List of medieval composers

Lists of classical music composers by era
Medieval	(476–1400)
Renaissance	(1400–1600)
Baroque	(1600–1760)
Classical era	(1730–1820)
Romantic era	(1815–1910)
20th century	(1900–2000)
21st century	(since 2000)

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.

Early medieval composers (born before 1150)

Name	Born	Died	Nationality	Picture	Remarks
Romanos the Melodist	c. 490	c. 560	Jewish-Syrian-born Byzantine	Romanos the Melodist
Yared	0505505	0571571	Ethiopian	Yared, 505–571
Khosrovidukht ("daughter of Khosrov")	8th century	8th century	Armenian
Sahakdukht ("daughter of Sahak")	8th century	8th century	Armenian
Otfrid von Weissenburg	0800c. 800	0870after 870	Frankish		His status as a composer is unclear, although some copies of his poetry have surviving music notation
Kassia	0805805/810	0867865/867	Byzantine
Notker Balbulus (Notker the Stammerer)	0840c. 840	0912912	Frankish?	Notker the Stammerer, c. 840–912
Hucbald	0840840/850	0930930	Frankish
Tuotilo (Tutilo of Saint Gall)	0850c. 850	0915915	Irish
Etienne de Liege (Stephen of Liege)	0850c. 850	920	Belgian
Leo VI the Wise	866	912	Byzantine
Odo of Cluny	0878c. 878	0942942	French
Heriger of Lobbes (Herigerus)	0925c. 925	1007	Frankish?
Odo of Arezzo	095010th century	100011th century	Italian
Adémar de Chabannes	0988c. 988	1034	French
Guido da Arezzo (Guido of Arezzo; Guido Aretinus)	0991c. 991/992	1033after 1033	Italian	Guido of Arezzo, c. 991/992-after 1033
Wipo (Wigbert; Wippo of Burgundy)	0995c. 995	1048c. 1048	Frankish? (Arles/ Burgundy)
Hermann of Reichenau	1013	1054	German	Hermann of Reichenau, 1013-1054
Godric	1065c. 1065	1170	English	Godric, c. 1065-1170
Adam of Saint Victor	1068c. 1068	1146	French
William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (Guilhem de Peitieus; Guillaume d'Aquitaine)	1071	1126	Occitan	William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, 1071–1126
Petrus Abaelardus (Peter Abelard)	1079	1142	French	Peter Abelard, 1079-1142
Demetrius I of Georgia	c. 1093	1156	Georgian
Goslenus (Jocelin of Soissons)	1096	1152	French
Hildegard of Bingen	1098	1179	German	Hildegard of Bingen, 1098-1179
Marcabru	1099c. 1099	1150c. 1150	Occitan	Marcabru, c. 1099 - c. 1150
Bernard of Cluny	1100	1170	French
Jaufre Rudel	1105	1147after 1147	Occitan	Jaufre Rudel, 1105-after 1147
Albertus Parisiensis (Albert of Paris)	1116	1177c. 1177	French
Bernart de Ventadorn	11301130/1140	1190after 1190/1200	Ocitan	Bernart de Ventadorn, 1130/1140-after 1190/1200
Peire d'Alvernhe	c. 1130	1215	Occitan	Peire d'Alvernhe, c. 1130-1215
Chrétien de Troyes	1130c. 1130	1190c. 1190	French	Chretien de Troyes, c. 1130-c. 1190
Tibors de Sarenom	1130c. 1130	1198after 1198	Occitan
Léonin (Magister Leonius)	before 1150	c. 1201	French
Giraut de Bornelh	1138c. 1138	1215	Occitan	Giraut de Bornelh, c. 1138-1215
Berenguier de Palazol	1140	1209	Catalan	Berenguier de Palazol, 1140-1209
Arnaut de Mareuil	1140c. 1140	1200c. 1200	Occitan	Arnaut de Mareuil, c. 1140-c. 1200
Beatritz de Dia (Comtessa de Dia)	1140c. 1140	1200c. 1200	Occitan	Beatritz de Dia, c. 1140-c. 1200
Bertran de Born	11401140/1150	1215	Occitan	Bertran de Born, 1140/1150-1215
Hendrik van Veldeke (Heinrich von Veldeke)	11401140/1150	1190c. 1190	Limburgish/ German	Hendrik van Veldeke, 1140/1150-c. 1190
Vidame de Chartres (Guillaume de Ferrières?)	1145c. 1145/1155	12041204?	French
Raimbaut d'Aurenga (Raimbaut of Orange)	1147c. 1147	1173	Occitan	Raimbaut of Orange, c. 1147–1173
Guilhem de Saint-Leidier (Guillem Saint Deidier)	1149c. 1149	1195c. 1195/1200	Occitan

