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Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Austrian composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
American composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
German composer
Bruckner, Anton
Anton Bruckner
Austrian composer
Antonín Dvořák.
Antonín Dvořák
Bohemian composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian composer
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
French composer
Bizet, Georges
Georges Bizet
French composer
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, detail of a portrait by V.A. Serov; in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
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