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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
German composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
German composer
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Hungarian composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
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César Franck, detail of a portrait by J. Rongier; in a private collection.
César Franck
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Dietrich Buxtehude
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Busoni, Ferruccio
Ferruccio Busoni
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J.P. Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
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