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Born February 9, 1885 • Vienna • Austria
Died December 24, 1935 (aged 50) • Vienna • Austria
Notable Works “Chamber Concerto” • “Five Orchestral Songs” • “Lulu” • “Wozzeck”
Movement / Style Expressionism • Novembergruppe
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
German composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
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Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
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Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Hungarian composer
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Antonín Dvořák
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Anton von Webern, 1940.
Anton Webern
Austrian composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
American composer
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
French composer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
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Benjamin Britten
British composer
Hans Werner Henze.
Hans Werner Henze
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