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The Bruckner Organ, 18th century; in the church of the Abbey of Sankt Florian, Austria
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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
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German 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
Bruckner, Anton
Anton Bruckner
Austrian composer
César Franck, detail of a portrait by J. Rongier; in a private collection.
César Franck
Belgian-French composer
William Byrd
William Byrd
English composer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
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Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre
French musician
Stevie Wonder smiling and wearing sunglasses and a dark jacket while performing outdoors.
Stevie Wonder
American singer, composer, and musician
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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Steve Reich
American composer
C.P.E. Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
German composer
Albert Schweitzer, with a mustache and wavy hair, poses in a thoughtful manner with his hand resting on his chin, photographed by Yousuf Karsh.
Albert Schweitzer
Alsatian-German theologian and physician
portrait of Charles Burney
Charles Burney
British musician and historian
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Camille Saint-Saëns
French composer
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi
Italian composer
Olivier Messiaen.
Olivier Messiaen
French composer
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
French composer
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Antonio de Cabezón
Spanish composer

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