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Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist
Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1957, wearing a dark suit and bow tie, with a serious expression and a brick wall in the background.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English composer
Thomas Arne, engraving (1782) after an illustration by Francesco Bartolozzi.
Thomas Arne
British composer
Detail of portrait of Charles Dibdin, oil on canvas, by Thomas Phillips, 1799; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Charles Dibdin
British composer, author, actor and manager
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John Christopher Pepusch
German composer
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Stephen Storace
British composer
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop
English composer and conductor
Samuel Arnold, detail of a pencil drawing by G. Dance, 1795; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Samuel Arnold
British composer

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