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Born January 17, 1928 • Puteaux • France
Died August 17, 1973 (aged 45) • Paris • France
François-Adrien Boieldieu
François-Adrien Boieldieu
French composer
Valentin Alkan
French pianist and composer
Adolphe Adam
French composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Gluck
Christoph Willibald Gluck
German composer
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
German composer
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini
Italian composer
Marvin Hamlisch.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
American musician
Thomas Arne, engraving (1782) after an illustration by Francesco Bartolozzi.
Thomas Arne
British composer
Ditters von Dittersdorf, Carl
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Austrian composer and violinist
Vincenzo Bellini
Vincenzo Bellini
Italian composer
Cimarosa, Domenico
Domenico Cimarosa
Italian composer
Gaspare Spontini
Italian musician
Saverio Mercadante
Italian musician
John Field, engraving by Carl Mayer
John Field
Irish composer
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Austrian composer

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