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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

Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn

Austrian composer

Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert

Austrian composer

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms

German composer

Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt

Hungarian composer

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer

Sergey Prokofiev

Sergey Prokofiev

Russian composer

Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy

French composer

Domenico Scarlatti, engraving.

Domenico Scarlatti

Italian composer

Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi

Italian composer

Béla Bartók

Béla Bartók

Hungarian composer

Luigi Boccherini

Luigi Boccherini

Italian composer

César Franck, detail of a portrait by J. Rongier; in a private collection.

César Franck

Belgian-French composer

Sergey Rachmaninoff

Sergey Rachmaninoff

Russian musician

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre

French musician

Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez

French composer and conductor

Charles Ives

American composer

Arcangelo Corelli

Italian musician

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