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Also Known As Jakob PetelinGallus-Carniolus • Jacobus Gallus • Jacobus Handelius
Born 1550 • Podgorica • Montenegro
Died July 18, 1591 (aged 41) • Prague • Czech Republic
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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.
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Austrian composer
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Austrian composer
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Thomas Tallis
English composer
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Italian composer
Josquin des Prez
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French composer
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Franco-Flemish composer
Lasso, engraving by James Caldwall
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Spanish composer
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John Dunstable
English composer
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French singer and composer
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