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C.P.E. Bach

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

German composer

Antonio de Cabezón

Spanish composer

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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, drawing by P. Gulle, 1783; in the Staatsbibliothek, Berlin

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

German composer

Gottfried Silbermann

German instrument manufacturer

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