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Also Known As concerto style

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
German composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
German composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer
Glass, Philip
Philip Glass
American composer
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar
Indian musician and composer
Osvaldo Golijov
Osvaldo Golijov
Argentine composer
Raymond Deane
Irish composer and pianist
Sofia Gubaidulina
Sofia Gubaidulina
Russian composer
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
British composer
Alfred Schnittke
Russian composer
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Ernst Toch
Austrian composer
Goffredo Petrassi
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Easley Blackwood, Jr.
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