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Born November 1785 • near Kassel • Germany
Died June 10, 1849 (aged 63) • France
Weber, Carl Maria von
Carl Maria von Weber
German composer and musician
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
French composer and conductor
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
French composer
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
American musician
André Previn.
André Previn
American composer and musician
Mendelssohn, Fanny
Fanny Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Valentin Alkan
French pianist and composer
Cécile Chaminade
French musician
Schumann, Clara
Clara Schumann
German pianist
Carl Reinecke
German musician
Casadesus, Robert
Robert Casadesus
French pianist
Henselt, Adolf von
Adolf von Henselt
German musician
Raoul Pugno, 1905.
Raoul Pugno
French musician and composer
Jean Françaix
French composer and musician
Sigismond Thalberg
Swiss pianist
Johann Baptist Cramer
British pianist
Emil Waldteufel
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Moritz Moszkowski
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Albert, Eugen d'
Eugen d’Albert
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