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Born April 21, 1899 • New York City • New York
Died July 9, 1984 (aged 85) • Boston • Massachusetts
Notable Works “Alleluia”
Movement / Style Neoclassical art

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Sergey Prokofiev
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Arnold Schoenberg
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John Corigliano
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American composer
George Whitefield Chadwick.
George Whitefield Chadwick
American composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
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American composer
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Norman Dello Joio
American composer
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Peter Mennin
American composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
French composer
Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Austrian composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
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Benjamin Britten
British composer
Delius, drawing by Edmond X. Kapp, 1932
Frederick Delius
English composer
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British composer
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Karol Szymanowski
Polish composer
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Russian composer
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Austrian composer

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