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Born c.1490 • Scotland?
Died 1547?
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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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German composer
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Italian composer
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English composer
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