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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Italian composer
William Byrd
William Byrd
English composer
Jean-Baptiste Lully, engraving by Geille after Johannot, c. 1830.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
French composer
Guillaume de Machaut, detail of a miniature from Oeuvres de Guillaume de Machaut, c. 1370–80; in the Bibliothèque Nationale (Ms. Fr. 1584).
Guillaume de Machaut
French poet and musician
Tallis, Thomas
Thomas Tallis
English composer
Josquin des Prez
Josquin des Prez
French-Flemish composer
Dufay and Gilles Binchois
Guillaume Dufay
Franco-Flemish composer
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
French composer
Philippe de Monte
Dutch composer
Lasso, engraving by James Caldwall
Orlando di Lasso
Flemish composer
Jean de Ockeghem
Flemish composer
Giovanni Gabrieli
Italian composer
Christopher Tye
British composer
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Spanish composer
François Couperin
François Couperin
French composer [1668-1733]
Jakob Obrecht
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