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Born March 1, 1907 • Austria-Hungary
Died September 21, 1977 (aged 70) • New Jersey
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer
Alan Gilbert.
Alan Gilbert
American conductor
Parker, Horatio
Horatio Parker
American 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
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Kurt Herbert Adler
Austrian-born American conductor and administrator
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Erich Leinsdorf
American musician
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Julius Rudel
Austrian-American conductor
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Georg Philipp Telemann
German composer
Portrait of Benjamin Britten, British composer, wearing a suit and patterned tie, looking toward the camera with a neutral expression.
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave
British composer
Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Canadian conductor and pianist
Beecham, 1959
Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet
British conductor
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Giovanni Legrenzi
Italian composer
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Sir Henry J. Wood
British musician
Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini
Italian conductor
Sargent, Sir Malcolm
Sir Malcolm Sargent
British conductor
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
Anglo-Irish composer and conductor