# List of composers for lute

This is a list of composers who wrote for lute and similar period instruments: theorbo, chitarrone, vihuela etc. Composers who worked outside of their country of origin are listed according to where they were most active, i.e. German-born Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger is listed under Italy. Within sections, the order is alphabetical by surname (or, in cases of, for example, Pietrobono and Lorenzino, by first name).

## Renaissance and Baroque
### Italy
#### Late 15th century to mid-16th century

* Giovanni Maria Alemanni (fl. 1500–1525, no compositions survive)
* Pietro Paolo Borrono (c. 1490–1563)
* Franciscus Bossinensis (fl. 1510)
* Vincenzo Capirola (1474 – after 1548)
* Marco Dall'Aquila (c. 1480 – after 1538)
* Joan Ambrosio Dalza (fl. 1508)
* Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543)
* Francesco Spinacino (fl. 1507)
* Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa (1470–1530, no compositions survive)

#### Mid 16th–17th centuries

* Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580–1649)
* Francesco Corbetta (c.1615–1681), composer for Baroque guitar
* Fabrizio Dentice (c.1539–1581)
* The Galilei family:
** Vincenzo Galilei (late 1520s – 1591)
** Michelagnolo Galilei (1575–1631), his son
* Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (c.1580–1651, of German descent)
* Simone Molinaro (c.1570 – after 1633)
* Alessandro Piccinini (1566–1638)
* Giovanni Zamboni (fl. second half of the 17th century)

#### Late 17th–18th centuries

* Francesco Bartolomeo Conti
* Ludovico Roncalli (1654–1713)
* Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)

### France

* Pierre Attaingnant (c.1494 – c.1551, publisher, possibly composer)
* Robert Ballard (1575–1649)
* Julien Belin (c.1525/30–1584)
* Jean-Baptiste Besard (c.1567 – after 1616)
* Pierre Blondeau (fl. 1st half of the 16th century, treasurer, possibly composer)
* Mlle Bocquet (fl. 1st half of the 17th century)
* François de Chancy (1600–1656)
* François Dufaut (before 1604 – before 1672)
* Jacques Gallot (died c. 1690)
* The Gaultier family:
** Denis Gaultier (1597/1603–1672)
** Ennemond Gaultier (1575–1651), his cousin
* Jacques Gautier (Gaultier) (fl. 1st half of the 17th century, died before 1660)
* Pierre Gautier (Gaultier) (1599 – after 1638, active in Italy)
* René Mesangeau (fl. 1567–1638)
* Germain Pinel (c. 1600–1664)
* Guillaume Morlaye (born c. 1510)
* Charles Mouton (1617–1699)
* Jean-Paul Paladin (died before September 1565, Italian-born)
* Julien Perrichon (1566 – c. 1600)
* Jakub Reys (c.1550 – c.1605, Polish-born)
* Albert de Rippe (1500–1551, Italian-born)
* Adrian Le Roy (c.1520–1598)
* Robert de Visée (c.1655–1732/3)

### Spain

* Esteban Daza (c.1537 – 1591/6)
* Miguel de Fuenllana (fl. 1553–1578)
* Francisco Guerau (1649–1722, composed for Baroque guitar)
* Luys Milan (c.1500 – after 1560)
* Alonso de Mudarra (c.1510–1580)
* Santiago de Murcia (c.1682 – c.1740, moved to Mexico, composed for Baroque guitar)
* Luys de Narváez (fl. 1526–49)
* Diego Pisador (1509/10 – after 1557)
* Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz (born probably before 1650, composed for Baroque guitar)
* Gaspar Sanz (mid-17th century–early 18th century, composed for Baroque guitar)
* Enríquez de Valderrábano (fl. 1547)

### England

* Daniel Bacheler (1572–1619)
* Thomas Campion (1567–1620)
* Francis Cutting (c.1550 – c.1596)
* John Danyel (1564 – c.1626)
* The Dowland family:
** John Dowland (1563–1626)
** Robert Dowland (1591–1641)
* Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder (1543–1588, Italian-born)
* Cuthbert Hely (fl. 1620–1640)
* Anthony Holborne (c. 1545–1602)
* The Johnson family:
** John Johnson (c. 1545–1594)
** Robert Johnson (c. 1580–1634)
* Robert Jones (fl. 1597–1615)
* Peter Philips (c. 1560–1628)
* Thomas Robinson (fl. 1589–1609)
* Philip Rosseter (1567/8–1623)

### Netherlands/Belgium

* Emanuel Adriaenssen (c.1554–1604)
* Joachim van den Hove (1567–1620)
* Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687, no compositions survive)
* Philips van Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde (1540–1598, no compositions survive)
* Johannes Matelart (1538-1607)
* Josquin des Prez (c. 1450–1521)
* Jacques de Saint-Luc (1616–c.1710, worked in Paris, Vienna, etc.)
* Nicolas Vallet (c. 1583 – after 1642, French-born)
* Philip van Wilder (c. 1500 – 1554)

### Germany/Austria

* Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
* Jacques Bittner (fl. 1680)
* Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1696–1760)
* Adam Falckenhagen (1697–1754)
* Bernhard Joachim Hagen (1720–1787)
* Hans Gerle (c.1500 – 1570)
* Hans Judenkünig (c. 1445/50–1526)
* David Kellner (1670–1748)
* Karl Kohaut (1726–1784)
* Johann Kropfgans (1708-1770)
* Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner (1676–1754)
* Elias Mertel (c.1561 – 1626)
* Hans Neusidler (c.1508/09 – 1563)
* Esaias Reusner (17th century)
* Sebastian Anton Scherer (1631–1712, no lute compositions survive)
* Arnolt Schlick (c. 1460 – after 1521)
* Silvius Leopold Weiss (1686–1750)

### Other countries

* Bálint Bakfark (Hungary, c.1526/30 – 1576)
* Diomedes Cato (Italy, 1560/65 – after 1607 or 1618, active in Poland)
* Wojciech Dlugoraj (Poland, 1557/8 – c.1619)
* Jan Antonín Losy (Bohemia, c.1643–1721)

## 20th and 21st centuries

* Dušan Bogdanović (US and Serbia)
* Johann Nepomuk David (Germany)
* Alexandre Danilevsky (France and Russia)
* Vladimir Vavilov (Russia)
* Paulo Galvão (Portugal)
* Jacopo Gianninoto (Italy)
* Sandor Kallos (Ukraine and Russia)
* Ronn McFarlane (US)
* Robert MacKillop (Scotland)
* Toyohiko Satoh (Japan and Netherlands)
* Roman Turovsky-Savchuk (US and Ukraine)
* Jozef van Wissem (US/The Netherlands)
* Andrei Krylov (Canada and Russia)