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Schumann,
Robert |
Robert
Schumann, b. Zwickau, June 8, 1810, d. July 29,
1856, was a major German romantic
composer
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Shostakovich,
Dmitry |
Dmitry
Dmitrievich Shostakovich, b. Saint Petersburg,
Sept. 25 (N.S.), 1906, d. Aug. 9, 1975, was
one of
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Sibelius,
Jean |
Jean
Sibelius, b. Dec. 8, 1865, d. Sept. 20, 1957,
was Finland's greatest composer
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Sousa,
John Philip |
America's
greatest composer of MARCH music was John Philip
Sousa, b. Washington, D.C., Nov. 6,
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Stockhausen,
Karlheinz |
The
German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, b. Aug.
22, 1928, has been a leader in avant
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Strauss,
Richard |
The
eminent German composer-conductor Richard Strauss,
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Strauss
(Family) |
Through
much of the 19th century, Viennese dance music
was dominated by Johann Strauss, Sr.,
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Stravinsky,
Igor |
Igor
Fedorovich Stravinsky, b. Oranienbaum, near Saint
Petersburg, Russia, June 17 (N. S.) |
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Tchaikovsky,
Peter Ilich |
The
eminent Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
was born on May 7 (N. S.) ,
1840 , in a |
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Verdi,
Giuseppe |
Giuseppe
Verdi, the foremost composer of Italian romantic
opera, was born in
the village of Le |
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Wagner,
Richard |
The
greatest composer of German opera, Richard Wagner,
b. Leipzig, May 22, 1813, was the youngest of
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