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Paul Hofhaimer
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Luca Marenzio
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Jacob Clemens Non Papa
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Thomas Crecquillon
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Juan del Encina
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Johann Hermann Schein
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Robert Parsons
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Mateo Flecha
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Richard Farrant
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