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Bach,
Johann Sebastian |
Johann
Sebastian Bach, one of the greatest
composers in Western musical history,
created master
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Barber,
Samuel
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Samuel
Barber, b. West Chester, Pa., Mar. 9, 1910, d.
Jan. 23, 1981, was a prominent modern American
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Bartok,
Bela |
Bela
Bartok, b. Mar. 25, 1881, d. Sept. 26, 1945, was
one of the greatest and most influential
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Beethoven,
Ludwig van
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Ludwig
van Beethoven, one of the greatest masters of
music, is particularly admired for his
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Berlioz, Hector
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The
French composer Louis Hector Berlioz, b. Dec.
11, 1803, d. Mar. 8, 1869, was one of the most
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Bernstein,
Leonard |
Leonard
Bernstein, b. Lawrence, Mass., Aug. 25, 1918,
d. Oct. 14, 1990, was a well-known figure in |
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Bizet,
Georges |
Georges
Bizet, b. Oct. 25, 1838, d. June 3, 1875, was
a great French composer best known for his opera |
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Boulez,
Pierre |
The
French conductor and experimental composer Pierre
Boulez, b. Mar. 26, 1925, is known |
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Brahms,
Johannes
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Johannes
Brahms, the composer of A German Requiem, four
symphonies, four concertos, and |
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Britten,
Benjamin |
Benjamin
Britten, b. Nov. 22, 1913, d. Dec. 4, 1976, was
a highly acclaimed English composer. His |
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Cage,
John |
The
composer John Cage, b. Los Angeles, Sept. 5, 1912,
d. Aug. 12, 1992, rejected the compositional |
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Chopin,
Frederic
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Frederic
Francois Chopin was one of the most eminent composers
of piano music. He was born on Mar. 1, |
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Copland,
Aaron |
Aaron
Copland, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 14, 1900, d.
Dec. 2, 1990, was one of the leading American
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Debussy,
Claude |
Achille
Claude Debussy, b. Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Aug.
22, 1862, d. Paris, Mar. 25, 1918, was the |
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Donizetti,
Gaetano |
Gaetano
Donizetti, b. Nov. 29, 1797, d. Apr. 8, 1848,
was one of the great masters of 19th - century
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Dvorak,
Antonin |
Antonin
Dvorak, b. Sept. 8, 1841, d. May 1, 1904, was
the greatest Bohemian composer and one of the |
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Elgar,
Sir Edward |
Sir
Edward Elgar, b. near Worcester, June 2, 1857,
d. Feb. 23, 1934, is generally considered England's
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Handel,
George Frideric |
George
Frideric Handel, one of the greatest composers
of the baroque period, was born in Halle, Germany,
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Haydn,
Franz Josef |
Franz
Josef Haydn, b. Rohrau, Lower Austria, Mar. 31,
1732, d. May 31, 1809, was one of the greatest
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Holst,
Gustav |
Gustav
Holst, b. Sept. 21, 1874, d. May 25, 1934, was
one of the leading English composers of the |
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