Hans Nielsen (c.1580-c.1626) *
Johann Staden (1581-1634)
Truid Aagesen (fl.1593-1625) *
Mogens Pedersøn (c.1583-1623) *
Melchior Borchgrevinck (?-1632) *
Peter Hasse (c.1585-1640)
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) *
Johann Grabbe (1585-1655)
Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630)
Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)

Hans Brachrogge (c.1590-1638) *
Johann Schop (c.1590-1667)
Melchior Schildt (c.1592-1667)
Gottfried Scheidt (1593-1661)
Heinrich Scheidemann (c.1596-1663)
Andreas Düben (1597-1662)
Johann Crüger (1598-1662)
Thomas Selle (1599-1663)

Delphin Strungk (1600-1694)
Heinrich Albert (1604-1651)
Johannes Bach (1604-1673)
Sigmund Theophil Staden (1607-1655)

Andreas Hammerschmidt (c.1611-1675)
Franz Tunder (1614-1667) *
Johann Jakob Froberger (1616-1667)
Kaspar Förster (1616-1673) *
Matthias Weckmann (c.1616 - 1674)
Crato Bütner (1616-1679)
Nicolaus Hasse (1617-1672)
Johann Rosenmüller (1619-1694)

Adam Drese (c.1620-1701)
Thomas Strutius (1621-1687)
Dietrich Becker (1623-1679)
Johann Rudolph Ahle (1625-1673)
Johann Melchior Gletle (1626-1683)
Paul Hainlein (1626-1686)
Johann Balthasar Erben (1626-1686)
Johann Kaspar Kerll (1627-1693)
Christoph Bernhard (1628-1692) *
Johann Jacob Löwe (1629-1703)

Vincenzo Albrici (1631-1690/96)
Sebastian Knüpfer (1633-1676)
Adam Krieger (1634-1666)
Augustin Pfleger (1635-c.1686)
Esaias Reusner (1636-1679)
Georg Daniel Speer (1636-1707)
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707) *

Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1640-1700)
Johann Cristoph Bach (1642-1703)
Johann Adam Reincken (1643-1722)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704)
Johann Wolfgang Franck (1644-1710)
Didaco Philetari (1645-?)
Georg Christoph Strattner (c.1645-1704)
Johann Georg Conradi (c.1645-1699)
Johann Theile (1646-1724)
Georg Bleyer (1647-c.1694)
Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694)
Johann Schelle (1648-1701)
Andreas Kneller (1649-1724)
Johann Philipp Krieger (1649-1725)

Christian Geist (c.1650-1711) *
Johann Krieger (1651-1735)
Johann Philipp Förtsch (1652-1732)
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Vincent Lübeck (1654-1740)

Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697) *
Johann Nicolaus Hanff (1665-1711/12)
Georg Böhm (1666-1733)