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Ten Things

This year our Ten Things column each month is alternating between composers and artists a century at a time from pre-1500 to 20th century. As always, there’s no guarantee you will have heard of them all!

Ten Composers Born in 16th Century

  1. William Byrd
  2. Thomas Tallis
  3. Claudio Monteverdi
    Domenico Fetti: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
  4. Carlo Gesualdo
  5. Orlando Gibbons
  6. Christopher Tye
  7. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  8. Orlande de Lassus
  9. Andrea Gabrieli
  10. Giles Farnaby

Ten Things

This year our Ten Things column each month is alternating between composers and artists a century at a time from pre-1500 to 20th century. As always, there’s no guarantee you will have heard of them all!

Ten Artists Born Before 1500

  1. Albrecht Durer
  2. Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Fra Angelico
  4. Jan van Eyck
  5. Hieronymus Bosch
    Hieronymus Bosch
    Detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights
  6. Giotto
  7. Donatello
  8. Filippo Lippi
  9. Piero della Francesca
  10. Sandro Botticelli

Ten Things

This year our Ten Things column each month is alternating between composers and artists a century at a time from pre-1500 to 20th century. As always, there’s no guarantee you will have heard of them all!

Ten Composers Born Before 1500

  1. Nicholas Ludford
  2. Robert Fayrfax
  3. Johannes Ockeghem
  4. Guillaume Du Fay
  5. Gilles Binchois
  6. Josquin des Prez
  7. John Taverner
  8. Robert Carver
    Robert Carver
  9. Guillaume de Machaut
  10. Antoine Busnois