Notable Composers and Classical Guitar Composers of each Era
Updated: 27 September 2014
Renaissance Era (1400 – 1600)
Early ancestors of the guitar in this period: The lute and The Vihuela
Some of the main composers of this period include:
- Thomas Tallis (1510-1585)
- Josquin Des Prez (1440-1521)
- Pierre de La Rue (1460-1518)
- Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
- William Byrd (1543-1623)
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1526-1594)
- Orlando de Lassus (1530-1594)
- Giovanni Gabrieli (1553-1612)
For the lute and vihuela, some compositions and the main composers:
- Los seys libros del Delphin by Luis de Narváez (1538)
- Tres Libros de Música by Alonso Mudarra (1546)
- Libro de música de Vihuela by Diego Pisador (1552)
Baroque Era (1600 – 1760)
Early ancestors of the guitar in this period: The lute and the Baroque Guitar
Some of the main composers of this era include:
For the Baroque guitar and lute, some of the main composers were:
Classical Era (1730 – 1820)
Some of the main composers of this era include:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
- Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
- Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)
- Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
- Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
For guitar, some of the main composers of this era include:
Romantic Era (1820 – 1910)
Some of the main composers of this era include:
For guitar, some of the main composers of this era include: