Top 10 favorite 17th century composers

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Almost all favorite composers listed by GMG members are from 18th, 19th and 20th century. J.S. Bach seems to be the "first" favorite composer for many.

How about 17th century? My top 10 list wasn't easy to make. It looks like this:

Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637 - 1707)
Bruhns, Nicolaus (1665 - 1697)
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1643 - 1704)
Purcell, Henry (1659 - 1695)
Weckmann, Matthias (1616 - 1674)
Schütz, Heinrich (1585 - 1672)
Tunder, Franz (1613 - 1667)
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632 - 1687)
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567 - 1643)
Rosenmüller, Johann (c.1619 - 1684)

Which composers qualify? At least major part of works/important works composed in 17th century.

[The new erato]

You need to claify. Born in 17th century? Bach, Handel etc, or mainly active in the 17th century (I see some of your choices streches into the next century)?

But it's high time we had a thread like this.

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You need to claify. Born in 17th century? Bach, Handel etc, or mainly active in the 17th century (I see some of your choices streches into the next century)?

But it's high time we had a thread like this.

At least major part of works/important works composed in 17th century. J.S. Bach and Handel don't qualify in my opinion since their career started in the beginning of the 18th century. Monteverdi however does qualify. Figure it out yourself but this is not about high/late baroque nor renaissance composers. This is about early and middle baroque, roughly from Monteverdi (most works composed after year 1600) to Corelli (Opp. 1-4 before year 1700).

But it's high time we had a thread like this.

Yes, that's why I created it. 

[The new erato]

Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637 - 1707)
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1643 - 1704)
Purcell, Henry (1659 - 1695)
Schütz, Heinrich (1585 - 1672)
Cavalli, Francesco (1602 - 1676)
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632 - 1687)
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567 - 1643)
Rosenmüller, Johann (c.1619 - 1684)
Carissimi, Giacomo (1605- 1674)
Stradella,  Alessandro (1639–1682)

[Drasko]

Claudio Monteverdi
Francesco Cavalli
Giulio Caccini
Jean Baptiste Lully
Michel-Richard Delalande
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe
Louis Couperin
Johann Jakob Froberger
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Henry Purcell

[North Star]

Monteverdi, Claudio (1567 - 1643)
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583 - 1643)
Schütz, Heinrich (1585 - 1672)
Lawes, William (1602 - 1645)
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632 - 1687)
Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637 - 1707)
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1643 - 1704)
Biber von Bibern, Heinrich Ignaz Franz (1644 - 1704)
Purcell, Henry (1659 - 1695)
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653 - 1713)

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Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637 - 1707)
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1643 - 1704)
Purcell, Henry (1659 - 1695)
Schütz, Heinrich (1585 - 1672)
Cavalli, Francesco (1602 - 1676)
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632 - 1687)
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567 - 1643)
Rosenmüller, Johann (c.1619 - 1684)
Carissimi, Giacomo (1605- 1674)
Stradella,  Alessandro (1639–1682)

Claudio Monteverdi
Francesco Cavalli
Giulio Caccini
Jean Baptiste Lully
Michel-Richard Delalande
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe
Louis Couperin
Johann Jakob Froberger
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Henry Purcell

Nice lists. I don't have anything from Cavalli, Caccini and Froberger. Froberger is on my "composers to explore someday" list. Louis Couperin is a composer I have hardly anything from so another important to explore! 

[Rinaldo]

I'm content with five:

Henry Purcell
Claudio Monteverdi
William Lawes
Marin Marais
Jean Baptiste-Lully

But looking forward to expanding my list with composers sourced from this thread!

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I'm content with five:

Henry Purcell
Claudio Monteverdi
William Lawes
Marin Marais
Jean Baptiste-Lully

But looking forward to expanding my list with composers sourced from this thread!

That's a good start. Strongly recommended directions for expanding would be Buxtehude and M.-A. Charpentier 

[Sammy]

Weckmann
Scheidemann
Scheidt
L. Couperin
Buxtehude
Froberger
Charpentier
Frescobaldi
Lully
Marais

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Thanks for everyone who participated. Looks like the 17th century isn't that popular among most GMG members. Shame. 

Personally I find the 17th century very interesting period. I would love to explore composers of that era much deeper, but recordings are scarce and often expensive. It took me a decade to get all of the survived cantatas by Nicolaus Bruhns for a reasonable price.

[Sammy]

Thanks for everyone who participated. Looks like the 17th century isn't that popular among most GMG members. Shame. 

It's popular with me; that's all I need to know.

[SonicMan46]

Well, just went through my database (criteria - at least 2 or more CDs) to see who I had from this era (i.e. mainly active as an adult in the 17th century) - found the list below, many overlapping w/ others' - now just 'put in bold' the ones I probably like the most - NOW, there are a handful of others mentioned in previous posts that I should explore - Dave

Anglebert, Jean d' (1629-1691)
Biber, Heinrich (1644-1704)
Bruhns, Nicolaus (1665-1697)
Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707)
Chambonnieres, Jacques (1601-1672)
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1643-1704)
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)
Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643)
Froberger, Johann (1616-1667)
Jenkins, John (1592-1678)
Lawes, William (1602-1645)
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632-1687)
Marais, Marin (1656-1728)
Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)
Pachelbel, Johann (1653-1706)
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
Schutz, Heinrich (1585-1672)
Sweelinck, Jan (1562-1621)
Tomkins, Thomas (1572-1656)

[amw]

I don't know nearly enough 17th century music, tbh. These are the ones I've enjoyed most so far

Frescobaldi
Froberger
Biber
Sweelinck (is he 16th century?)
Marais
Sainte-Colombe

L Couperin & Charpentier head the "to listen to" list at the moment.

I think Byrd is mostly 16th century (died around 1624 ish?) but I like his music quite a lot as well. I don't remember when Bull or Dowland were.

[SonicMan46]

My list did not include any works by Weckmann, Matthias (c. 1616-1674), so decided to order a couple discs (the Ricercar is a twofer):

 

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My list did not include any works by Weckmann, Matthias (c. 1616-1674), so decided to order a couple discs (the Ricercar is a twofer):

 

Both of these have been on my wishlist for some time! 

[North Star]

Both of these have been on my wishlist for some time! 

+1 - well not too long, really. But what I've heard from them is great (½ of the Katzschke from YT, the whole album is there, and bits from the La Fenice disc)

[SonicMan46]

Both of these have been on my wishlist for some time!    Re: Weckmann..

Hi Poju - boy has been a while since we've exchanged posts on this site! 

Well, you & Sammy (i.e. Don) steered me to this 17th century composer - I have much from this era (plus a lot of single CDs that I did not list), SO a new composer to me that I hope that these just ordered CDs will be a joy - sure that I will not be disappointed!  Dave

[kishnevi]

Monteverdi
Schutz
Purcell
Carissimi
Corelli
Marais
Buxtehude
Biber
Charpentier
Lully

Part of my problem here is that I'm not too much into middle baroque, and I tend to think not in terms of centuries but of early Baroque, etc.    It seems slightly unnatural to me to put, f.i., Monteverdi and Corelli into the same category.

[Sean]

Both of these have been on my wishlist for some time! 

One N or two?