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Born May 1738 • London • England
Died December 10, 1801 (aged 63) • Islington • England
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Sir Henry J. Wood
British musician
Purcell, Henry
Henry Purcell
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
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William Boyce
British composer
William Byrd
William Byrd
English composer
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop
English composer and conductor
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Jeremiah Clarke
English composer
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Austrian composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill
German-American composer
Lasso, engraving by James Caldwall
Orlando di Lasso
Flemish composer
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Hans Leo Hassler
German composer
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Charles Bordes
French composer
portrait of Arthur Sullivan by John Everett Millais
Arthur Sullivan
British composer
Tallis, Thomas
Thomas Tallis
English 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
Thomas Arne, engraving (1782) after an illustration by Francesco Bartolozzi.
Thomas Arne
British composer
Blow, John
John Blow
English musician
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Thomas Weelkes
English composer