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Born June 6, 1915 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died August 14, 1987 (aged 72) • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Easley Blackwood, Jr.
American composer
Toch
Ernst Toch
Austrian composer
Peter Mennin
American composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Austrian composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
German composer
Antonín Dvořák.
Antonín Dvořák
Bohemian composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian composer
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini
Italian composer
César Franck, detail of a portrait by J. Rongier; in a private collection.
César Franck
Belgian-French composer
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
British composer
Alfred Schnittke
Russian composer
Sir Andrzej Panufnik
British composer and conductor
Henri Sauguet
French composer

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