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Christoph Graupner
1683Jan, 13

Christoph Graupner

Christoph Graupner, German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1760)
Christoph Graupner (13 January 1683 – 10 May 1760) was a German composer and harpsichordist of late Baroque music who was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel.

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