Christoph Willibald Gluck

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Born	July 2, 1714 • Germany
Died	November 15, 1787 (aged 73) • Vienna • Austria
Notable Works	“Alceste” • “Artamene” • “Iphigénie en Aulide” • “La Rencontre imprévue” • “La caduta de’ giganti” • “Le cadi dupé” • “Orfeo ed Euridice”

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Georges Bizet

French composer

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Arthur Sullivan

British composer

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Thomas Arne

British composer

Cimarosa, Domenico

Domenico Cimarosa

Italian composer

François-Adrien Boieldieu

François-Adrien Boieldieu

French composer

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer

Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn

Austrian composer

Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

German composer

George Gershwin

George Gershwin

American composer

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russian composer

Hector Berlioz

Hector Berlioz

French composer

Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler

Austrian composer

Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss

German composer

Gioachino Rossini

Gioachino Rossini

Italian composer

Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann

German composer

Purcell, Henry

Henry Purcell

English composer

Alban Berg

Austrian composer

Antonín Dvořák.

Antonín Dvořák

Bohemian composer

Donizetti, Gaetano

Gaetano Donizetti

Italian opera composer

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