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This is a list of composers who wrote for [[lute]] and similar period instruments: [[theorbo]], [[chitarrone]], [[vihuela]] etc. Composers who worked outside of their country of origin are listed according to where they were most active, i.e. German-born [[Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger]] is listed under Italy. Within sections, the order is alphabetical by surname (or, in cases of, for example, Pietrobono and Lorenzino, by first name).
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==Renaissance and Baroque==

===Italy===

====Late 15th century to mid-16th century====
[[Image:Francesco Canova da Milano.jpg|right|thumb|Francesco Canova da Milano, 1497–1543]]
* [[Giovanni Maria Alemanni]] ([[floruit|fl.]] 1500&ndash;1525, no compositions survive)
* [[Pietro Paolo Borrono]] (c. 1490–1563)
* [[Franciscus Bossinensis]] (fl. 1510)
* [[Vincenzo Capirola]] (1474{{Spaced en dash}}after 1548)
* [[Marco Dall'Aquila]] ({{Circa|1480}}{{Spaced en dash}}after 1538)
* [[Joan Ambrosio Dalza]] (fl. 1508)
* [[Francesco Canova da Milano]] (1497–1543)
* [[Francesco Spinacino]] (fl. 1507)
* [[Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa]] (1470–1530, no compositions survive)

====Mid 16th&ndash;17th centuries====
* [[Bellerofonte Castaldi]] (1580–1649)
* [[Francesco Corbetta]] (c.1615–1681), composer for Baroque guitar
* [[Fabrizio Dentice]] (c.1539–1581)
* The Galilei family:
** [[Vincenzo Galilei]] (late 1520s{{Spaced en dash}}1591)
** [[Michelagnolo Galilei]] (1575–1631), his son
* [[Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger]] (c.1580–1651, of German descent)
* [[Simone Molinaro]] (c.1570{{Spaced en dash}}after 1633)
* [[Alessandro Piccinini]] (1566–1638)
* [[Giovanni Zamboni]] (fl. second half of the 17th century)

====Late 17th&ndash;18th centuries====
* [[Francesco Bartolomeo Conti]]
* [[Ludovico Roncalli]] (1654–1713)
* [[Antonio Vivaldi]] (1678–1741)

===France===
* [[Pierre Attaingnant]] (c.1494{{Spaced en dash}}c.1551, publisher, possibly composer)
* [[Robert Ballard (lutenist)|Robert Ballard]] (1575–1649)
* [[Julien Belin]] (c.1525/30–1584)
* [[Jean-Baptiste Besard]] (c.1567{{Spaced en dash}}after 1616)
* [[Pierre Blondeau]] (fl. 1st half of the 16th century, treasurer, possibly composer)
* [[Mlle Bocquet]] (fl. 1st half of the 17th century)
* [[François de Chancy]] (1600–1656)
* [[François Dufault|François Dufaut]] (before 1604{{Spaced en dash}}before 1672)
* [[Jacques Gallot]] (died c. 1690)
* The Gaultier family:
** [[Denis Gaultier]] (1597/1603–1672)
** [[Ennemond Gaultier]] (1575–1651), his cousin
* [[Jacques Gaultier|Jacques Gautier]] (''Gaultier'') (fl. 1st half of the 17th century, died before 1660)
* [[Pierre Gaultier|Pierre Gautier]] (''Gaultier'') (1599{{Spaced en dash}}after 1638, active in Italy)
* [[René Mesangeau]] (fl. 1567–1638)
* [[Germain Pinel]] (c. 1600–1664)
* [[Guillaume Morlaye]] (born c. 1510)
* [[Charles Mouton]] (1617–1699)
* [[Jean-Paul Paladin]] (died before September 1565, Italian-born)
* [[Julien Perrichon]] (1566{{Spaced en dash}}c. 1600)
* [[Jakub Polak (musician)|Jakub Reys]] (c.1550{{Spaced en dash}}c.1605, Polish-born)
* [[Albert de Rippe]] (1500–1551, Italian-born)
* [[Adrian Le Roy]] (c.1520–1598)
* [[Robert de Visée]] (c.1655–1732/3)

===Spain===
* [[Esteban Daza]] (c.1537{{Spaced en dash}}1591/6)
* [[Miguel de Fuenllana]] (fl. 1553–1578)
* [[Francisco Guerau]] (1649–1722, composed for Baroque guitar)
* [[Luis de Milán|Luys Milan]] (c.1500{{Spaced en dash}}after 1560)
* [[Alonso de Mudarra]] (c.1510–1580)
* [[Santiago de Murcia]] (c.1682{{Spaced en dash}}c.1740, moved to Mexico, composed for Baroque guitar)
* [[Luis de Narváez|Luys de Narváez]] (fl. 1526–49)
* [[Diego Pisador]] (1509/10{{Spaced en dash}}after 1557)
* [[Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz]] (born probably before 1650, composed for Baroque guitar)
* [[Gaspar Sanz]] (mid-17th century–early 18th century, composed for Baroque guitar)
* [[Enríquez de Valderrábano]] (fl. 1547)

