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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Weber, Carl Maria von
Carl Maria von Weber
German composer and musician
Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman
American musician
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Hungarian composer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American musician
Woody Herman.
Woody Herman
American musician
Humphrey Lyttelton, on the cover of the album Jazz Concert, released by Parlophone in 1953.
Humphrey Lyttelton
British musician
Benny Carter
Benny Carter
American musician
Bandleader Artie Shaw
Artie Shaw
American musician
John Corigliano
John Corigliano
American composer
Johnny Dodds, 1923
Johnny Dodds
American musician
Jimmie Noone
Jimmie Noone
American musician
Eric Dolphy
Eric Dolphy
American musician
Theobald Boehm
German woodwind maker
Easley Blackwood, Jr.
American composer
Russell, Pee Wee
Pee Wee Russell
American musician
Henry Threadgill
American musician

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Trumpet musical instrument.
Musical Instruments
Young girl wearing a demin jacket playing the trumpet (child, musical instruments, Asian ethnicity)
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Gong. Closeup of a khong wong gong circle chime. Thai classical musical instrument, part of piphat ensemble. (percussion, music)
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Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men, oil on canvas by Gerard Terborch, 1667-1668. (Baroque Art)
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