Provides a detailed look at the Renaissance movement. Content includes a focus on important Renaissance political leaders, religious figures, authors, artists, scientists, philosophers, and composers.

This site offers three biographical accounts of the life of Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis. Links to other composers are provided.

This article compares and contrasts Late Renaissance and Early Baroque music with narrative and a side-by-side chart.

A Wikipedia article on Baroque music distinguishes it from the Renaissance and Classical styles, discusses the different musical genres the Baroque composers wrote in, lists the important features of Baroque music, and provides a list of...

Why is an orchestra set up the way it is? Giovanni Gabrieli (1555-1612 CE) had a little something to do with the set up of the orchestra. Use this resource to learn more about this Renaissance composer and listen to his music.

This site offers information on the life and music of Johannes Ockeghem. It lists his Requiem, masses, and chansons, as well as providing a link to a discography.

Extensive, detailed biography of Thomas Campion from the "Cambridge History of English and American Literature."

A survey of Campion's works from the Cambridge History of English and American Literature. Includes link to an essay on his prosody.

A discussion of Thomas Campion's literary criticism from the Elizabethan period. From the Cambridge History of English and American Literature.

This site contains the most significant artistic output of the most important composers within each historical period.

This Classical Net site gives an overview of the life and music of Renaissance composer Thomas Tallis. Links are provided to other composers, as well as a listing of his sacred choral music.

This Classical Net site discusses the life and musical works of well-know Renaissance composer Josquin Des Prez.

Read about composer William Grant Still in this resource. This brief biography highlights the career of this African American composer.

This resource presents a brief biography about jazz pianist and composer Fats Waller. Also featured in this resource are a couple of audio clips of his music.

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Benny Carter, an American jazz musician, an original and influential alto saxophonist, who was also a masterly composer and arranger and an important bandleader, trumpeter, and clarinetist.