Chronological list of French classical composers

The following is a chronological list of classical music composers who lived in, worked in, or were citizens of France. Medieval *Leonin (c. 1150 – 1201) *Perotin (1160 – 1230) *Adam de la Halle (1240 – 1287) *Philippe de Vitry (1291 – 1361) *Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300 – 1377) Renaissance *Guillaume Dufay (c. 1397 – 1474) *Gilles Binchois (c. 1400 – 1460) *Loÿset Compère (c. 1445 – 1518) *Josquin des Prez (c. 1450 – 1521), born near Franco-Flemish border *Pierre de La Rue (c. 1452 – 1518) *Jean Mouton (c. 1459 – 1522) *Antoine Brumel (c. 1460 – 1512/1513) *Clément Janequin (c. 1485 – 1558) *Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490 – 1562) *Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495 – c. 1560) *Ninot le Petit (fl. c. 1500 – 1520) *Pierre de Manchicourt (c. 1510 – 1564) *Godard () *Claude Gervaise (fl. 1540 – 1560) *Jean Titelouze (c. 1562/63 – 1633) Baroque *Pierre Guédron (c. 1570 – c. 1620) *Ennemond Gaultier (c. 1575–1651) *Antoine Boësset (1586–1643) *Étienne Moulinié (c. 1599 – after 1669) *Jacques Gaultier (c. 1600-1652) *Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (c. 1601 – 1672) *Denis Gaultier (1603–1672) *François Dufault (before 1604 – c. 1672) *Jacques de Gouy (c. 1610 – after 1650) *Michel Lambert (1610–16