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Also Known As Giuseppe Guttoveggio
Born October 10, 1906 • New York City • New York
Died August 24, 1985 (aged 78) • California • San Diego
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
American composer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Charles Ives
American composer
Elliott Carter
American composer
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Zhou Long
Chinese American composer
Sessions
Roger Sessions
American composer
Ralph Shapey
American composer
Still, William Grant
William Grant Still
American composer and conductor
Carlos Surinach
American composer
Wallingford Riegger
American composer
George Whitefield Chadwick.
George Whitefield Chadwick
American composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer

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