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Alessandro Stradella: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born April 3, 1639 • Italy
Died February 25, 1682 (aged 42) • Genoa • Italy

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Open manuscript of Alessandro Stradella's Cantate from around 1750, showing handwritten musical notation and a small portrait sketch on the right page.
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Agostino Steffani
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Oil portrait of composer Georg Frideric Handel by Thomas Hudson, showing Handel in a red coat with gold trim, white wig, and holding a sheet of music.
George Frideric Handel
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Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer
Alessandro Scarlatti, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, 1692; in the Palacio del Duque de Hijar, Epila, Spain
Alessandro Scarlatti
Italian composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Georg Philipp Telemann
German composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1957, wearing a dark suit and bow tie, with a serious expression and a brick wall in the background.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English composer
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Peter Benoit
Belgian composer
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Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen
British conductor and composer
Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Campbell
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie
British composer
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer
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Antonio Sacchini
Italian composer
An oil painting from circa 1730 by Bartholomew Dandridge depicting the Italian composer Giovanni Bononcini seated and dressed in period clothing.
Giovanni Bononcini
Italian composer
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Giacomo Carissimi
Italian composer
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Giovanni Legrenzi
Italian composer
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Pietro Antonio Cesti
Italian composer
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Emanuele d’ Astorga
Italian composer
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Carlo Caproli
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