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Born October 24, 1931 • Chistopol
Died March 13, 2025 (aged 93) • Germany
Awards And Honors Praemium Imperiale
Movement / Style polytonality

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Benjamin Britten
British composer
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Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky, oil painting by K.Y. Makovsky.
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