1370–1500

* Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376-7 – 1445)
* Conrad Paumann (c. 1410 – 1473)
* Heinrich Finck (1444/5 – 1527)
* Hans Judenkönig (c. 1450 – 1526) Also spelt Judenkünig
* Thomas Mancinus (1550 – c. 1612)
* Arnolt Schlick (c. 1450 – c. 1525)
* Pierre Alamire (c. 1470 – 1536) Active in the Low Countries
* Hans Buchner (1483 – 1538)
* Martin Agricola (1486 – 1556)
* Arnold von Bruck (c. 1490 – 1554)
* Leonhard Kleber (c. 1490 – 1556)
* Benedictus Ducis (c. 1492 – 1544)
* Lorenz Lemlin (c. 1495 – c. 1549) Also spelt Laurenz
* Johann Walter (1496 – 1570)
* Hans Gerle (c. 1498 – 1570)
* Wolfgang Schmeltzl (c. 1500 to 1505 – c. 1564)

1501–1571

* Hans Neusiedler (1508 – 1563)
* Georg Forster (c. 1510 – 1568)
* Caspar Othmayr (1515 – 1553)
* Jobst von Brandt (1517 – 1570)
* Sigmund Hemmel (c. 1520 – 1565)
* Hermann Finck (1527 – 1558)
* Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach (c. 1530 – 1597)
* Mattheus Waissel (c. 1540 – 1602)
* Leonhard Lechner (c. 1553 – 1606)
* Johannes Nucius (c. 1556 – 1620)
* Hieronymus Praetorius (1560 – 1629)
* Elias Mertel (c. 1561 – 1626)
* Andreas Raselius (c. 1562 – 1602)
* Hans Leo Hassler (1564 – 1612) Also spelt Haßler
* Christoph Demantius (1567 – 1643)
* Michael Praetorius (c. 1571 – 1621)