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Also Known As Johann Crüger
Born April 9, 1598 • Germany
Died February 23, 1662 (aged 63) • Berlin • Germany
Subjects Of Study choral music
Praetorius, Michael
Michael Praetorius
German musician
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
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
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British musician
Parry, Hubert Hastings
Sir Hubert Hastings Parry, Baronet
British composer
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French composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Weber, Carl Maria von
Carl Maria von Weber
German composer and musician
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Georg Philipp Telemann
German composer
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
German composer
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Johann Hermann Schein
German composer
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Johann Gottfried Walther
German composer
Peter Cornelius, engraving by Franz de Rohden, 1846
Peter Cornelius
German composer and author
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Moritz Hauptmann
German composer
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Samuel Scheidt
German composer
Max Bruch
Max Bruch
German composer
Robert Franz
Robert Franz
German composer
Mattheson, detail of an engraving by J.J. Haid after a painting by J.S. Wahl
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German musician and writer