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  • Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759147
  • Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901, http://isni.org/isni/000000...48
  • Steffani, Agostino, composer35
  • Nicolay, Frederick, royal musician and librarian27
  • Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, 1819-186123
  • Paisiello, Giovanni, composer23
  • Smith, John Christopher, the younger, composer23
  • Finch, Heneage, 3rd Earl of Aylesford, politician, 1715-177716
  • Jennens, Charles, author and librettist, 1700-177316
  • Pope, Alexander, poet16
  • Purcell, Henry, composer and organist, 1658 or 1659-169516
  • Racine, Jean, French poet16
  • Byrd, William, composer15
  • Cusins, William George, Knight, pianist and conductor, 1833-189315
  • Hasse, Johann Adolf, composer15
  • Morell, Thomas, DD15
  • Jommelli, Niccolò, composer, 1714-177413
  • Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jakob Ludwig Felix, composer, 1809-1847, http://isni.org/isni/000000...13
  • Milton, John, poet, 1608-167413
  • Charlotte Sophia, Queen of England12
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