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Born c.1548 • near Ávila • Spain
Died August 27, 1611 • Madrid • Spain
Movement / Style Franco-Netherlandish school • concertato style
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Italian composer
Tallis, Thomas
Thomas Tallis
English composer
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
French composer
Josquin des Prez
Josquin des Prez
French-Flemish composer
Cristóbal de Morales
Spanish composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz
German composer
Lasso, engraving by James Caldwall
Orlando di Lasso
Flemish composer
Antoine Busnois
French composer
Nicolas Gombert
Flemish composer
Jean Mouton
French composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer
William Byrd
William Byrd
English composer
Cherubini, Luigi
Luigi Cherubini
Italian composer
Alessandro Scarlatti, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, 1692; in the Palacio del Duque de Hijar, Epila, Spain
Alessandro Scarlatti
Italian composer
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
French composer
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki
Polish composer
Christopher Tye
British composer