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DATES | COMPOSER | NATIONALITY | SOME FAMOUS WORKS |
c1525-1594 | Giovanni da PALESTRINA | Italian | Chamber music, organ works, choral works |
1678-1741 | Antonio VIVALDI | Italian | The Four Seasons |
1685-1750 | Johann Sebastian BACH | German | Brandenburg Concertos |
1685-1759 | George Frederick HANDEL | German | The Messiah |
1732-1809 | Franz Joseph HAYDN | Austrian | London Symphonies |
1756-1791 | Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART | Austrian | The Magic Flute |
1770-1827 | Ludwig van BEETHOVEN | German | Pastoral Symphony |
1792-1868 | Gioacchino ROSSINI | Italian | The Barber of Seville |
1797-1828 | Franz SCHUBERT | Austrian | Die Winterreise |
1803-1869 | Hector BERLIOZ | French | Symphonie Fantastique |
1809-1847 | Felix MENDELSSOHN | German | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
1810-1849 | Frederic CHOPIN | Polish | Piano works |
1811-1886 | Franz LISZT | Hungarian | Les Preludes |
1813-1883 | Richard WAGNER | German | Das Rheingold |
1813-1901 | Giuseppe VERDI | Italian | La Traviata |
1825-1899 | Johann STRAUSS | Austrian | Die Fledermaus |
1840-1893 | Peter Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY | Russian | Swan Lake |
1841-1904 | Anton DVORAK | Czech | From the New World |
1843-1907 | Edvard GRIEG | Norwegian | Peer Gynt |
1857-1934 | Edward ELGAR | English | Enigma Variations |
1858-1924 | Giacomo PUCCINI | Italian | La Boheme |
1860-1911 | Gustav MAHLER | Austrian | Resurrection Symphony |
1862-1918 | Claude DEBUSSY | French | La Mer |
1864-1949 | Richard STRAUSS | German | Der Rosenkavalier |
1873-1943 | Sergei RACHMANINOV | Russian | Piano works |
1874-1934 | Gustav HOLST | English | The Planets |
1875-1937 | Maurice RAVEL | French | Bolero |
1900-1990 | Aaron COPLAND | American | Appalachian Spring |
1913-1976 | Benjamin BRITTEN | English | Billy Budd |
1937 - | Philip GLASS | American | Einstein on the Beach |
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