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Also Known As Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante
Born Before September 17, 1795 • Altamura • Italy
Died December 17, 1870 • Naples • Italy
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini
Italian composer
Cimarosa, Domenico
Domenico Cimarosa
Italian composer
Gaspare Spontini
Italian musician
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
Italian composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Gluck
Christoph Willibald Gluck
German composer
Thomas Arne, engraving (1782) after an illustration by Francesco Bartolozzi.
Thomas Arne
British composer
Ditters von Dittersdorf, Carl
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Austrian composer and violinist
François-Adrien Boieldieu
François-Adrien Boieldieu
French composer
Adolphe Adam
French composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Italian composer
Domenico Scarlatti, engraving.
Domenico Scarlatti
Italian composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer
Donizetti, Gaetano
Gaetano Donizetti
Italian opera composer
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini
Italian composer

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