Middle medieval composers (born 1150–1300)

Name	Born	Died	Nationality	Picture
Arnaut Daniel	1150c. 1150/1160	1200c. 1200	Occitan	Arnaut Daniel, c. 1150/1160-c. 1200
Conon de Béthune	1150c. 1150	1219	French
Folquet de Marselha (Folquet de Marseille)	1150c. 1150	1231	Occitan	Folquet de Marselha, c. 1150 - 1231
Friedrich von Hûsen (Friedrich von Hausen)	1150c. 1150/1160	1190	German
Gontier de Soignies	1150	1220after 1220	French
Peire Raimon de Tolosa	1150	1220after 1220	Occitan
Raimbaut de Vaqueiras	1150c. 1150/1160	1207	Occitan	Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, c. 1150/1160 - 1207
Azalais de Porcairagues	1155c. 1155?	12091209?	Occitan
Blondel de Nesle	1155c. 1155	1202	French
Reinmar von Hagenau (Reinmar der Alte)	1155c. 1155	1205c. 1205	German
Richard I of England (Richard the Lionheart)	1157 1157	1199	English	Richard I of England, 1157 - 1199
Alamanda de Castelnau	1160c. 1160	1223	Occitan
Audefroi le Bastart	1160	1225after 1225	French
Cadenet	1160c. 1160	1235c. 1235	Occitan
Gace Brule	1160c. 1160	1213after 1213	French
Monge de Montaudon	1160c. 1160	1210after 1210	Occitan
Pérotin (Perotinus)	1160c. 1160	1225 c. 1225	French	Pérotin, c. 1160 - c. 1225
Perdigon	1160	1212after 1212	Occitan	Perdigon, 1160 - after 1212
Peirol	1160c. 1160	1222c. 1222/1225	Occitan	Peirol, c. 1160 - c. 1222/1225
Philippe le Chancelier (Philip the Chancellor)	1160c. 1160	1236	French
Raimon de Miraval	1160c. 1160	1220c. 1220	Occitan	Raimon de Miraval, c. 1160 - c. 1220
Albertet de Sestaro	1164	1221after 1221	Occitan
Chastelain de Couci	1165c. 1165	1203	French	Chastelain de Couci, c. 1165 - 1203
Gautier de Dargies	1165c. 1165/1170	1236c. 1236	French
Bernger von Horheim	1166	120013th century?	German
Guillem Magret	1166c. 1166	1204after 1204	Occitan
Castelloza	1170c. 1170	1200after 1200	Occitan
Gaucelm Faidit	1170	1202	Occitan	Gaucelm Faidit, 1170 - 1202
Gui d'Ussel	1170c. 1170	1225c. 1225	Occitan
Pierre de Molins	1170	1220c. 1220	French
Pons d'Ortaffa	1170c. 1170	1246c. 1246	Catalan
Richart de Semilli	1170c. 1170?	1200c. 1200	French
Walther von der Vogelweide	1170c. 1170	1230c. 1230	German	Walther von der Vogelweide, c. 1170 – c. 1230
Wolfram von Eschenbach	1170c. 1170	1220c. 1220	German	Wolfram von Eschenbach, 1170?-1220?
Aimeric de Peguilhan	1175c. 1175	1230c. 1230	Occitan	Aimeric de Peguilhan, 1175?-1230?
Guilhem Ademar	1175 c. 1175	1217after 1217	Occitan	Guilhem Ademar, c. 1175-after 1217
Peire Vidal	1175	1205	Occitan	Peire Vidal, 1175–1205
Pons de Capduelh (Pons de Capdoill)	11751175?	12361236?	Occitan
Gautier de Coincy	1177	1236	French	Gautier de Coincy, 1177–1236
Maria de Ventadorn	11771177?	12221222?	Occitan
Guilhem Augier (Ogiers Novella)	1179c. 1179?	1230after 1230	Occitan
Colin Muset	1180c. 1180	1250after 1250	French
Garsenda de Proensa	1180c. 1180	1242c. 1242	Occitan
