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Born February 5, 1810 • Bergen • Norway
Died August 17, 1880 (aged 70) • Norway
Movement / Style nationalistic music • Norway

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Nordraak, Rikard
Rikard Nordraak
Norwegian composer
Wojciech Adalbert Zywny
Polish musician
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini
Italian composer
Arcangelo Corelli
Italian musician
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
German composer
Ditters von Dittersdorf, Carl
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Austrian composer and violinist
Heinrich Biber
Bohemian composer
Tartini, Giuseppe
Giuseppe Tartini
Italian musician
Bob Wills
American musician
Easley Blackwood, Jr.
American composer
Louis Spohr
German musician
Pietro Locatelli
Italian musician
Henryk Wieniawski
Polish violinist and composer
Joachim, Joseph
Joseph Joachim
Hungarian violinist
Fritz Kreisler
American violinist
Rodolphe Kreutzer
French composer
Enesco, George
George Enesco
Romanian musician and composer
John Banister
English musician
Roy Acuff.
Roy Acuff
American musician