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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Georg Philipp Telemann
German composer
Arcangelo Corelli
Italian musician
Alessandro Scarlatti, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, 1692; in the Palacio del Duque de Hijar, Epila, Spain
Alessandro Scarlatti
Italian composer
Ernest Bloch.
Ernest Bloch
American composer
Martinů, Bohuslav
Bohuslav Martinů
Czech composer
Georg Muffat
German composer
Francesco Geminiani
Italian musician

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