Peire Cardenal	1180c. 1180?	1278c. 1278?	Occitan	Peire Cardenal, c. 1180? – c. 1278?
Daude de Pradas	1184	1282c. 1282	Occitan
Aimeric de Belenoi	1185	1272	Occitan
Guiot de Dijon	1185	1225	French
Uc de Saint Circ	1187	1273	Occitan	Uc de Saint Circ, 1187 - 1273
Hue de la Ferté	1190	1235after 1235	French
Neidhart von Reuental	1190c. 1190?	1236after 1236	German	Neidhart von Reuental, c. 1190? – after 1236
Guillaume le Vinier	1190c. 1190	1245	French
Eustache le Peintre de Reims	1195	1240c. 1240?	French
Gilles le Vinier	1195	1252	French
Moniot d'Arras	fl. ca. 1225	???	French
Hadewijch	13th century	13th century	Belgian
Jehan Erart	c. 1200	1258	French
Adam de Givenchi	1200	1268after 1245	French
Guibert Kaukesel (Hubert Chaucesel)	1200c. 1200	1255after 1255?	French
Margot	1200c. 1200	1250after 1250	French
Maroie (Maroie de Dregnau de Lille)	1200c. 1200	1250after 1250	French
Reinmar von Zweter	1200c. 1200	1248after 1248	German
Sordello	1200c. 1200	1269after 1269	Italian	Sordello, c. 1200 - after 1269
Wincenty of Kielcza	1200c. 1200	1262after 1262	Polish
Thibaud de Champagne (Thibaud IV, Count of Champagne; Theobald I, King of Navarre)	1201	1253	French	Thibaud de Champagne, 1201 - 1253
Richard de Fournival	1201	1260?	French	Richard de Fournival, 1201 - 1260?
Gautier d'Épinal (fr)	1202	1272	French
Gertrude of Dagsburg	1205	1225	French
Jehan Bretel	1210c. 1210	1272	French
Martin Codax	1210c. 1210	1270after 1270	Spanish (Galician)	Martin Codax, c. 1210 - after 1270
Thomas Herier	1210c. 1210	1270after 1270	French
Raoul de Soissons	1210c. 1210/1215	1270c. 1270	French
Guiraut d'Espanha	1215c. 1215	1265after 1265	Occitan
Lambert Ferri	1220c. 1220	1300c. 1300	French
Alfonso el Sabio (Alfonso X, King of Castile)	1221	1284	Spanish (Castilian)	Alfonso el Sabio, 1221 - 1284
Robert de la Piere	1225	1258	French
Henry III, Duke of Brabant	c. 1230	1261	Belgian
Guiraut Riquier	1230c. 1230	1292c. 1292	Occitan	Guiraut Riquier, c. 1230 – c. 1292
Konrad von Würzburg	1230c. 1230	1287	German	Konrad von Würzburg, c. 1230–1287
Adam de la Halle	1237c. 1237	1288	French	Adam de la Halle, 1237?–1288
Meister Rumelant	1243c. 1243	1287after 1286/1287	German	Meister Rumelant, c. 1243-after 1286/1287
W. de Wycombe	1245c. 1245	12791279?	English
Jehan de Lescurel (Jehannot de l'Escurel)	12501250?	13041304?	French
Ernoul le Vielle de Gastinois (Ernous li Viele)	1250c. 1250	1280c. 1280	French
Franco of Cologne	125013th century	128013th century	German
Der wilde Alexander (Meister Alexander)	1255	1288after 1288	German
Casella		1299 or 1300	Italian
Petrus de Cruce	1260c. 1260	1302after 1302	French
Dom Dinis (Denis, King of Portugal)	1261	1325	Portuguese	Dom Dinis, 1261 - 1325
Marchetto da Padova	1274c. 1274	1319after 1319	Italian
John Kukuzelis	c. 1280	1360	Bulgarian	John Kukuzelis, c. 1280 - 1360
Philippe de Vitry	1291	1361	French	Philippe de Vitry, 1291 - 1361

