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Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre

French musician

Elliott Carter

American composer

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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

American organ maker

Hans Ruckers, the Elder

Flemish instrument maker

Jeremiah Clarke

English composer

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