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Also Known As church music

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Antiphonarium Basiliense, printed by Michael Wenssler in Basel, c. 1488. Marginalia suggests its use as a choir book into the 19th century.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Austrian composer
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Italian composer
Domenico Scarlatti, engraving.
Domenico Scarlatti
Italian composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer
Antonín Dvořák.
Antonín Dvořák
Bohemian composer
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Georg Philipp Telemann
German composer
William Byrd
William Byrd
English composer
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Antonio Sacchini
Italian composer
Gounod, Charles
Charles Gounod
French composer
Jean-Baptiste Lully, engraving by Geille after Johannot, c. 1830.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
French composer
Tallis, Thomas
Thomas Tallis
English composer
Cherubini, Luigi
Luigi Cherubini
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