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Antonio Cesti
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Jacopo Peri
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
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Antonio Caldara
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Max Christian Friedrich Bruch
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Marc-Antoine Charpentier
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Francesco Cavalli
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Giovanni Gabrieli
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
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Barbara Strozzi
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