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a French composer. She composed an opera at age 16, titled Daphnis et Amalthée which was performed in Amiens in 1755. An anonymous writer reporting the event in the Mercure de France described her as coming from the "provinces" and having a good education.
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Mlle Guerin1739 ca1755
 
1755unknown
Richard Mudge17181741
 
17571763, Apr
 an English clergyman and composer of the late baroque period. Mudge became curate of the villages...
Manuel Jose de Quirosunknown1730
 
17601765
 an 18th-century Guatemalan composer. Quirós is the first musician in the New World to receive a ...
Giovanni Giorgiunknown1719
 
17621762
 a priest and an Italian composer. His style of polychoral church compositions are influenced by e...
Francesco Araja1709, Jun 251729
 
17651768 ca
 an Italian composer who spent 25 years in Russia and wrote at least 14 operas for the Russian Imp...
Elisabeth de Haulteterre1720 ca1737
 
17681768
 a French composer and violinist. Despite the similarity of the name, she did not come from La Cou...
Johann Joachim Quantz1697, Jan 301716
 
17691773, Jul 12
 a German flutist, flute maker and composer. He composed hundreds of flute sonatas and concertos, ...
Jan Zach1699, Nov1724
 
17721773, May 24
 a Czech composer, violinist and organist. Although he was a gifted and versatile composer capable...
Johann Peter Kellner1705, Sep 281725
 
17721772, Apr 19
 a German organist and composer. He was the father of Johann Christoph Kellner. He was appointed c...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712, Jun 281739
 
17761778, Jul 2
 a philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. His political philosophy influenced the ...
Francesco Uttini17231743
 
17761795, Oct 25
 an Italian composer and conductor who was active mostly in Sweden. an Italian composer and conduc...
Antonin Kammel1730, Apr 211750
 
17791784/5, Oct 5
 a composer and violinist. Kammel was born at Belec, now in the Czech Republic. He was part of the...
Constantin Christian Dedekind1628, Apr 21652
 
1781715
 a German poet, dramatist, librettist, composer and bass singer of the Baroque era. His 1657 songb...
James Nares1715, Apr 191734
 
17811783, Feb 10
 an English composer of mostly sacred vocal works, though he also composed for the harpsichord and...
Johann Philipp Kirnberger1721, Apr 241741
 
17831783, Jul 27
 a musician, composer (primarily of fugues), and music theorist. Kirnberger played a significant r...
Carlo Zuccari1704, Nov 101720
 
17921792, May 3
 an Italian composer and violinist of the late Baroque and early classical; he worked mainly in Mi...
Claude Balbastre1724, Dec 81750
 
17921799, May 9
 a French composer, organist, harpsichordist and fortepianist. He was one of the most famous music...
Benjamin Cooke1734, Nov 281743
 
17931793, Sep 14
 an English composer, organist and teacher. He was the organist at Westminster Abbey, master of th...
Joseph Haydn1732, Mar 311739
 
18031809, May 31
 a prominent and prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the de...
Joseph Abaco1710, Mar 271729
 
18051805, Aug 31
 an Italian violoncellist and composer. He wrote nearly 40 cello sonatas, the Capricci for Violonc...
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