Thurston Dart: Quick Facts

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Born	September 3, 1921 • London • England
Died	March 6, 1971 (aged 49) • London • England

Barbirolli, John

Sir John Barbirolli

English musician

Schuller, Gunther

Gunther Schuller

American composer

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Sir Henry J. Wood

British musician

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

Menuhin.

Yehudi Menuhin, Lord Menuhin of Stoke d’Abernon

American violinist and conductor

Neville Marriner, on the cover of Mozart Overtures, released by EMI and Capitol Records, 1982.

Neville Marriner

British musician

Georg Solti

Georg Solti

British conductor

Dolmetsch, pen-and-ink drawing by Edmond X. Kapp, 1920; in a private collection

Arnold Dolmetsch

British musician

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Sir Andrzej Panufnik

British composer and conductor

Stainer, Sir John

Sir John Stainer

British composer

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Frank Bridge

English musician

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Simon Rattle

British conductor

Portrait of Benjamin Britten, British composer, wearing a suit and patterned tie, looking toward the camera with a neutral expression.

Benjamin Britten

British composer

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Sir Richard Rodney Bennett

British composer

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Sir William Sterndale Bennett

British conductor

Tovey

Sir Donald Francis Tovey

British pianist and composer

Adrian Cedric Boult, c. 1930.

Sir Adrian Cedric Boult

British musician

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Sir Michael Tippett

British composer

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Sir John Pritchard

British conductor

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Sir Eugene Goossens

British conductor