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Also Known As Jakob Hobrecht
Born November 22, 1452 • Bergen op Zoom • Netherlands
Died 1505 (aged 52) • Ferrara • Italy
Movement / Style Franco-Netherlandish school
Josquin des Prez
Josquin des Prez
French-Flemish composer
Dufay and Gilles Binchois
Guillaume Dufay
Franco-Flemish composer
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Italian composer
John Dunstable
English composer
Philippe de Monte
Dutch composer
Jean de Ockeghem
Flemish composer
Lasso, engraving by James Caldwall
Orlando di Lasso
Flemish composer
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Spanish composer
Loyset Compère
Flemish composer
Heinrich Isaac
Flemish composer
Ludwig Senfl
Swiss composer
Antoine Busnois
French composer
Nicolas Gombert
Flemish composer
Pierre de La Rue
Flemish composer
Jean Mouton
French composer
Jacobus Clemens
Flemish composer
Alexander Agricola
Dutch composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer