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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer

Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn

Austrian composer

Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert

Austrian composer

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russian composer

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms

German composer

Hector Berlioz

Hector Berlioz

French composer

Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt

Hungarian composer

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer

Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler

Austrian composer

Sergey Prokofiev

Sergey Prokofiev

Russian composer

Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg

American composer

Felix Mendelssohn

Felix Mendelssohn

German musician and composer

Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann

German composer

Bruckner, Anton

Anton Bruckner

Austrian composer

Antonín Dvořák.

Antonín Dvořák

Bohemian composer

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich

Russian composer

Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel

French composer

Bizet, Georges

Georges Bizet

French composer

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, detail of a portrait by V.A. Serov; in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

Russian composer

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