This is a small list of composers. We begin to see composers gain more prominence throughout music history starting in the Renaissance.
- Thomas Morley
- Andrea Gabrieli
- Giovanni Gabrieli
- Thomas Tallis
- William Byrd
- John Taverner
- Giovanni Palestrina
- Orlando Gibbons
- Josquin des Prez
- Jacopo Peri
- Michael Praetorius
- Thomas Morley
- Claudio Monteverdi
- Guillaume du Fay
- Heinrich Schutz
- Orlando deLassus
- Tomas Luis de la Victoria
