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Also Known As Jacobus Clement • Clemens non Papa
Born c.1510 • Ypres • Belgium
Died c.1556 • Spanish Netherlands
Movement / Style Franco-Netherlandish school
Lasso, engraving by James Caldwall
Orlando di Lasso
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Josquin des Prez
Josquin des Prez
French-Flemish composer
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Guillaume Dufay
Franco-Flemish composer
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Antoine Busnois
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Alexander Agricola
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Adriaan Willaert
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Guillaume de Machaut, detail of a miniature from Oeuvres de Guillaume de Machaut, c. 1370–80; in the Bibliothèque Nationale (Ms. Fr. 1584).
Guillaume de Machaut
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Jean Mouton
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Philippe de Monte
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Jacques Arcadelt
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Heinrich Isaac
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Binchois (right) with composer Guillaume Dufay, illumination from Martin le Franc's Le Champion des dames, c. 1440; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (MS Fr. 12476).
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