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Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Polish-French composer and pianist
Strauss, Johann, the Elder
Johann Strauss I
Austrian composer
Diabelli, Anton
Anton Diabelli
Austrian composer and publisher
Emil Waldteufel
French composer