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Composers for harpsichord

  • Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach entered the world on the 21st of March 1685 in Eisenach, a town within the duchy of Saxe-Eisenach.
  • George Frideric HandelIn 1685, a boy named George Frideric Handel was born in the city of Halle within the Duchy of Magdeburg. His father Georg Händel worked as a barber-surgeon…
  • William ByrdWilliam Byrd was born in London, likely around 1540. No birth record survives for the third surviving son of Thomas Byrd and his wife Margery.
  • John Bull (composer)The year 1562 or 1563 marks the uncertain birth of John Bull, an English composer and organist whose origins remain a subject of historical debate.