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Also Known As José Fernando Macarurio Sors • Josep Ferran Sorts i Muntades • Joseph Fernando Macari Sors
Baptized February 14, 1778 • Barcelona • Spain
Died July 10, 1839 • Paris • France
Notable Works “Method for Spanish Guitar”
Movement / Style Romanticism
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Hector Berlioz
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Weber, Carl Maria von
Carl Maria von Weber
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Sergey Rachmaninoff
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
Smetana
Bedřich Smetana
Bohemian composer
Louis Spohr
German musician
Rodolphe Kreutzer
French composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer
Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
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Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
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Bruckner, Anton
Anton Bruckner
Austrian composer
Antonín Dvořák.
Antonín Dvořák
Bohemian composer
Donizetti, Gaetano
Gaetano Donizetti
Italian opera composer
E.T.A. Hoffmann
German writer, composer, and painter
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini
Italian composer
Aleksandr Borodin
Russian composer and scientist
Georg Solti
Georg Solti
British conductor
Heinrich August Marschner
German composer