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Also Known As tone poem

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Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
German composer
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
American composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer
Richard Strauss
Richard Strauss
German composer
Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg in a suit, seated at a piano and holding a conductor's baton, appears to be conducting music in a wood-paneled room.
Arnold Schoenberg
American composer
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
French composer
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Hungarian composer
César Franck, detail of a portrait by J. Rongier; in a private collection.
César Franck
Belgian-French composer
Sergey Rachmaninoff in profile, seated at a piano, playing with both hands on the keys.
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Brazilian composer
Sibelius, photograph by Yousuf Karsh, 1949
Jean Sibelius
Finnish composer
Mily Balakirev, portrait by Léon Bakst, c. 1900–10.
Mily Balakirev
Russian composer
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
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Camille Saint-Saëns
French composer
Smetana
Bedřich Smetana
Bohemian composer
Aleksandr Scriabin.
Aleksandr Scriabin
Russian composer
Ottorino Respighi, 1935.
Ottorino Respighi
Italian composer
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Aleksandr Borodin
Russian composer and scientist
Ernest Bloch.
Ernest Bloch
American composer

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