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A c. 1910 photograph of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) working on his third piano concerto in his garden at Ivanovka near St. Petersburg.

The Delhi Sultanate under the Mamluk (or “Slave”) Dynasty (1206–1290) marked the consolidation of centralized Muslim rule in northern India following the fragmentation...

A 1923 oil on canvas portrait of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) by Konstantin Andreyevich Somov. (Russian Museum, St Petersburg)

The organ of the New Church in Arnstadt, Germany. This organ was first tested and then played regularly by the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), appointed organ master in 1703.

A 1723 engraving by Johann Gottfried Krügner of the Thomaskirche (Saint Thomas’ Church) in Leipzig. This is where the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) worked from 1723 until his death.

The seal of the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).

A handwritten notation by the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) in his Bible. The passage is 2 Chronicles, ch. 5, verse 13. Translated, the note reads: "N.B. In the music of worship, God is always present...

A statue of the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) outside St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. Bach worked here from 1723 until his death.

Portrait of Count Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser (1724-1797), an Austrian field marshal best known for leading armies against Napoleon Bonaparte during the French Revolutionary Wars. Engraving by an unknown artist, 1778-1793...

A 1748 oil on canvas portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann of the German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). (Museum of City History, Leipzig, Germany)