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Johann Jakob Froberger
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Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
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Gilles Jullien
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Carlos Seixas
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Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
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Giovanni Battista Sammartini
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Alessandro Stradella
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Sophie Watillon
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Telemann, Purcell, Vivaldi, Handel
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