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Also Known As Christopher Sympson
Born Between c.1602 and 1606 • England
Died Between May 5, 1669 and July 29, 1669 • London • England
Subjects Of Study music
Orlando Gibbons
English composer
Tovey
Sir Donald Francis Tovey
British pianist and composer
Charles Avison
English composer
Thomas Tomkins
English composer and organist
Weber, Carl Maria von
Carl Maria von Weber
German composer and musician
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
German composer
Fernando Sor
Spanish Romantic performer, composer, and teacher of guitar
Antonio de Cabezón
Spanish composer
Tartini, Giuseppe
Giuseppe Tartini
Italian musician
Dolmetsch, pen-and-ink drawing by Edmond X. Kapp, 1920; in a private collection
Arnold Dolmetsch
British musician
J.P. Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Dutch composer
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Austrian composer
Stainer, Sir John
Sir John Stainer
British composer
Vincenzo Galilei
Italian musician
Antonio Soler
Spanish composer
Rodolphe Kreutzer
French composer
Czerny, Carl
Carl Czerny
Austrian pianist, teacher, and composer
Purcell, Henry
Henry Purcell
English composer