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Born April 27, 1894 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died December 25, 1995 (aged 101) • Los Angeles • California
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Serge Koussevitzky.
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American musician
Duke Ellington
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American musician
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, detail of a portrait by V.A. Serov; in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
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Count Basie, 1968
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Harry Lawrence Freeman
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John Williams, wearing glasses, a dark suit, and a striped tie, stands in front of a backdrop with award logos at an event in 2003.
John Williams
American composer and conductor
Dizzy Gillespie, 1955.
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American musician
Marvin Hamlisch seated at a grand piano, wearing glasses and a dark shirt, with orchestral instruments and music stands visible in the background.
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Bill Monroe
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Fletcher Henderson
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Kurt Weill
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Leonard Bernstein, wearing a dark suit and red pocket square, conducts with his right arm raised, baton in hand, in front of an orchestra in 1988.
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