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Born January 17, 1734 • Belgium
Died February 16, 1829 (aged 95) • Passy • France
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Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
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Maurice Ravel
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Arthur Honegger
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Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
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Russian composer
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German composer
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Austrian composer
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British composer
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German musician
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British composer
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Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
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Claude Debussy
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