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Also Known As Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss
Born August 2, 1891 • London • England
Died March 27, 1975 (aged 83) • London • England
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Russian composer
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
British composer
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Sir Eugene Goossens
British conductor
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian composer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Szymanowski, Karol
Karol Szymanowski
Polish composer
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger
French composer
Henri Sauguet
French composer
George Antheil
American composer
Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave
British composer
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Delius, drawing by Edmond X. Kapp, 1932
Frederick Delius
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Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
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Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
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Hans Werner Henze.
Hans Werner Henze
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