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Renaissance music artists

14 published Renaissance music artists, led by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Orlande de Lassus and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck.

At a glance

14 published Renaissance music artists; 251 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists0 tier 1 · 4 tier 2 · 10 tier 3
14
Release groups
360
Studio albums
331
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive
251
Timeline events
362
Average career spanfirst to last dated release
42.4 years
Full biographies
8
Biography words
17,559

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1980s (4 artists).

Artists by debut decade
DecadeArtists
1930s1
1950s1
1960s2
1970s1
1980s4
1990s3
2000s1
1 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Where they come from

Countries with the most Renaissance music artists. Spain leads with 1.

Often paired with

Genres that share artists with Renaissance music. The most shared is church music, with 2 artists in both.

Covers from Renaissance music

251 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Leaders

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina has the most release groups (133); Jacob Obrecht the longest career (89 years); Orlande de Lassus the most awards (1).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artistrelease groups
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina133
Orlande de Lassus86
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck40
Nicolas Gombert22
John Sheppard18

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artistyears
Jacob Obrecht89
Orlande de Lassus76
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina64
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck62
John Sheppard45

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artistawards
Orlande de Lassus1
Oswald von Wolkenstein1

Most famous Renaissance music artists

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