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) Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1523–1585) 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 (1550–1613) Riccardo Rognoni (c. 1550–c. 1620) David Sacerdote (1550–1625) Ruggiero Trofeo (1550–1614) Orazio Vecchi (1550–1605) Guillaume de Chastillon, sieur de La Tour (c. 1550–1610) Tomasz Szadek (1550–1612) Krzysztof Klabon (1550–1616) Gregory (Gregorius) Howet (Huwet) (1550–1617) Pedro de Cristo (1550–1618) Vicente Espinel (1550–1624) Juan Navarro (1550–1610) Ambrosio Cotes (1550–1603) Sebastián Raval (1550–1604) Jan Trojan Turnovský (1550–1606) Pavel Spongopaeus Jistebnický (1550–1619) Giulio Caccini (1551–1618) Benedetto Pallavicino (1551–1601) Girolamo Belli (1552–1620) Edmund Hooper (1553–1621) Johannes Eccard (1553–1611) Leonhard Lechner (1553–1606) Elway Bevin (1554–1638) William Inglot (1554–1621) Emmanuel Adriaenssen (1554–1604) Cosimo Bottegari (1554–1620) Girolamo Diruta (1554-after 1610) Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (1554–1609) Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1554/1557–1612) Jacques Champion, Sieur de la Chapelle (before 1555–1642) John Mundy (1555–1630) Gabriele Villani (1555–1625) Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (c. 1555–c. 1635) Paolo Quagliati (c. 1555–1628) Alonso Lobo (1555–1617) Johannes Nucius (c. 1556–1620) Thomas Morley (1557–1602) Carolus Luython (1557–1620) Jacques Mauduit (1557–1627) Giovanni Croce (c. 1557–1609) Alfonso Fontanelli (1557–1622) Wojciech Długoraj (1557–after 1619) Nathaniel Giles (1558–1634) Matthew Jeffries (1558–1615) Ferdinando Richardson (1558–1618) Richard Carlton (1558–1638) Philippus Schoendorff (1558–1617) Giovanni Bassano (c. 1558–1617) Scipione Stella (1558/1559–1622) Richard Allison (1560/1570–before 1610) Felice Anerio (1560–1614) Giulio Belli (c. 1560–1621 or later) William Brade (1560–1630) Abraham Blondet (1560–1634) William Cobbold (1560–1639) Nicolas