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Also Known As Hugo Philipp Jakob Wolf
Born March 13, 1860 • Slovenia
Died February 22, 1903 (aged 42) • Vienna • Austria
Notable Works “Spanisches Liederbuch”

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Peter Cornelius, engraving by Franz de Rohden, 1846
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