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Born August 5, 1890 • Vienna • Austria
Died January 27, 1956 (aged 65) • Zürich • Switzerland

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Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer
Karajan, 1968
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Austrian conductor
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Richard Wagner
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Hector Berlioz
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Igor Stravinsky
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George Frideric Handel
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Felix Mendelssohn
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James Levine
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Valery Gergiev
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Leonard Bernstein
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