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Born c.1626 • France
Died August 29, 1661 • Paris • France
Movement / Style Baroque music
François Couperin
François Couperin
French composer [1668-1733]
Domenico Scarlatti, engraving.
Domenico Scarlatti
Italian composer
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Italian composer
Johann Jakob Froberger
German composer
Antonio Soler
Spanish composer
William Croft
English musician
Jacques Champion de Chambonnières
French composer
Louis-Nicholas Clérambault
French musician
Louis-Claude Daquin
French composer
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau
French composer
Jean-Marie Leclair, engraving by Jean-Charles Franƈois, 1741.
Jean-Marie Leclair, the Elder
French musician
Antonio de Cabezón
Spanish composer
Orlando Gibbons
English composer
John Bull
English composer
Johann Kuhnau
German composer
Thomas Tomkins
English composer and organist
Juan Bautista José Cabanilles
Spanish composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Arcangelo Corelli
Italian musician