Late medieval and transitional composers (born 1300–1400)

Name	Born	Died	Nationality	Picture
Maestro Piero	1300c. 1300	1350after 1350	Italian
Guillaume de Machaut	1300c. 1300	1377	French	Guillaume de Machaut, c. 1300–1377
Jacopo da Bologna	1320fl. 1340–1360	13601386?	Italian
Giovanni da Cascia (Giovanni da Firenze)	1320fl. 1340?	135014th century	Italian
Gherardello da Firenze	13201320/1325	13621362/1363	Italian
John Hanboys	1320c. 1320?	13801380?	English
Francesco Landini	13251325/1335	1397	Italian	Francesco Landini, 1325/35–1397
Lorenzo da Firenze (Lorenzo Masini)	1325c. 1325	13721372/1373	Italian
Donato da Cascia	1325fl. c. 1350	1370after 1370	Italian
Joachim Domestikos Of Serbia	133014th century	139014th century	Serbian
Grimace	133014th century	139014th century?	French
Mönch von Salzburg (Monk of Salzburg) (de)	133014th century	139014th century?	German	Mönch von Salzburg, 14th century-14th century?
P. des Molins	1330fl. 1370	unknown	French
Jehan Vaillant (Johannes Vaillant)	1330 c. 1330?	13901390/1400?	French
Johannes Alanus	1332c. 1332?	13731373?	English
Vincenzo da Rimini	1332 c. 1332?	1364after 1364?	Italian
Bartolino da Padova	1335fl. 1365	1405after 1405	Italian
Matheus de Sancto Johanne (Mayshuet de Joan)	1335fl. c. 1365	1387after 1387	French
Philippus de Caserta (Philipoctus de Caserta)	1340fl. c. 1370	1400c. 1400	Italian
Egardus	1340fl. c. 1370?	1400after 1400	Flemish
Egidius de Francia	134014th century	139014th century?	French
Johannes Cuvelier (Cunelier)	1342fl. c. 1372	1387after 1387	French
Franciscus Andrieu	1347fl. c. 1377	1400c. 1400	French?
Johannes Symonis Hasprois	1348fl. 1378	1428	French	Johannes Symonis Hasprois, fl. 1378-1428
Goscalch (Petrus de Godescalc?)	1349 fl. c. 1378/1380	1394?	French?
Arrigo (Henrico)	135014th century	139014th century	Italian
Niccolò da Perugia	135014th century	1400c. 1400	Italian
Jehan Suzay	1350fl. c. 1380	1400after 1395	French
Trebor	1350fl. c. 1380	1400c. 1400	French
Jan of Jenstejn	13481348	14001400	Czech	Jan of Jenstejn 1348 - 1400
Záviš of Zápy	1350c. 1350	1411c. 1411	Czech
Antonio Zacara da Teramo	1350c. 1350/1360	1413c. 1413/1416	Italian	Antonio Zacara da Teramo c. 1350/1360 - c. 1413/1416
Jacob Senleches	1352fl. c. 1382	1395after 1395	French	Jacob Senleches, fl. c. 1382 - after 1395
Andrea da Firenze (Andreas de Florentia)	1355fl. c. 1375	1415c. 1415	Italian
Paolo da Firenze (Paolo Tenorista)	1355c. 1355	1436c. 1436	Italian
Solage	135614th century	1403after 1403	French
