Vivaldi and Handel are both greats, too. Gabrieli should be mentioned. Coreli. So many that had no models to draw from and that pioneered musical harmonies and forms that we still use today.
When I was a teenager back in the old days I had a huge Deutsche Grammphone record collection. I wonder what happened to it. I had a miserable life, so I would just sit and listen and live in the music.
I also had Mothers of Invention, Beatles, Fugs and John Mayall...