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Girolamo Frescobaldi

Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) was a prominent Italian organist and composer during the Baroque period. He is particul...

Composer Baroque Italian Historical

9.2 Excellent

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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1594-1621) was a prominent Dutch composer primarily known for his substantial output of organ...

Composer Renaissance Historical Dutch

9.1 Excellent

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Jehan Alain

Jehan Alain (1903-1948) was a French organist and composer recognized for his deeply spiritual and introspective music....

Composer French 20TH Century Historical

8.8 Great

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Maurice Duruflé

Maurice Duruflé was a French composer, organist, and teacher known for his highly refined and self-critical compositiona...

Composer French 20TH Century Historical

8.7 Great

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Charles Tournemire

Charles Tournemire was an influential French composer and organist who served as the titular organist at the Basilica of...

Composer Romantic French Historical

8.5 Great

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Nicolas de Grigny

Nicolas de Grigny was a French Baroque organist and composer known for his sophisticated organ music. In 1699, he publis...

Composer Baroque French Historical

8.4 Great

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Antonio de Cabezón

Antonio de Cabezón was a blind Spanish Renaissance composer and organist who served as a court musician to the Habsburg...

Composer Spanish Renaissance Historical

8.3 Great

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Herbert Howells

Herbert Howells (1892–1983) was an English composer, organist, and longtime teacher at the Royal College of Music. He is...

Composer 20TH Century Historical English

8.0 Great

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Giovanni Gabrieli

Giovanni Gabrieli was an influential Italian composer and organist at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice famous for his majes...

Composer Italian Renaissance Historical

7.8 Good

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Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Samuel Sebastian Wesley was a 19th-century English organist and composer, and a grandson of the hymn writer Charles Wesl...

Composer Romantic Historical English

7.6 Good

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Juan Cabanilles

Juan Cabanilles was a Spanish Baroque organist and composer who spent most of his career at Valencia Cathedral. His surv...

Composer Baroque Spanish Historical

7.5 Good

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Louis Marchand

Louis Marchand was a French Baroque organist, harpsichordist, and composer known during his lifetime as a virtuoso perfo...

Composer Baroque French Historical

7.5 Good

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Sigfrid Karg-Elert

Sigfrid Karg-Elert was a German composer, organist, and teacher active during the late Romantic and early modern periods...

Composer German Romantic Historical

7.5 Good

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Edward Bairstow

Edward Bairstow was an English organist, composer, and teacher best known for his long service as Organist of York Minst...

Composer 20TH Century Historical English

7.5 Good

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Alexandre Guilmant

Alexandre Guilmant was a French organist, composer, editor, and teacher associated with the late nineteenth-century Fren...

Composer Romantic French Historical

7.2 Good

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Hendrik Andriessen

Hendrik Andriessen was a Dutch composer, organist, and music educator associated with twentieth-century Dutch musical li...

Composer 20TH Century Historical Dutch

7.2 Good

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Francisco Correa de Arauxo

Francisco Correa de Arauxo was a Spanish organist and composer associated with the early Baroque period. His principal p...

Composer Baroque Spanish Historical

7.1 Good

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John Blow

John Blow was an English Baroque composer and organist who held important musical posts in London, including service at...

Composer Baroque Historical English

7.1 Good

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Samuel Wesley

Samuel Wesley was an English organist and composer active from the late eighteenth century into the early nineteenth cen...

Composer Romantic Historical English

7.1 Good

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Seth Bingham

Seth Bingham was an American organist, composer, and music educator who lived from 1882 to 1972. He studied at Yale and...

Composer American 20TH Century Historical

7.1 Good