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Baptized September 8, 1672
Died November 30, 1703 • Reims • France • (Anniversary in 7 days)
Movement / Style Baroque music
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
C.P.E. Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
German composer
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Italian composer
William Boyce
British composer
Dietrich Buxtehude
Danish composer
Johann Jakob Froberger
German composer
Antonio Soler
Spanish composer
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
Austrian composer
Pachelbel's Canon
Johann Pachelbel
German composer
William Croft
English musician
César Franck, detail of a portrait by J. Rongier; in a private collection.
César Franck
Belgian-French composer
Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
French musician
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Camille Saint-Saëns
French composer
Olivier Messiaen.
Olivier Messiaen
French composer
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
French composer
Charles-Marie Widor
French organist and composer
Jehan Titelouze
French musician
Marcel Dupré
French musician
Louis-Nicholas Clérambault
French musician