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Johann Pachelbel
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Facts

Baptized September 1, 1653
Died March 3, 1706 • Nürnberg • Germany
Notable Works “Pachelbel’s Canon”
Movement / Style Baroque music

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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Dietrich Buxtehude
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Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
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Max Reger
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Georg Böhm
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Sigfrid Karg-Elert
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George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
C.P.E. Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
German composer
Johann Jakob Froberger
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Italian composer
Antonio Soler
Spanish composer
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
Austrian composer
Nicolas de Grigny
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William Croft
English musician
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
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Johann Gottfried Walther
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Hans Leo Hassler
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Samuel Scheidt
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