Composers
The following list includes almost all of the composers of the English Madrigal School who published works. Many of these were amateur composers, some known only for a single book of madrigals, and some for an even smaller contribution.
- Thomas Bateson (c 1570-1630)
- John Bennet (c 1575–after 1614)
- John Bull (1562–1628)
- William Byrd (1543–1623)
- Thomas Campion (1567–1620)
- Richard Carlton (c 1558–?1638)
- Michael Cavendish (c 1565–1628)
- John Dowland (1563–1626)
- Michael East (c 1580–c 1648)
- John Farmer (c 1565–1605)
- Giles Farnaby (c 1560–c 1620)
- Alfonso Ferrabosco (1543–1588) (Italian, but worked in England for two decades)
- Ellis Gibbons (1573–1603)
- Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)
- Thomas Greaves (fl. c 1600)
- William Holborne (fl. 1597)
- John Holmes (d. 1629)
- John Jenkins (1592–1678)
- Robert Jones (fl. 1597–1615)
- George Kirbye (c 1565–1634)
- Henry Lichfild (fl. 1613, d. after 1620)
- John Milton (1562–1647)
- Thomas Morley (1557–1603)
- John Mundy (c 1555–1630)
- Peter Philips (c 1560–1628) (lived and published in the Netherlands, but wrote in an English style)
- Francis Pilkington (c 1570–1638)
- Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656)
- Thomas Vautor (c 1580-?)
- John Ward (1571–1638)
- Thomas Weelkes (1576–1623)
- John Wilbye (1574–1638)
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