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Born 1587 • Halle • Germany
Died March 24, 1654 (aged 67) • Halle • Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Johann Gottfried Walther
German composer
Hans Leo Hassler
German composer
Johann Caspar von Kerll
German composer
Olivier Messiaen.
Olivier Messiaen
French composer
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
French composer
William Boyce
British composer
Blow, John
John Blow
English musician
Thomas Weelkes
English composer
Dietrich Buxtehude
Danish composer
Stainer, Sir John
Sir John Stainer
British composer
Jehan Titelouze
French musician
Andreas Hammerschmidt
Austrian-Bohemian composer
William Croft
English musician
Thomas Tomkins
English composer and organist
Jeremiah Clarke
English composer
Johann Jakob Froberger
German composer
Johann Kuhnau
German composer
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
German composer
Eccard, Johannes
Johannes Eccard
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