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Also Known As Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Baptized August 12, 1644
Died May 3, 1704 • Salzburg • Austria
Notable Works “Mystery Sonatas”
Movement / Style Baroque music
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Arcangelo Corelli
Italian musician
Tartini, Giuseppe
Giuseppe Tartini
Italian musician
Francesco Geminiani
Italian musician
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini
Italian composer
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
German composer
Enesco, George
George Enesco
Romanian musician and composer
Domenico Scarlatti, engraving.
Domenico Scarlatti
Italian composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer
Dietrich Buxtehude
Danish composer
Pietro Locatelli
Italian musician
Antonio Soler
Spanish composer
Jean-Marie Leclair, engraving by Jean-Charles Franƈois, 1741.
Jean-Marie Leclair, the Elder
French musician
William Croft
English musician
Dussek, detail of a drawing by Pierre Condé, 19th century
Jan Ladislav Dussek
Bohemian pianist and composer
František Benda
German musician
Wojciech Adalbert Zywny
Polish musician
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer

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