (1560 - 1629)

Praetorius, Michael (1571 - 1621)

Purcell, Henry (1659 - 1695)

Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697 - 1773)

Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683 - 1764)

Reading, John (1685 - 1764)

Rebel, Jean-Fery (1661 – 1747)

Rebelo, Joao Lourenco (1610 - 1661)

Reincken, Jan Adam (1623 - 1722)

Reinhardt, Johann Georg (1676 - 1742)

Reusner, Esaias (1636 - 1679)

Roman, Johan Helmich (1694 - 1758)

Roseingrave, Thomas (1690 - 1766)

Rosenmuller, Johann (c. 1619 - 1684)

Rossi, Camilla de (c. 1680 - c. 1740)

Rossi, Luigi (1598 - 1653)

Sainte-Colombe, Sieur de (c. 1635 - c. 1690)

Salazar, Antonio de (c. 1650 - 1715)

Sammartini, Giuseppe (1695 - 1750)

Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660 - 1725)

Scarlatti, Giuseppe Domenico (1685 - 1757)

Scheidemann, Heinrich (1595 - 1663)

Scheidt, Samuel (1587 - 1654)

Schein, Johann Hermann (1586 - 1630)

Schmelzer, Johann Heinrich (1623 - 1680)

Schutz, Heinrich (1585 - 1672)

Selma, Bartolme de (1570 - 1638)

Simmes, William (c. 1575 - c. 1625)

Simpson, Christopher (c. 1615 - 1669)

Simpson, Thomas (1582 - 1628)

Sola, Andres de (1634 - 1696)

Somis, Giovanni Lorenzo (1688 - after 1770)

Stolzel, Gottfried Heinrich (1690 - 1749)

Storace, Bernardo (fl. c. 1660)

Stradella, Alessandro (1642 - 1682)

Strogers, Nicholas (fl. c. 1590 - 1620)

Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562 - 1621)

Tartini, Giuseppe (1692 - 1770)

Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681 - 1767)

Tomkins, Thomas (1572 - 1656)

Torelli, Giuseppe (1658 - 1709)

Trabaci, Giovanni Maria (1575 - 1647)

Turini, Francesco (1589 - 1656)

Uccellini, Don Marco (1603 - 1680)

Valentini, Giuseppe (c. 1680 - 1740)

Van Noordt, Sybrant , Jr. (1660 - 1705)

Van Wassenaer, Unico Wilhelm (1692 - 1766)

Vejvanovsky, Pavel Josef (1640 - 1693)

Veracini, Francesco Maria (1690 - 1768)

Villan, Gabriele i (c. 1555 - 1625)

Visee, Robert de (c. 1650 - c. 1725)

Vivaldi, Antonio Lucio (1678 - 1741)

Walther, Johann Jacob (1650 - 1717)

Weckmann, Matthias (c. 1619 - 1674)

Weelkes, Thomas (c. 1575 - 1623)  

Weiss, Sylvius Leopold (1686 - 1750)

Zachow, Friederich Wilhelm (1663 - 1712)

Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679 - 1745)

Zellbell, Ferdinand (1689 - 1765)