===England===
* [[Daniel Bacheler]] (1572–1619)
* [[Thomas Campion]] (1567–1620)
* [[Francis Cutting]] (c.1550{{Spaced en dash}}c.1596)
* [[John Danyel]] (1564{{Spaced en dash}}c.1626)
* The Dowland family:
** [[John Dowland]] (1563–1626)
** [[Robert Dowland]] (1591–1641)
* [[Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder]] (1543–1588, Italian-born)
* [[Cuthbert Hely]] (fl. 1620–1640)
* [[Anthony Holborne]] (c. 1545–1602)
* The Johnson family:
** [[John Johnson (composer)|John Johnson]] (c. 1545–1594)
** [[Robert Johnson (English composer)|Robert Johnson]] (c. 1580–1634)
* [[Robert Jones (composer)|Robert Jones]] (''fl.'' 1597–1615)
* [[Peter Philips]] (c. 1560–1628)
* [[Thomas Robinson (composer)|Thomas Robinson]] (''fl.'' 1589–1609)
* [[Philip Rosseter]] (1567/8–1623)

===Netherlands/Belgium===
* [[Emmanuel Adriaenssen|Emanuel Adriaenssen]] (c.1554–1604)
* [[Joachim van den Hove]] (1567–1620)
* [[Constantijn Huygens]] (1596–1687, no compositions survive)
* [[Philips van Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde]] (1540–1598, no compositions survive)
* [[Johannes Matelart]] (1538-1607)
* [[Josquin des Prez]] (c. 1450–1521)
* [[Jacques de Saint-Luc]] (1616–c.1710, worked in Paris, Vienna, etc.)
* [[Nicolas Vallet]] (c. 1583{{Spaced en dash}}after 1642, French-born)
* [[Philip van Wilder]] (c. 1500{{Spaced en dash}}1554)

===Germany/Austria===
[[Image:Silvius Leopold Weiss.jpg|thumb|right|Sylvius Leopold Weiß, 1687–1750]]
* [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] (1685–1750)
* [[Jacques Bittner]] (fl. 1680)
* [[Ernst Gottlieb Baron]]  (1696–1760)
* [[Adam Falckenhagen]] (1697–1754)
* [[Bernhard Joachim Hagen]] (1720–1787)
* [[Hans Gerle]] (c.1500{{Spaced en dash}}1570)
* [[Hans Judenkünig]] (c. 1445/50–1526)
* [[David Kellner]] (1670–1748)
* [[Karl Kohaut]] (1726–1784)
* [[Johann Kropfgans]] (1708-1770)
* [[Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner]] (1676–1754)
* [[Elias Mertel]] (c.1561{{Spaced en dash}}1626)
* [[Hans Neusidler]] (c.1508/09{{Spaced en dash}}1563)
* [[Esaias Reusner]] (17th century)
* [[Sebastian Anton Scherer]] (1631–1712, no lute compositions survive)
* [[Arnolt Schlick]] (c. 1460{{Spaced en dash}}after 1521)
* [[Silvius Leopold Weiss]] (1686–1750)

===Other countries===
* [[Bálint Bakfark]] (Hungary, c.1526/30{{Spaced en dash}}1576)
* [[Diomedes Cato]] (Italy, 1560/65{{Spaced en dash}}after 1607 or 1618, active in Poland)
* [[Wojciech Dlugoraj]] (Poland, 1557/8{{Spaced en dash}}c.1619)
* [[Jan Antonín Losy]] (Bohemia, c.1643–1721)

==20th and 21st centuries==
* [[Dušan Bogdanović]] (US and Serbia)
* [[Johann Nepomuk David]] (Germany)
* [[Alexandre Danilevsky]] (France and Russia)
* [[Vladimir Fyodorovich Vavilov|Vladimir Vavilov]] (Russia)
* [[Paulo Galvão]] (Portugal)
* [[Jacopo Gianninoto]] (Italy)
* [[Sandor Kallos]] (Ukraine and Russia)
* [[Ronn McFarlane]] (US)
* [[Robert MacKillop]] (Scotland)
* [[Toyohiko Satoh]] (Japan and Netherlands)
* [[Roman Turovsky-Savchuk]] (US and Ukraine)
* [[Jozef van Wissem]] (US/The Netherlands)
* [[Andrei Krylov (composer)|Andrei Krylov]] (Canada and Russia)

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