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Born	c.1630 • Germany
Died	February 18, 1708 • London • England

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David Tannenberg

American organ maker

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Thomas Dallam

English organ maker

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Johann Andreas Stein

German piano craftsman

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Henry Willis

British organ maker

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G. Donald Harrison

American organ designer

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Arp Schnitger

German organ maker

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Gottfried Silbermann

German instrument manufacturer

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Renatus Harris

European organ maker

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

German-English composer

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Aristide Cavaillé-Coll

French organ maker

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Robert Hope-Jones

British-American organ maker

Painting by Elias Gottlieb Hausmann of Johann Sebastian Bach wearing a dark coat with a white shirt and holding a sheet of music in his left hand.

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms

German composer

Felix Mendelssohn

Felix Mendelssohn

German musician and composer

William Byrd

William Byrd

English composer

Portrait of Benjamin Britten, British composer, wearing a suit and patterned tie, looking toward the camera with a neutral expression.

Benjamin Britten

British composer

C.P.E. Bach

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

German composer

Albert Schweitzer, with a mustache and wavy hair, poses in a thoughtful manner with his hand resting on his chin, photographed by Yousuf Karsh.

Albert Schweitzer

Alsatian-German theologian and physician

portrait of Charles Burney

Charles Burney

British musician and historian

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William Boyce

British composer