Composers

Non-living composers represented on Irregular Pearl, grouped from Antiquity to the 20th century, then arranged alphabetically by surname within each era. Select a surname to explore the composer’s page.

Composers known by a single name or historical appellation are listed under that name.

Antiquity

Antiquity–5th c.

Early Medieval

6th–9th c.

Medieval & Romanesque

10th–12th c.

Ars Antiqua

13th c.

Ars Nova

14th c.

Early Renaissance

15th c.

High Renaissance

16th c.

Early Baroque

c. 1600–1650

Late Baroque

c. 1650–1750

Galant & Classical

18th c.

Early Romanticism

c. 1800–1850

Late Romanticism

c. 1850–1910

20th century

20th c.