Les musicologues anglais parlent d’Early baroque. Les compositeurs de l’Angleterre et des nations voisines sont présents pendant cette première période du Baroque.
Les musiciens les plus connus, en France à notre époque sont notamment : William Byrd (1539-1623) =John Dowland (1563–1626) =Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) =Tobias Hume (1569–1645)
Beaucoup d’autres ont sombré dans l’oubli, tout au moins, en France. En voici une liste classée par date de naissance :
Elway Bevin (1554–1638) =Ferdinando Richardson (1558–1618)= =William Brade (1560–1630) ==William Cobbold (1560–1639) =Thomas Robinson (1560–1610) ==John Bull (1562–1628) = =Giles Farnaby (c. 1563–1640) =John Milton (1563–1647)==John Hilton (1565–1609)=George Kirbye (1565–1634)==Francis Pilkington (c. 1565–1638) =Thomas Campion (1567–1620) = Philip Rosseter (1568–1623) ==Christian Erbach (c. 1568–1635)= =Edward Gibbons (1568–1650) =Thomas Bateson (1570–1630) =Benjamin Cosyn (1570–1652) =John Ward (1571–1638) =Edward Johnson (1572–1601) =Daniel Bacheler (1572–1619) =Martin Peerson (1572–1651) =Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656) =Ellis Gibbons (1573–1603)=John Wilbye (1574–1638) =John Bennet (1575–1614) =Daniel Farrant (c. 1575–1651) =John Coprario (1575–1626) ==Alfonso Ferrabosco (c. 1575–1628) =William Simmes (c. 1575–c. 1625) =Thomas Weelkes (1576–1623) =John Maynard (1577–1614 ?) =Robert Jones (1577–1617) ==John Amner (1579–1641)=Richard Dering (c. 1580–1630) =Michael East (1580–1648) =Thomas Ford (c. 1580–1648) =John Lugg (1580–1647 ?)=Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1582–c. 1635) =Thomas Simpson (1582–1628) =Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625) =Robert Johnson (c. 1583–1634) =John Adson (c. 1587–1640)=Walter Porter (1588–1659) = Nicholas Lanier (1588–1666) John Marchant (1588-1611 ?) =John Tomkins (1589–1638)=Robert Ramsey (1590s–1644) = Richard Mico (1590–1661) =Robert Dowland (c. 1591–1641) =John Jenkins (1592–1678) =Henry Lawes (1595–1662)=John Okeover (1595–1663) =John Wilson (1595–1674) = John Hilton Jr (c. 1599–1657) =John Bartlet (fl. 1606–1610) =Thomas Greaves (fl. 1604) =Richard Nicholson (mort en 1639) ==Thomas Vautor (1580/1590–?) =Henry Youll (1580/1590–?) =George Handford (fl. c. 1609) Charles Coleman (1605-1664) =William Corkine (fl. 1610–1617)
