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Henry Purcell is largely considered the greatest English composer of all time, famous for his works The Fairy Queen and King Arthur.
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Antonio Vivaldi was a prolific composer in the Baroque era, composing hundreds of works, including many concerti.
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Telemann was an extremely prolific German composer who wrote almost as much as Bach and Handel combined. His works span a variety of genres as he wrote several concerti.
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Johann Sebastian Bach is considered the most important composer for any era, with his writings influencing styles from jazz to modern music.
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Handel was an English composer noted for his operas, oratorios, and instrumental compositions. Among his works, Messiah is the most well known.
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Handel's Messiah is an English Oratoria set to a scriptural text from the King James Bible.
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Bach's Mass in B Minor was an extended setting on the Catholic mass.