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Riccardo Broschi
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Nicola Porpora
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Francesco Nicola Fago
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Francesco Feo
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Johann David Heinichen
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Leonardo Vinci
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Antonio Caldara
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Francesco Cavalli
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Carl Heinrich Graun
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Domenico Sarro
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