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Born September 26, 1877 • Switzerland
Died June 15, 1962 (aged 84) • Lausanne • Switzerland
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Bülow, Hans von
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German pianist and conductor
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Sergey Rachmaninoff in profile, seated at a piano, playing with both hands on the keys.
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
James Levine
James Levine
American conductor and pianist
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Canadian conductor and pianist
Georg Solti
Georg Solti
British conductor
Karajan, 1968
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George Szell
American musician
Casella, Alfredo
Alfredo Casella
Italian composer
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German musician
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
French composer and conductor
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Rodolphe Kreutzer
French composer
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François-Antoine Habeneck
French musician, conductor, and composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer