List of medieval composers

Lists of classical music composers by era
Medieval	(476–1400)
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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	505	571	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	c. 800	after 870	Frankish		His status as a composer is unclear, although some copies of his poetry have surviving music notation
Kassia	805/810	865/867	Byzantine	File:Santa Kassia.jpg Kassia, 805/810–865/867
Notker Balbulus (Notker the Stammerer)	c. 840	912	Frankish?	File:Notker der Stammler.jpg Notker the Stammerer, c. 840–912
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
Adémar de Chabannes	c. 988	1034	French
Guido da Arezzo (Guido of Arezzo; Guido Aretinus)	c. 991/992	after 1033	Italian	Guido of Arezzo, c. 991/992-after 1033
Wipo (Wigbert; Wippo of Burgundy)	c. 995	c. 1048	Frankish? (Arles/ Burgundy)
Hermann of Reichenau	1013	1054	German	Hermann of Reichenau, 1013-1054
Godric	c. 1065	1170	English	File:Song-Godric.jpg Godric, c. 1065-1170
Adam of Saint Victor	c. 1068	1146	French
William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (Guilhem de Peitieus; Guillaume d'Aquitaine)	1071	1126	Occitan	File:William IX of Aquitaine - BN MS fr 12473.jpg 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	c. 1099	c. 1150	Occitan	File:Marcabru - BN MS fr 12473.jpg Marcabru, c. 1099 - c. 1150
Bernard of Cluny	1100	1170	French
Jaufre Rudel	1105	after 1147	Occitan	File:Hodierna and Jaufre Rudel.jpg Jaufre Rudel, 1105-after 1147
Albertus Parisiensis (Albert of Paris)	1116	c. 1177	French
Bernart de Ventadorn	1130/1140	after 1190/1200	Ocitan	File:BernardDeVentadour.jpg Bernart de Ventadorn, 1130/1140-after 1190/1200
Peire d'Alvernhe	c. 1130	1215	Occitan	Peire d'Alvernhe, c. 1130-1215
Chrétien de Troyes	c. 1130	c. 1190	French	Chretien de Troyes, c. 1130-c. 1190
Tibors de Sarenom	c. 1130	after 1198	Occitan
Léonin (Magister Leonius)	before 1150	c. 1201	French
Giraut de Bornelh	c. 1138	1215	Occitan	File:Guiraut de Bornelh.jpg Giraut de Bornelh, c. 1138-1215
Berenguier de Palazol	1140	1209	Catalan	File:BnF ms. 12473 fol. 126 - Bérengier de Palazol (1).jpg Berenguier de Palazol, 1140-1209
Arnaut de Mareuil	c. 1140	c. 1200	Occitan	File:Arnaut de Mareuil.jpg Arnaut de Mareuil, c. 1140-c. 1200
Beatritz de Dia (Comtessa de Dia)	c. 1140	c. 1200	Occitan	Beatritz de Dia, c. 1140-c. 1200
Bertran de Born	1140/1150	1215	Occitan	File:Bertran de Born.jpg Bertran de Born, 1140/1150-1215
Hendrik van Veldeke (Heinrich von Veldeke)	1140/1150	c. 1190	Limburgish/ German	Hendrik van Veldeke, 1140/1150-c. 1190
Vidame de Chartres (Guillaume de Ferrières?)	c. 1145/1155	1204?	French
Raimbaut d'Aurenga (Raimbaut of Orange)	c. 1147	1173	Occitan	File:Rambautz d'Aurenga.jpg Raimbaut of Orange, c. 1147–1173
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	File:Arnaut Daniel - BN MS fr 12473.jpg Arnaut Daniel, c. 1150/1160-c. 1200
Conon de Béthune	c. 1150	1219	French
Folquet de Marselha (Folquet de Marseille)	c. 1150	1231	Occitan	File:BnF ms. 12473 fol. 46 - Folquet de Marseille (1).jpg Folquet de Marselha, c. 1150 - 1231
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	Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, c. 1150/1160 - 1207
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	Richard I of England, 1157 - 1199
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	File:Perotin - Alleluia nativitas.jpg Pérotin, c. 1160 - c. 1225
Perdigon	1160	after 1212	Occitan	File:Perdigon with fiddle.jpg Perdigon, 1160 - after 1212
Peirol	c. 1160	c. 1222/1225	Occitan	File:BnF ms. 854 fol. 56v - Peirol (1).jpg Peirol, c. 1160 - c. 1222/1225
Philippe le Chancelier (Philip the Chancellor)	c. 1160	1236	French
Raimon de Miraval	c. 1160	c. 1220	Occitan	File:Raimon de Miraval.jpg Raimon de Miraval, c. 1160 - c. 1220
Albertet de Sestaro	1164	after 1221	Occitan
Chastelain de Couci	c. 1165	1203	French	File:Castelin-éd-Couci-chansons-p39.jpeg Chastelain de Couci, c. 1165 - 1203
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	File:BnF ms. 12473 fol. 22 - Gaulcem Faidit (1).jpg Gaucelm Faidit, 1170 - 1202
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
Walther von der Vogelweide	c. 1170	c. 1230	German	Walther von der Vogelweide, c. 1170 – c. 1230
Wolfram von Eschenbach	c. 1170	c. 1220	German	File:CodexManesseFol149vWolframVonEschenbach.jpg Wolfram von Eschenbach, 1170?-1220?
Aimeric de Peguilhan	c. 1175	c. 1230	Occitan	File:Aimeric de Pegulhan.jpg Aimeric de Peguilhan, 1175?-1230?
Guilhem Ademar	c. 1175	after 1217	Occitan	File:Guilhem Ademar.PNG Guilhem Ademar, c. 1175-after 1217
Peire Vidal	1175	1205	Occitan	Peire Vidal, 1175–1205
Pons de Capduelh (Pons de Capdoill)	1175?	1236?	Occitan
Gautier de Coincy	1177	1236	French	File:Gautier de Coinsi.jpg Gautier de Coincy, 1177–1236
Maria de Ventadorn	1177?	1222?	Occitan
Guilhem Augier (Ogiers Novella)	c. 1179?	after 1230	Occitan
Colin Muset	c. 1180	after 1250	French
Garsenda de Proensa	c. 1180	c. 1242	Occitan
Peire Cardenal	c. 1180?	c. 1278?	Occitan	File:Peire Cardenal MS I.gif Peire Cardenal, c. 1180? – c. 1278?
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	File:BnF ms. 854 fol. 127v - Uc de Saint Cirq (1).jpg Uc de Saint Circ, 1187 - 1273
Hue de la Ferté	1190	after 1235	French
Neidhart von Reuental	c. 1190?	after 1236	German	File:Codex Manesse Neidhart.jpg Neidhart von Reuental, c. 1190? – after 1236
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
Hadewijch	13th century	13th century	Belgian
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	File:BnF ms. 12473 fol. 109 - Sordel de Mantoue (1).jpg Sordello, c. 1200 - after 1269
Wincenty of Kielcza	c. 1200	after 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	File:IRHT 094594-p.jpg Richard de Fournival, 1201 - 1260?
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)	Martin Codax, c. 1210 - after 1270
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)	Alfonso el Sabio, 1221 - 1284
Robert de la Piere	1225	1258	French
Henry III, Duke of Brabant	c. 1230	1261	Belgian
Guiraut Riquier	c. 1230	c. 1292	Occitan	Guiraut Riquier, c. 1230 – c. 1292
Konrad von Würzburg	c. 1230	1287	German	File:Codex Manesse Konrad von Würzburg.jpg Konrad von Würzburg, c. 1230–1287
Adam de la Halle	c. 1237	1288	French	File:Adam de la halle.jpg Adam de la Halle, 1237?–1288
Meister Rumelant	c. 1243	after 1286/1287	German	File:MeisterRumslant.jpg Meister Rumelant, c. 1243-after 1286/1287
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	Dom Dinis, 1261 - 1325
Marchetto da Padova	c. 1274	after 1319	Italian
John Kukuzelis	c. 1280	1360	Bulgarian	John Kukuzelis, c. 1280 - 1360
Philippe de Vitry	1291	1361	French	File:Philippe de Vitry.jpg Philippe de Vitry, 1291 - 1361

