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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.
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Oil portrait of composer Georg Frideric Handel by Thomas Hudson, showing Handel in a red coat with gold trim, white wig, and holding a sheet of music.
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Georg Philipp Telemann
German composer
César Franck, detail of a portrait by J. Rongier; in a private collection.
César Franck
Belgian-French composer
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Antonio Sacchini
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Gounod, Charles
Charles Gounod
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Elgar, Sir Edward
Sir Edward Elgar
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Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
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Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz
German 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
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Thomas Arne, engraving (1782) after an illustration by Francesco Bartolozzi.
Thomas Arne
British composer
Ditters von Dittersdorf, Carl
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Austrian composer and violinist
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki
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