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Schubert, Franz Peter
 were recognized during his lifetime, including such songs as ‘Gretchen am Spinnrade/Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel’ and ‘Erlkonig/The Erlking’.', copy:'(Image © The Art Archive/Society Friends Music Vienna/Dagli Orti)'});)
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Austrian composer. His ten symphonies include the incomplete eighth in B minor (the ‘Unfinished’) (1822) and the ‘Great’ in C major (1825). He wrote chamber and piano music, including the Trout Quintet, and over 600 lieder (songs) combining the Romantic expression of emotion with pure melody. They include the cycles Die schöne Müllerin/The Beautiful Maid of the Mill (1823) and Die Winterreise/The Winter Journey (1827).
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Bax, Arnold Edward Trevor
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Bellini, Vincenzo
Berg, Alban
Berio, Luciano
Berlioz, (Louis) Hector
Birtwistle, Harrison
Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirevich
Brahms, Johannes
Britten, (Edward) Benjamin, Baron Britten
Bruckner, (Josef) Anton
Byrd, William (composer)
Cage, John
Chopin, Frédéric François
Copland, Aaron
Corelli, Arcangelo
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Delius, Frederick Theodore Albert
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Dowland, John
Dvorák, Antonín Leopold
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Falla, Manuel de
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Gabrieli, Giovanni
Gibbons, Orlando
Gluck, Christoph Willibald von
Grieg, Edvard (Hagerup)
Handel, George Frideric
Haydn, (Franz) Joseph
Holst, Gustav(us Theodore von)
Ives, Charles Edward
Josquin Des Prez
Lassus, Orlande de
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Mahler, Gustav
Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy), (Jakob Ludwig) Felix
Monteverdi, Claudio Giovanni Antonio
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