Late medieval and transitional composers (born 1300–1400)

Name	Born	Died	Nationality	Picture
Maestro Piero	c. 1300	after 1350	Italian
Guillaume de Machaut	c. 1300	1377	French	File:Machaut 1.jpg Guillaume de Machaut, c. 1300–1377
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	Francesco Landini, 1325/35–1397
Lorenzo da Firenze (Lorenzo Masini)	c. 1325	1372/1373	Italian
Donato da Cascia	fl. c. 1350	after 1370	Italian
Joachim Domestikos Of Serbia	14th century	14th century	Serbian
Grimace	14th century	14th century?	French
Mönch von Salzburg (Monk of Salzburg) (de)	14th century	14th century?	German	File:Mönch von Salzburg.JPG Mönch von Salzburg, 14th century-14th century?
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	File:Église de ste hiltrude liessies.JPG Johannes Symonis Hasprois, fl. 1378-1428
Goscalch (Petrus de Godescalc?)	fl. c. 1378/1380	1394?	French?
Arrigo (Henrico)	14th century	14th century	Italian
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	Jan of Jenstejn 1348 - 1400
Záviš of Zápy	c. 1350	c. 1411	Czech
Antonio Zacara da Teramo	c. 1350/1360	c. 1413/1416	Italian	File:Zachara da Teramo Squarcialupi Portrait.tif Antonio Zacara da Teramo c. 1350/1360 - c. 1413/1416
Jacob Senleches	fl. c. 1382	after 1395	French	File:HarpeJacobSenleches.jpg Jacob Senleches, fl. c. 1382 - after 1395
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)	File:Hugo von Montfort Wappen cpg329.jpg Hugo von Montfort, 1357 - 1423
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	File:Oswald von Wolkenstein's memorial stone.jpg Oswald von Wolkenstein, c. 1377 - 1445
Andrea Stefani	fl. c. 1399	15th century	Italian
Bartolomeo da Bologna	fl. 1405	after 1427	Italian
Baude Cordier	c. 1380	before 1440	French	Baude Cordier, c. 1380 - before 1440
Thomas Fabri	1380	1420	Flemish
Pierre Fontaine	c. 1380	c. 1450	French
Piero Mazzuoli	14th century	15th century?	Italian
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	Leonel Power, c. 1370/1385? - 1445
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	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	Guillaume Dufay, 1397–1474
Estienne Grossin	fl. 1418	after 1421	French
Gilles Binchois	c. 1400	1460	Burgundian	File:Gilles Binchois.jpg Gilles Binchois, c. 1400 - 1460
Johannes Brassart	c. 1400	1455	Burgundian
Manuel Chrysaphes	fl. 1440	1463	Byzantine

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See also

• List of troubadours and trobairitz