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Also Known As Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Born July 15, 1934 • Accrington • England
Died April 18, 2022 (aged 87) • England
Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave
British composer
Delius, drawing by Edmond X. Kapp, 1932
Frederick Delius
English composer
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Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
British composer
Holst, Gustav
Gustav Holst
British composer
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Sir William Sterndale Bennett
British conductor
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Sir Andrzej Panufnik
British composer and conductor
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Sir Henry J. Wood
British musician
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Sir Michael Tippett
British composer
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Sir Eugene Goossens
British conductor
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Vincent Novello
British composer
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Anglo-Irish composer and conductor
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Sir George Henschel
British musician
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John Ireland
British composer
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Sir Hamilton Harty
Irish musician
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Cyril Meir Scott
English composer and poet
Paul McCartney wearing a black jacket and shirt, looking slightly to the side, with people blurred in the background.
Paul McCartney
British 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
Beecham, 1959
Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet
British conductor
Neville Marriner, on the cover of Mozart Overtures, released by EMI and Capitol Records, 1982.
Neville Marriner
British musician
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer