List of Baroque composers
Composers of the Baroque era, ordered by date of birth: Transition from Renaissance to Baroque (born 1500–49) Composers in the Renaissance/Baroque transitional era include the following (listed by their date of birth): Philippe de Monte (1521–1603) Baldassare Donato (1525/1530–1603) Costanzo Porta (1529–1601) Jiří Rychnovský (1529–1616) Guillaume Costeley (1530–1606) Fabritio Caroso (1530–1605/1620) Mateo Flecha the Younger (1530–1604) Gianmatteo Asola (1532–1609) Claudio Merulo (1533–1604) Francesco Soto de Langa (1534–1619) Rocco Rodio (1535–after 1615) Mikołaj Gomółka (1535–1609) Cesare Negri (1535–1605) Simone de Bonefont (1535 - ?) Johannes Matelart (before 1538–1607) Stefano Felis (1538–1603) William Byrd (1540–1623) Matthäus Waissel (1540–1602) Giovanni Ferretti (1540–after 1609) Tiburzio Massaino (1540–after 1608) Hernando de Cabezón (1541–1602) Gioseffo Guami (1542–1611) Giovanni Maria Nanino (1543/1544–1607) Francesco Guami (1544–1602) Anthony Holborne (1545–1602) Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545–1607) Jakub Polak (1545–1605) Ginés de Boluda (1545–1606) Manuel Mendes (1547–1605) Francesco Soriano (1548–1621) Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611) Eustache Du Caurroy (1549–1609) Bernardo Clavijo del Castillo (1549–1626) Early Baroque era composers (born 1550–99) Composers of the Early Baroque era include the following figures listed by the probable or proven date of their birth: Jacobus Gallus (1550–1591) Charles Tessier (1550–after 1604) Thomas Mancinus (1550–1612) Ippolito Baccusi (1550–1609) Emilio de' Cavalieri (c. 1550–1602) Cesario Gussago (1550–1612) Pomponio Nenna