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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Bruckner, Anton
Anton Bruckner
Austrian composer
Antonín Dvořák.
Antonín Dvořák
Bohemian composer
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Cherubini, Luigi
Luigi Cherubini
Italian composer
Heinrich Schütz
Heinrich Schütz
German composer
Gabriel Fauré
Gabriel Fauré
French composer
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Spanish composer
Michael Haydn
German musician
Frank Martin
Swiss composer
Franz Xaver Süssmayr
Austrian composer

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