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Born April 22, 1912 • England
Died October 8, 1953 (aged 41) • London • England

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Butt, Dame Clara
Dame Clara Butt
British singer
Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1957, wearing a dark suit and bow tie, with a serious expression and a brick wall in the background.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English composer
Thomas Arne, engraving (1782) after an illustration by Francesco Bartolozzi.
Thomas Arne
British composer
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Dame Maggie Teyte
English singer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Marian Anderson, 1940.
Marian Anderson
American singer
Bryn Terfel
Bryn Terfel
Welsh singer
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Annie Louise Cary
American singer
Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind
Swedish singer
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
American singer
Marietta Alboni
Marietta Alboni
Italian opera singer
Alma Gluck.
Alma Gluck
American singer
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Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen
British conductor and composer
Homer, Louise
Louise Homer
American singer
Oil portrait of composer Georg Frideric Handel by Thomas Hudson, showing Handel in a red coat with gold trim, white wig, and holding a sheet of music.
George Frideric Handel
German-English composer
Purcell, Henry
Henry Purcell
English composer
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Anastasia Robinson
English singer
Portrait of Benjamin Britten, British composer, wearing a suit and patterned tie, looking toward the camera with a neutral expression.
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Damon Albarn
Damon Albarn
British musician
portrait of Arthur Sullivan by John Everett Millais
Arthur Sullivan
British composer

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