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Born December 4, 1910 • Chester • Pennsylvania
Died September 8, 1991 (aged 80) • California
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Sir Arthur Bliss
English composer
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Sir Eugene Goossens
British conductor
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Georges Auric
French composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Leonard Bernstein, wearing a dark suit and red pocket square, conducts with his right arm raised, baton in hand, in front of an orchestra in 1988.
Leonard Bernstein
American composer and conductor
Still, William Grant
William Grant Still
American composer and conductor
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George Antheil
American composer
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Portrait of composer Sergey Prokofiev, circa 1938, wearing round glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking slightly to the side.
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Dmitry Shostakovich sits at a desk by a window, looking at sheet music, wearing glasses and a suit, with papers and books arranged on the desk.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian composer
Portrait of French composer Erik Satie around 1915, showing him with a bald head, glasses, a full beard, and a suit with a striped tie.
Erik Satie
French composer
Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave
British composer
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Alfred Schnittke
Russian composer
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger
French composer
Aram Khachaturian
Aram Khachaturian
Soviet Armenian composer
Chávez, Carlos
Carlos Chávez
Mexican composer and conductor
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Reynaldo Hahn
French composer
Casella, Alfredo
Alfredo Casella
Italian composer
Nikolay Tcherepnin.
Nikolay Tcherepnin
Russian composer