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Ludwig van Beethoven
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Italian composer
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
German composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
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Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
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George Frideric Handel
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Felix Mendelssohn
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Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
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Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
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Dmitri Shostakovich
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