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Welcome to Musicalics, the classical music composers archive. Here you can find information about more than 26 thousand composers and over 700 thousand compositions. There is also a large collection of geographical places connected to composers or classical music: the MusicAtlas.
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This website is a combination of the Classical Composers Database (www.classical-composers.org; now disabled) and the extensive composers and compositions archive of Jean-Paul Giraudet, who compiled that in over 50 years. I am thankful to him that he allowed me to use that information here. I am also thankful to Ed Tervooren, who allowed me to publish his collection of MusicAtlas places.
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age: 90Phil Nimmons
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Giovanni Spataro ♂1458-1505
Jacob Obrecht ♂1459-1522
Jean Mouton ♂1459-1537
Paul Hofhaymer ♂1460-1518
Pierre de la Rue ♂1460-1506
Lope de Baena ♂1460-1502
Jean Baltazar Ninot le Petit ♂1460-1512
Johannes Prioris ♂1460-1507
Jean Japart ♂1460-1515
Antoine Brumel ♂1460-1521
Arnolt Schlick ♂1460-1504
Francisco della Torre ♂1460-1518
Sebald Nachtigal ♂1460-1529
Marbrianus de Orto ♂1460-1518
Johannes Hillanis ♂1460-1526
Joao de Badajoz1460-1503
Francesco d' Ana1462-1523
Juan de Anchieta1464-1546
Jerzy Liban ♂1464-1521
Robert Fayrfax ♂1465-1540
Sebastian Virdung ♂1465-1527
Alessandro Coppini ♂1465-1535
Pedro Escobar ♂1465-1536
Gil Vicente ♂1465-1532
Crispin van Stappen ♂1465-1523
William Cornysh (jr) ♂1465-1525
Petrus Tritonius ♂1465-1507
Richard Davy1465-1515
Richard Hampshire1466-1500
Serafino de' Ciminelli ♂1466-1539
Ottaviano del Petrucci ♂1468-1548
Giacomo Fogliano1468-1529
Juan del Encina ♂1470-1525
Marchetto Cara ♂1470-1516
Henry Petyr ♂1470-1535
Bartolomeo Tromboncino ♂1470-1528
Francisco de Peñalosa ♂1470-1540
Mathurin Forestier ♂1470-1535
Gilles Reingot ♂1470-1538
Antico Andrea da Montona ♂1470-1520
Filippo de Lurano ♂1470-1540
Paul Wust ♂1470-1515
Wolfgang Grefinger ♂1470-1528
Pierrequin de Thierache ♂1470-1548
Elzéar Genet ♂1470-1536
Petrus Alamire ♂1470-1524
Michele Pesenti ♂1470-1511
Antoine de Févin ♂1472-1545
Edward Martyn ♂1474-1548
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