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Born September 24, 1945 (age 81) • London • England
Founder Cambridge Singers
Portrait of Benjamin Britten, British composer, wearing a suit and patterned tie, looking toward the camera with a neutral expression.
Benjamin Britten
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 Henry J. Wood
British musician
Parry, Hubert Hastings
Sir Hubert Hastings Parry, Baronet
British composer
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Sir Arthur Bliss
English composer
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Vincent Novello
British composer
Painting by Elias Gottlieb Hausmann of Johann Sebastian Bach wearing a dark coat with a white shirt and holding a sheet of music in his left hand.
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Portrait of composer Sergey Prokofiev, circa 1938, wearing round glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking slightly to the side.
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini
Italian composer
Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg in a suit, seated at a piano and holding a conductor's baton, appears to be conducting music in a wood-paneled room.
Arnold Schoenberg
American composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer