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Vivaldi, Antonio
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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
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
American composer
Alban Berg
Austrian composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Hungarian composer
Antonín Dvořák.
Antonín Dvořák
Bohemian composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian composer
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini
