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Born 1583 • Oxford • England
Died June 5, 1625 (aged 42) • Canterbury • England
Notable Works “Cries of London” • “Fantasies in Three Parts Compos’d for Viols” • “Madrigals and Motetts of 5 Parts”
Movement / Style polyphony
William Byrd
William Byrd
English composer
Thomas Tomkins
English composer and organist
Thomas Weelkes
English composer
William Croft
English musician
Tallis, Thomas
Thomas Tallis
English composer
Antonio de Cabezón
Spanish composer
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
William Boyce
British composer
Blow, John
John Blow
English musician
John Bull
English composer
John Mundy
English composer
Jeremiah Clarke
English composer
Peter Philips
British composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Italian composer
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
French composer
Giovanni Gabrieli
Italian composer
François Couperin
François Couperin
French composer [1668-1733]
Andrea Gabrieli
Italian composer
Hans Leo Hassler
German composer