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1649, Feb1668-17001708, Oct 1
an English Baroque composer and organist, appointed to Westminster Abbey in 1669. In 1685 he was named a private musician to James II. His only stage composition, Venus and Adonis (ca. 1680–1687), was thought to influence Henry Purcell's later opera Dido and Aeneas. In 1687 he became choirmaster at St Paul's Cathedral, where many of his pieces were performed. In 1699 he was appointed to the newly created post of Composer to the Chapel Royal.
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John Blow1649, Feb1668
 
17001708, Oct 1

Francois Martin [1]unknown1650
 
1669unknown
 A French composer. Not much is known about his life. He served as ordinaire to Gaston, Duke of Or...
Adam Vaclav Michna z Otradovic1600, Jun 301633
 
16731676, Oct 16
 a Czech Catholic aristocrat, poet, composer, hymn writer, organist and choir leader of the early ...
Giacomo Carissimi1605, Apr1623
 
16741674, Jan 12
 an Italian composer. He is one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque or, more accur...
Gaspar Sanz16401660
 
16971710
 an Aragonese composer, guitarist, organist and priest born to a wealthy family in Calanda in the ...
Jan Adams Reincken1643, Dec1657
 
17221722, Nov 24
 a Dutch/German organist and composer. He was one of the most important German composers of the 17...
Georg Bohm1661, Sep 21680
 
17271733, May 18
 a German Baroque organist and composer. He is notable for his development of the chorale partita ...
Jean-Francois Dandrieu1682 ca1687
 
17391739, Feb 7
 a French Baroque composer, harpsichordist and organist. Dandrieu's harpsichord writing is reminis...
George Frideric Handel16851696
 
17501759
 a German-born British Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well ...
Constantin Christian Dedekind1628, Apr 21652
 
1781715
 a German poet, dramatist, librettist, composer and bass singer of the Baroque era. His 1657 songb...
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