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Born September 21, 1845 • Germany
Died January 22, 1908 (aged 62) • London • England
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Leopold Damrosch
German violinist and conductor
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Anne-Sophie Mutter
German musician
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
German composer
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Louis Spohr
German musician
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Adolf Busch
German violinist and conductor
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Wojciech Adalbert Zywny
Polish musician
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John Creach
American musician
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini
Italian composer
Skaggs, Ricky
Ricky Skaggs
American musician and producer
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Arcangelo Corelli
Italian musician
Portrait of Benjamin Britten, British composer, wearing a suit and patterned tie, looking toward the camera with a neutral expression.
Benjamin Britten
British composer
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Hilary Hahn
American musician
Bluegrass icon Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
American musician
Menuhin.
Yehudi Menuhin, Lord Menuhin of Stoke d’Abernon
American violinist and conductor
Ditters von Dittersdorf, Carl
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Austrian composer and violinist
Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell
American musician
Portrait of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Austrian composer, violinist, and Salzburg court Kapellmeister, shown in a formal engraved bust portrait wearing period attire with a long curled wig.
Heinrich Biber
Bohemian composer
Flesch, Károly
Károly Flesch
Hungarian violinist and teacher
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Itzhak Perlman
Israeli-American musician
Neville Marriner, on the cover of Mozart Overtures, released by EMI and Capitol Records, 1982.
Neville Marriner
British musician