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Also Known As Pierchon de La Rue • Peter van Straten • Perchon de La Rue • Pierson de La Rue
Born c.1452 • Tournai • Belgium
Died November 20, 1518 • Kortrijk • Belgium
Movement / Style Franco-Netherlandish school • Renaissance art • Renaissance
Lasso, engraving by James Caldwall
Orlando di Lasso
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Josquin des Prez
Josquin des Prez
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Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
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Jacobus Clemens
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Guillaume Dufay
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
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Antoine Busnois
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Jean Mouton
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Charles Bordes
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Alexander Agricola
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Philippe de Monte
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Jean de Ockeghem
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Loyset Compère
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Heinrich Isaac
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Adriaan Willaert
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
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