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10 Classical Music Composers to Know

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

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Does Listening to Mozart Make Kids Smarter?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart portrait. Austrian composer. (Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

Did Mozart Write “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”?

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The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)

11 Banned Books Through Time

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.

5 Remarkably Close U.S. Presidential Elections

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants

American bison (Bison bison) also known as buffalo or plains buffalo on the prairie, western U.S.

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn

Austrian composer

Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert

Austrian composer

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms

German composer

Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt

Hungarian composer

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer

Sergey Prokofiev

Sergey Prokofiev

Russian composer

Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy

French composer

Domenico Scarlatti, engraving.

Domenico Scarlatti

Italian composer

Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi

Italian composer

Béla Bartók

Béla Bartók

Hungarian composer

Luigi Boccherini

Luigi Boccherini

Italian composer

César Franck, detail of a portrait by J. Rongier; in a private collection.

César Franck

Belgian-French composer

Sergey Rachmaninoff

Sergey Rachmaninoff

Russian musician

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre

French musician

Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez

French composer and conductor

Charles Ives

American composer

Arcangelo Corelli

Italian musician

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