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A photograph taken by Fritz Luckhardt of the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II (1825-99).

A 16th-century engraving showing Johann Eck (l. 1486-1543), the Catholic theologian and writer best known for his disputations with Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546).

An early 18th-century engraving showing Johann Eck (l. 1486-1543), the Catholic theologian and writer best known for his disputations with Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546).

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 Johann Tetzel, german friar, priest, and indulgence seller, print by Moritz Steinla, 1818. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer of Classical and Romantic music; he is widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians to have ever lived. Most famous for his nine symphonies, piano concertos, piano sonatas, and string...

Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) was a German priest, monk, and theologian who became the central figure of the religious and cultural movement known as the Protestant Reformation. Even though earlier reformers had expressed Luther's views, his...

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was an Austrian composer of Romantic music best known for his songs, symphonies, piano music, and chamber music. Schubert's career lasted only 15 years, but he was a prolific composer. Neither a conductor or virtuoso...

Cardinal Thomas Cajetan (l.c. 1468-1534) was a Catholic theologian and philosopher best known for his disputations with Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) beginning in 1518. Cajetan, a philosophical Humanist, was thought to have had the best chance...