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16th-century music theorists

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Christoph DemantiusPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Christoph Demantius (15 December 1567 – 20 April 1643) was a German composer, music theorist, writer and poet.
Claude GoudimelPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Claude Goudimel
Claudio MonteverdiPerson · Music memorabiliaClaudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player.
Diego OrtizPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Diego Ortiz from the title page of his Trattado de Glosas (1553)
Ercole BottrigariPerson · Music memorabiliaErcole Bottrigari (24 August 153130 September 1612) was an Italian scholar, mathematician, poet, music theorist, architect, and composer.
Ghiselin DanckertsPerson · Music memorabiliaGhiselin Danckerts (c. 1510 – late September 1567) was a Dutch composer, singer, and music theorist of the Renaissance.
Giambattista BenedettiDesigner · DesignGiambattista (Gianbattista) Benedetti (14 August 1530 – 20 January 1590) was an Italian mathematician from Venice who was also interested in physics, mechanics, the construction of…
Gioseffo ZarlinoPerson · Music memorabiliaGioseffo Zarlino (31 January or 22 March 1517 – 4 February 1590) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance.
Giovanni ArtusiPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Maria Artusi (c. 154018 August 1613) was an Italian music theorist, composer, and writer.
Giovanni BassanoPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Bassano (c. 1561 – 3 September 1617) was an Italian composer associated with the Venetian School of composers and a cornettist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras.
Girolamo DirutaPerson · Music memorabiliaGirolamo Diruta (c. 1546 – 1624 or 1625) was an Italian organist, music theorist, and composer.
Giulio CacciniPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Title page of Le nuove musiche (1601)
Guillaume CosteleyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Guillaume Costeley in 1570: Le Roy & Ballard, Musique de Guillaume Costeley
Johannes NuciusPerson · Music memorabiliaJohannes Nucius (also Nux, Nucis) (c. 1556 – March 25, 1620) was a German composer and music theorist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras.
John CooperPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Coprario (c. 1570–80 – c.
Lodovico Grossi da ViadanaPerson · Music memorabiliaLodovico Grossi da Viadana (usually Lodovico Viadana, though his family name was Grossi; c.
Louis BourgeoisPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis Bourgeois was a French composer, musicologist and music theorist (1510–1560). He was born in Paris.
Luis de MilánPerson · Music memorabiliaLuis de Milán (also known as Lluís del Milà or Luys Milán) (c. 1500 – c.
Marcin KromerAuthor · BooksMarcin Kromer (Latin: Martinus Cromerus; 11 November 1512 – 23 March 1589) was Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland), a Polish cartographer, diplomat and historian in the Kingdom of Poland and…
Michael PraetoriusPerson · Music memorabilia
Nicola VicentinoPerson · Music memorabiliaNicola Vicentino (1511 – 1575 or 1576) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance.
Philibert Jambe de FerPerson · Music memorabiliaPhilibert Jambe de Fer (fl. 1548–1564) was a French Renaissance composer of religious music.
Pietro CeroneAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Pietro Cerone
René DescartesAuthor · BooksRené Descartes (day-KART, also DAY-kart; French: [ʁəne dekaʁt]; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French polymath, active across philosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology,…
Salomon de CausDesigner · DesignSalomon de Caus (1576, Dieppe – 1626, Paris) was a French engineer and architect.
Vincenzo GalileiPerson · Music memorabiliaVincenzo Galilei (3 April 1520 – 2 July 1591) was an Italian lutenist, composer, and music theorist.
Zhu Zaiyu, Prince of ZhengPerson · Music memorabilia

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