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Also Known As Aram Ilich Khachaturian
Born June 6, 1903 • Tbilisi • Georgia
Died May 1, 1978 (aged 74) • Moscow • Russia
Notable Works “Spartacus”

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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.
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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.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1957, wearing a dark suit and bow tie, with a serious expression and a brick wall in the background.
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