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Born September 26, 1877 • Switzerland
Died June 15, 1962 (aged 84) • Lausanne • Switzerland
Smetana
Bedřich Smetana
Bohemian composer
Bülow, Hans von
Hans von Bülow
German conductor
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
James Levine
James Levine
American conductor and pianist
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Canadian conductor and pianist
Georg Solti
Georg Solti
British conductor
Karajan, 1968
Herbert von Karajan
Austrian conductor
Erich Leinsdorf
American musician
Szell
George Szell
American musician
Casella, Alfredo
Alfredo Casella
Italian composer
Carl Reinecke
German musician
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
French composer and conductor
Rodolphe Kreutzer
French composer
François-Antoine Habeneck
French musician
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer