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[details ←] Old Dutch Masters; Book 5 (score) Organ,
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[details ←] La Chasse [transcription] (No. 3 of Five Classic Manuscripts) - full score Percussion, Violin,
[details ←] European Organ Music of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries; Volume 1: Netherlands and France (score) Organ,
[details ←] La Chasse [transcription] (No. 3 of Five Classic Manuscripts) - solo part Percussion, Violin,
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Renaissance composers
Belgian composers
French composers

The renaissance era in music lasted from around 1400 till roughly 1600. This period can be subdivided into early renaissance (around 1400 till late 15th century), middle renaissance (late 15th century till early 16th century) and late renaissance (early16th century till around 1600).

Composers that were born in Belgium, or gained the Belgian nationality.

Composers that were born in France, or gained the French nationality.

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