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Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
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Elliott Carter
American composer
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
French composer
A pianoforte by Bartolomeo Cristofori
Bartolomeo Cristofori
Italian harpsichord maker
Manuel de Falla
Spanish composer
Johann Andreas Stein
German piano craftsman
David Tannenberg
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Hans Ruckers, the Elder
Flemish instrument maker
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