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Johann Gottlieb Janitsch
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Franz Benda
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Giovanni Paisiello
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Francesco Onofrio Manfredini
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Johann Joachim Quantz
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Johann Gottlieb Graun
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Giovanni Battista Sammartini
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Cologne Chamber Orchestra
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Pietro Locatelli
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Johann David Heinichen
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