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Born	March 30, 1719 • London • England
Died	May 21, 1789 (aged 70) • London • England
Notable Works	“General History of the Science and Practice of Music”
Subjects Of Study	music

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Belgian music scholar

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Johann Nikolaus Forkel

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Winston Churchill

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Samuel Johnson

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Francis Bacon

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Virginia Woolf

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Simon Rattle

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