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Born January 14, 1683 • Germany
Died August 4, 1753 (aged 70) • Dresden • Germany
C.P.E. Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
German composer
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, drawing by P. Gulle, 1783; in the Staatsbibliothek, Berlin
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
German composer
Johann Andreas Stein
German piano craftsman
Antonio de Cabezón
Spanish composer
Dolmetsch, pen-and-ink drawing by Edmond X. Kapp, 1920; in a private collection
Arnold Dolmetsch
British musician
John Broadwood
British piano maker
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Max Reger
German composer
Steinway, Henry Engelhard
Henry Engelhard Steinway
American piano maker
Arp Schnitger
German organ maker
Johann Jakob Froberger
German composer
Bernard Smith
British organ maker
Johann Christoph Zumpe
German-born piano maker
David Tannenberg
American organ maker
Johann Kuhnau
German composer
Georg Böhm
German composer
François-Étienne Blanchet
French harpsichord maker