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Also Known As Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Born July 15, 1934 • Accrington • England
Died April 18, 2022 (aged 87) • England
Delius, drawing by Edmond X. Kapp, 1932
Frederick Delius
English composer
Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave
British composer
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
British composer
Holst, Gustav
Gustav Holst
British composer
Sir William Sterndale Bennett
British conductor
Sir Andrzej Panufnik
British composer and conductor
Sir Henry J. Wood
British musician
Sir Michael Tippett
British composer
Sir Eugene Goossens
British conductor
Vincent Novello
British composer
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Anglo-Irish composer and conductor
Sir George Henschel
British musician
John Ireland
British composer
Sir Hamilton Harty
Irish musician
Cyril Meir Scott
English composer and poet
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
British musician
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Beecham, 1959
Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet
British conductor
Neville Marriner, on the cover of Mozart Overtures, released by EMI and Capitol Records, 1982.
Neville Marriner
British musician
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer