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Born June 24, 1901 • Oakland • California
Died September 3, 1974 (aged 73) • San Diego • California
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Edgard Varèse
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Olivier Messiaen.
Olivier Messiaen
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Charles Ives
American composer
John Cage
John Cage
American composer
Milton Babbitt.
Milton Babbitt
American composer
Alwin Nikolais
Alwin Nikolais
American dancer and choreographer
Otto Luening
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Vladimir Ussachevsky
American composer
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
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Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Karlheinz Stockhausen
German composer
Giovanni Pacini
Italian composer
Antonio Sacchini
Italian composer
Brian Eno
Brian Eno
British musician and producer
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
German composer
Iannis Xenakis, 1965.
Iannis Xenakis
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi
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Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave
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Ignace Joseph Pleyel
Austrian-French composer
Ligeti, György
György Ligeti
Hungarian-born composer