Hugo von Montfort	1357	1423	German (Austrian)	Hugo von Montfort, 1357 - 1423
Giovanni Mazzuoli (Giovanni degli Organi)	1360	1426	Italian
Grazioso da Padova (Gratiosus de Padua)	1361fl. c. 1391?	141015th century?	Italian
Martinus Fabri	1365fl. 1395	1400	Dutch
Borlet	1367fl. c. 1397?	1409after 1409	French
Aleyn	1370fl. c. 1400	140015th century	English
Johannes Ciconia	1370c. 1370	1412	Flemish
Matteo da Perugia	1370fl. 1400	1416after 1416	Italian
Johannes de Lymburgia	c. 1370	1430	Belgian
Johannes Tapissier (Jean de Noyers)	1370c. 1370	1410before 1410	Burgundian
Antonio da Cividale (Antonius de Civitate Austrie)	1372fl. c. 1392	1421	Italian
Antonello da Caserta	137514th century	1402after 1402?	Italian
Nicolas Grenon	c. 1375c. 1375	14561456	Burgundian
Oswald von Wolkenstein	1377c. 1377	1445	German	Oswald von Wolkenstein, c. 1377 - 1445
Andrea Stefani	1379fl. c. 1399	140015th century	Italian
Bartolomeo da Bologna	1380fl. 1405	1427after 1427	Italian
Baude Cordier	1380c. 1380	1440before 1440	French	Baude Cordier, c. 1380 - before 1440
Thomas Fabri	13801380	14201420	Flemish
Pierre Fontaine	1380c. 1380	1450c. 1450	French
Piero Mazzuoli	138014th century	141015th century?	Italian
Nicolaus Ricii de Nucella Campli	1380fl. 1401-20	1436after 1436	Italian
Mikołaj Radomski (Nicolaus de Radom)	1380c. 1380	15th century	Polish
Ugolino da Forlì or Ugolino da Orvieto (it)	1380c. 1380	1457c. 1457	Italian
Leonel Power	1385c. 1370/1385?	1445	English	Leonel Power, c. 1370/1385? - 1445
Jacobus Vide	13851385	1433	Burgundian
Queldryk	1385fl. c. 1400	15th century	English
Johannes Cesaris	1386fl. 1406	1417	French
Roy Henry (probably Henry V of England)	1387fl. c. 1410	142215th century	English
Byttering (possibly Thomas Byttering)	1390fl. c. 1410	1420after 1420?	English
Conradus de Pistoia (Coradus de Pistorio)	1390fl. c. 1410	141015th century	Italian
John Dunstaple	1390c. 1390	1453	English
Hugo de Lantins	1390fl. c. 1420	1430after 1430?	Flemish
Richard Loqueville	1390fl. 1410	1418	French
Pycard	1390fl. c. 1410	141015th century	English or French
Arnold de Lantins	1393fl. 1423	14321432	Flemish
Guillaume Dufay	1397	1474	Burgundian	Guillaume Dufay, 1397–1474
Estienne Grossin	1398fl. 1418	1421after 1421	French
Gilles Binchois	1400c. 1400	1460	Burgundian	Gilles Binchois, c. 1400 - 1460
Johannes Brassart	1400c. 1400	1455	Burgundian
Manuel Chrysaphes	fl. 1440	1463	Byzantine

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See also

• List of troubadours and trobairitz