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In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.

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Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer

Aaron Copland

American composer

Leonard Bernstein

American composer and conductor

William Grant Still

American composer and conductor

George Antheil

American composer

Claudio Monteverdi

Italian composer and musician

Sergey Prokofiev

Russian composer

Dmitri Shostakovich

Russian composer

Erik Satie

French composer

Thea Musgrave

British composer

Alfred Schnittke

Russian composer

Arthur Honegger

French composer

Aram Khachaturian

Soviet Armenian composer

Carlos Chávez

Mexican composer and conductor

Sir Arthur Bliss

English composer

Sir Eugene Goossens

British conductor

Georges Auric

French composer

Reynaldo Hahn

French composer

Alfredo Casella

Italian composer

Nikolay Tcherepnin

Russian composer

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