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Ludwig van Beethoven ( ; baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works ...
Date of birth: 15 December 1770
Date of death: 26 March 1827
Nationality: German
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)
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Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferencz, in modern usage Liszt Ferenc 22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger, and organist of ...
Date of birth: 22 October 1811
Date of death: 31 July 1886
Nationality: Hungarian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)
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(Achille) Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most ...
Date of birth: 22 August 1862
Date of death: 25 March 1918
Nationality: French
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna ...
Date of birth: 7 May 1833
Date of death: 3 April 1897
Nationality: German
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parma, to a family ...
Date of birth: 10 October 1813
Date of death: 27 January 1901
Nationality: Italian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Engelbert Humperdinck (1 September 1854 – 27 September 1921) was a German composer, who is best known for having composed the opera Hansel and Gretel.
Date of birth: 1 September 1854
Date of death: 27 September 1921
Nationality: German
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Edvard Hagerup Grieg (GREEG, 15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the ...
Date of birth: 15 June 1843
Date of death: 4 September 1907
Nationality: Norwegian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ( 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, and philologist whose work has exerted a profound influence on modern intellectual ...
Date of birth: 15 October 1844
Date of death: 25 August 1900
Nationality: German
Occupation: Philosopher
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)
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Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( d(ə-)VOR-zha(h)k; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer, one of the first to achieve worldwide recognition. Following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his ...
Date of birth: 8 September 1841
Date of death: 1 May 1904
Nationality: Czech
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)
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Franz Peter Schubert (31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast oeuvre, ...
Date of birth: 31 January 1797
Date of death: 19 November 1828
Nationality: Austrian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Robert Schumann (8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left ...
Date of birth: 8 June 1810
Date of death: 29 July 1856
Nationality: German
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although ...
Date of birth: 7 March 1875
Date of death: 28 December 1937
Nationality: French
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
Height: 5' (152 cm)
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Erik Satie
French composer and pianist (1866–1925)
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Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (, ; 17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. Satie was an influential artist in the late 19th- and early ...
Date of birth: 17 May 1866
Date of death: 1 July 1925
Nationality: French
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been ...
Date of birth: 11 June 1864
Date of death: 8 September 1949
Nationality: German
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( chy-KOF-skee; Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский, 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music ...
Date of birth: 7 May 1840
Date of death: 6 November 1893
Nationality: Russian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)
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Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( puu-CHEE-nee, poo-; 22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) was an Italian opera composer who has been called "the greatest composer of Italian ...
Date of birth: 22 December 1858
Date of death: 29 November 1924
Nationality: Italian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Frédéric François Chopin, born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849), was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has ...
Date of birth: 1 March 1810
Date of death: 17 October 1849
Nationality: Polish
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff ( rahkh-MAH-nə-nawf, -nof, rahk-; Russian: Серге́й Васи́льевич Рахма́нинов, Sergei Vasilyevich Rakhmaninov, 1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1873 – 28 March ...
Date of birth: 1 April 1873
Date of death: 28 March 1943
Nationality: Russian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 6" (198 cm)
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Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Aus ...
Date of birth: 7 July 1860
Date of death: 18 May 1911
Nationality: Austrian
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)
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Bedřich Smetana ( BED-ər-zhikh SMET-ə-nə, 2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884) was a Czech composer who pioneered the development of a musical style that became closely identified with his people's aspirations ...
Date of birth: 2 March 1824
Date of death: 12 May 1884
Nationality: Czech
Occupation: Composer
Gender: Male
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