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61Beethoven, Ludwig van — (baptized 17 December 1770, Bonn – 26 March 1827, Vienna) Renowned chiefly for his supreme mastery of instrumental genres symphony, concerto, sonata, and string quartet Beethoven only composed four explicitly sacred works: the oratorio… …
62Blow, John — (baptized 23 February 1649, Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, England – 1 October 1708, London) Composer of more than 85 anthems, he was organist at Westminster Abbey from December 1668, a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal from 16 March 1674, and… …
63Boyce, William — (baptized 11 September 1711, London – 7 February 1779, London) Student of Maurice Greene from about 1719, composer to the Chapel Royal from 1736, he compiled the three volume Cathedral Music (1760–1773), an anthology of Anglican church music… …
64Campra, Andre — (baptized 4 December 1660, Aix en Provence, France – Versailles, 29 June 1744) Maitre de musique at St. Etienne Toulouse from June 1683 until January 1694 and then at Notre Dame de Paris from 21 June 1694 to 13 October 1700, he was most… …
65Croft, William — (baptized 30 December 1678, Nether Ettington, Warwicks – 14 August 1727, Bath) Composer and Master of Children at the Chapel Royal and organist at Westminster Abbey, he broke ground by publishing in score form a two volume collection, {}Musica …
66Frescobaldi, Girolamo — (baptized mid September 1583, Ferrara – 1 March 1643, Rome) Composer of three dozen motets in both stile antico and Baroque styles, and two masses, he is renowned chiefly for his keyboard works and great influence on organ playing well into… …
67Hassler, Hans Leo — (baptized 26 October 1564, Nuremburg – 8 June 1612, Frankfurt) One of the first German musicians to journey to Italy to complete his training (Venice 1583–1584), he spread Italian methods beyond the Alps. He composed 11 masses, including two… …
68Haydn, Johann Michael — (baptized 14 September 1737, Rohrau, Austria – 10 August 1806, Salzburg) Concertmaster (1763– death) and organist at Trinity Church (1777–death), he succeeded Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as organist of the cathedral in Salzburg (1781–death).… …
69Legrenzi, Giovanni — (baptized 12 August 1626, Clusone near Bergamo, Italy – 27 May 1690, Venice) Elected maestro di capella at St. Mark’s basilica in Venice, he may have taught Antonio Vivaldi, Antonio Caldara, and Antonio Lotti. He composed seven oratorios, 10… …
70Pachelbel, Johann — (baptized 1 September 1653, Nuremberg, Germany – buried 9 March 1706, Nuremberg) He served as organist at the Pridigerkirche at Erfurt from 19 June 1678 to 15 August 1690. After two short term positions in Würtemberg and Gotha, he was invited… …
