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Johann Christian Bach
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Johann Joachim Quantz
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Leopold Hofmann
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Antonio Rosetti
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Johann Baptist Vanhal
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Johann Ludwig Krebs
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William Boyce
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
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Christian Cannabich
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