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Baptized April 18, 1605
Died January 12, 1674 • Rome • Italy
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer
Alessandro Stradella
Italian composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Georg Philipp Telemann
German composer
César Franck, detail of a portrait by J. Rongier; in a private collection.
César Franck
Belgian-French composer
Elgar, Sir Edward
Sir Edward Elgar
English composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English composer
Mendelssohn, Fanny
Fanny Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Peter Benoit
Belgian composer
Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen
British conductor and composer
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
German composer
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer
Antonio Sacchini
Italian composer
Barbara Strozzi
Italian singer and composer
Alessandro Scarlatti, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, 1692; in the Palacio del Duque de Hijar, Epila, Spain
Alessandro Scarlatti
Italian composer
Giovanni Bononcini
Italian composer

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