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Born May 6, 1728 • Germany
Died February 29, 1792 (aged 63) • Augsburg • Germany
A pianoforte by Bartolomeo Cristofori
Bartolomeo Cristofori
Italian harpsichord maker
Sébastien Érard
French musical instrument maker
Steinway, Henry Engelhard
Henry Engelhard Steinway
American piano maker
David Tannenberg
American organ maker
Gottfried Silbermann
German instrument manufacturer
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
French composer
Robert Hope-Jones
British-American organ maker
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
C.P.E. Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
German composer
Theobald Boehm
German woodwind maker
Max Reger
German composer
Arp Schnitger
German organ maker
Bernard Smith
British organ maker
Johann Christoph Zumpe
German-born piano maker
Johann Christoph Denner
German musician
César Franck, detail of a portrait by J. Rongier; in a private collection.
César Franck
Belgian-French composer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
French musician
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
American singer, composer, and musician