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Key People

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

Anton von Webern, 1940.

Anton Webern

Austrian composer

Krzysztof Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki

Polish composer

Heinrich Biber

Bohemian composer

Dietrich Buxtehude

Danish composer

Walter Piston

American composer

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Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz