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Baptized March 31, 1656 • Paris • France
Died August 15, 1728 • Paris • France
Movement / Style Baroque music
Purcell, Henry
Henry Purcell
English composer
François Couperin
François Couperin
French composer [1668-1733]
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Dukas
Paul Dukas
French composer
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau
French composer
Jean-Baptiste Lully, engraving by Geille after Johannot, c. 1830.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
French composer
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
French composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
German composer
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
American composer
Weber, Carl Maria von
Carl Maria von Weber
German composer and musician
Giovanni Legrenzi
Italian composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Domenico Scarlatti, engraving.
Domenico Scarlatti
Italian composer
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Georg Philipp Telemann
German composer
Francesca Caccini
Italian composer and singer