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Also Known As Dieterich Buxtehude
Born 1637 • Germany
Died May 9, 1707 (aged 70) • Lübeck • Germany
Movement / Style Baroque music
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
J.P. Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Dutch composer
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Italian composer
William Boyce
British composer
François Couperin
François Couperin
French composer [1668-1733]
Johann Jakob Froberger
German composer
William Croft
English musician
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
César Franck, detail of a portrait by J. Rongier; in a private collection.
César Franck
Belgian-French composer
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
French musician
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Olivier Messiaen.
Olivier Messiaen
French composer
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
French composer
Blow, John
John Blow
English musician
Thomas Weelkes
English composer
Giovanni Gabrieli
Italian composer
Hans Leo Hassler
German composer
Max Reger
German composer

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