If you wish to be generally familiar with classical music, here is a short list of composers you should know from this period.
|
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Nationality |
Representative Pieces |
|
1098 |
1179 |
German |
Ordo Virtutum (liturgical drama) |
|
|
1291 |
1361 |
French |
Motets in Roman de Fauvel |
|
|
~1390 |
1453 |
English |
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|
~1325 |
1397 |
Italian |
147 ballate (in the Squarcialupi Codex) |
|
|
~1300 |
1377 |
French |
Messe de Nostre Dame (mass) |
If you are a student of Music History or Composition, here is a more detailed list of composers you should know from this period.
|
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Nationality |
Representative Pieces |
|
1079 |
1142 |
French |
O quanta qualia (hymn) |
|
|
~1237 |
1288 |
French |
Le Jeu de Robin et Marion (musical play) |
|
|
~1400 |
1460 |
French |
Tristre plaisir et douleureuse joie (rondeau) |
|
|
1098 |
1179 |
German |
Ordo Virtutum (liturgical drama) Symphonia armoniae celestium revelationum (song cycle) |
|
|
1291 |
1361 |
French |
Motets in Roman de Fauvel |
|
|
~1390 |
1453 |
English |
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|
fl1340 |
1386? |
Italian |
Non al suo amante (madrigal) |
|
|
~1325 |
1397 |
Italian |
147 ballate (in the Squarcialupi Codex) |
|
|
1135 |
1201 |
French |
Magnus Liber (organum) |
|
|
~1300 |
1377 |
French |
Messe de Nostre Dame (mass) |
|
|
1160 |
1225 |
French |
Viderunt omnes (organum) |
|
|
~1300 |
1350+ |
Italian |
Cavalcando con un giovine accorto (madrigal) |
|
|
~1370/85 |
1445 |
English |
Ave regina coelorum (mass antiphon) |
|
|
~850 |
~915 |
Irish |
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|
~1170 |
~1230 |
German |
Palästinalied (song) |
|
|
505 |
571 |
Ethiopian |
The Book of Zimare (liturgical chants) |