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Composers born active died
1685 1696-1750 1759
a German-born British Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Born in a family indifferent to music, Handel received critical training in Halle, Hamburg and Italy before settling in London (1712), and became a naturalized British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition.
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George Frideric Handel 1685 1696
1750 1759
Gaspar Sanz 1640 1660 1697 1710 an Aragonese composer, guitarist, organist and priest born to a wealthy family in Calanda in the ... John Blow 1649, Feb 1668 1700 1708, Oct 1 an English Baroque composer and organist, appointed to Westminster Abbey in 1669. In 1685 he was... Sybrand van Noordt the Younger 1659/60 1700 1709 1705 organist of the old church at Amsterdam about the year 1700 was one of the best performers of his... Jan Adams Reincken 1643, Dec 1657 1722 1722, Nov 24 a Dutch/German organist and composer. He was one of the most important German composers of the 17... Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault 1695, Aug 26 1709 1722 1791 a French singer and composer. She made her debut at the Paris Opera in 1709 in Jean-Baptiste Lull... Nicolas Gilles Forqueray 1703, Feb 15 1719 1722 1761, Oct 22 Born and died in Chaumes-en-Brie. He was organist of the Chapel of Louis XV and several Parisian ... William Babell 1689/90 1711 1723 1723, Sep 23 an English musician, composer, and prolific arranger of vocal music for harpsichord. He wrote num... Georg Bohm 1661, Sep 2 1680 1727 1733, May 18 a German Baroque organist and composer. He is notable for his development of the chorale partita ... Jean-Francois Dandrieu 1682 ca 1687 1739 1739, Feb 7 a French Baroque composer, harpsichordist and organist. Dandrieu's harpsichord writing is reminis... Richard Jones unknown 1720 1744 1744, Jan 20 an English composer and violinist. His pantomime stage works and ballad operas are all lost excep... Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani 1682 1700 1749 1757, Feb 26 an Italian composer of first half of the eighteenth century. Among his works are holy masses, off... Michielina della Pieta unknown 1700 1749 unknown an Italian composer, violinist, organist, and teacher of music. A foundling admitted in infancy t... Johann Sebastian Bach 1685, Mar 31 1703 1750 1750, Jul 28 a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles throu... Santa della Pieta unknown 1725 1750 1774 ca an Italian singer, composer, and violinist. She is known to have been a contralto soloist, violin... Francesco Durante 1684 1725 1755 1755 a Neapolitan composer. A complete collection of Durante's works, consisting almost exclusively of... Charles Dolle unknown 1735 1755 1755 ca a French viol player and composer. Very little is known about his life. He was active in Paris an... Richard Mudge 1718 1741 1757 1763, Apr an English clergyman and composer of the late baroque period. Mudge became curate of the villages... Manuel Jose de Quiros unknown 1730 1760 1765 an 18th-century Guatemalan composer. Quirós is the first musician in the New World to receive a ... Giovanni Giorgi unknown 1719 1762 1762 a priest and an Italian composer. His style of polychoral church compositions are influenced by e... Francesco Araja 1709, Jun 25 1729 1765 1768 ca an Italian composer who spent 25 years in Russia and wrote at least 14 operas for the Russian Imp... Elisabeth de Haulteterre 1720 ca 1737 1768 1768 a French composer and violinist. Despite the similarity of the name, she did not come from La Cou... Johann Joachim Quantz 1697, Jan 30 1716 1769 1773, Jul 12 a German flutist, flute maker and composer. He composed hundreds of flute sonatas and concertos, ... Jan Zach 1699, Nov 1724 1772 1773, May 24 a Czech composer, violinist and organist. Although he was a gifted and versatile composer capable... Johann Peter Kellner 1705, Sep 28 1725 1772 1772, Apr 19 a German organist and composer. He was the father of Johann Christoph Kellner. He was appointed c... Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712, Jun 28 1739 1776 1778, Jul 2 a philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. His political philosophy influenced the ... Francesco Uttini 1723 1743 1776 1795, Oct 25 an Italian composer and conductor who was active mostly in Sweden. an Italian composer and conduc... Constantin Christian Dedekind 1628, Apr 2 1652 178 1715 a German poet, dramatist, librettist, composer and bass singer of the Baroque era. His 1657 songb... James Nares 1715, Apr 19 1734 1781 1783, Feb 10 an English composer of mostly sacred vocal works, though he also composed for the harpsichord and... Johann Philipp Kirnberger 1721, Apr 24 1741 1783 1783, Jul 27 a musician, composer (primarily of fugues), and music theorist. Kirnberger played a significant r... Carlo Zuccari 1704, Nov 10 1720 1792 1792, May 3 an Italian composer and violinist of the late Baroque and early classical; he worked mainly in Mi... Benjamin Cooke 1734, Nov 28 1743 1793 1793, Sep 14 an English composer, organist and teacher. He was the organist at Westminster Abbey, master of th... Joseph Haydn 1732, Mar 31 1739 1803 1809, May 31 a prominent and prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the de... Joseph Abaco 1710, Mar 27 1729 1805 1805, Aug 31 an Italian violoncellist and composer. He wrote nearly 40 cello sonatas, the Capricci for Violonc...
