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Ensemble Gilles Binchois
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Philippe de Monte
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Giaches de Wert
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Alonso Mudarra
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Emilio de' Cavalieri
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Robert Parsons
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Herbert Howells
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Alfonso X El Sabio
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Richard Farrant
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