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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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Rikard Nordraak

Norwegian composer

Wojciech Adalbert Zywny

Polish musician

Luigi Boccherini

Italian composer

Arcangelo Corelli

Italian musician

Benjamin Britten

British composer

Paul Hindemith

German composer

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

Austrian composer and violinist

Heinrich Biber

Bohemian composer

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

Joseph Joachim

Hungarian violinist

Fritz Kreisler

American violinist

Rodolphe Kreutzer

French composer

George Enesco

Romanian musician and composer

John Banister

English musician

Roy Acuff

American musician

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