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Henri-Joseph Rigel
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Franz Ignaz Beck
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Friedrich Kalkbrenner
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Johann Simon Mayr
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Christian Cannabich
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Peter von Winter
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Johann Christian Bach
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Ernst Eichner
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William Herschel
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Johann Gottlieb Naumann
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