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Also Known As Christopher Sympson
Born Between c.1602 and 1606 • England
Died Between May 5, 1669 and July 29, 1669 • London • England
Subjects Of Study music
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Orlando Gibbons
English composer
Tovey
Sir Donald Francis Tovey
British pianist and composer
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Charles Avison
English composer
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Thomas Tomkins
English composer and organist
Weber, Carl Maria von
Carl Maria von Weber
German composer and musician
Sergey Rachmaninoff in profile, seated at a piano, playing with both hands on the keys.
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
German composer
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Fernando Sor
Spanish Romantic performer, composer, and teacher of guitar
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Antonio de Cabezón
Spanish composer
Giuseppe Tartini
Giuseppe Tartini
Italian musician
Dolmetsch, pen-and-ink drawing by Edmond X. Kapp, 1920; in a private collection
Arnold Dolmetsch
British musician
J.P. Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Dutch composer
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Austrian composer
Stainer, Sir John
Sir John Stainer
British composer
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Vincenzo Galilei
Italian musician
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Antonio Soler
Spanish composer
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Rodolphe Kreutzer
French composer
Czerny, Carl
Carl Czerny
Austrian pianist, teacher, and composer
Purcell, Henry
Henry Purcell
English composer