Who was the most famous composer in Europe?

The German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven is widely regarded as the greatest composer who ever lived.

What is the role of composers in Renaissance period?

Composers found ways to make vocal music more expressive of the texts they were setting. Secular music absorbed techniques from sacred music, and vice versa. Popular secular forms such as the chanson and madrigal spread throughout Europe. Courts employed virtuoso performers, both singers and instrumentalists.

What were the important Renaissance composers?

John Dunstable (1390-1453)

  • Guillame Du Fay (1397-1474)
  • Johannes Ockeghem (1410-1497)
  • Josquin des Prez (1450/55-1521)
  • Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525–1594)
  • Orlande de Lassus (1530–1594)
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

    • Who was the most famous Renaissance composer?

    William Byrd (1543–1623) William Byrd is perhaps the greatest English composer of all time.

  • Josquin Des Prez (1440–1521)
  • Thomas Tallis (1510–1585)
  • Pierre de La Rue (1460–1518)
  • Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1526–1594)
  • Orlando de Lassus (1530–1594)
  • Giovanni Gabrieli (1553–1612)

    • Who were some artists during the Renaissance?

    Sofonisba Anguissola. Sofonisba Anguissola,Self-portrait with Bernardino Campi,1550.

  • Levina Teerlinc. Levina Teerlinc,Queen Elizabeth and the Ambassadors,c.
  • Lavinia Fontana. Lavinia Fontana,Self-portrait at the Virginal with a Servant,1577.
  • Catharina van Hemessen.
  • Elisabetta Sirani.

    • Who were the four composers of the Romantic period?

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
  • Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
  • Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
  • Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
  • Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840)
  • Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
  • Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
  • Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)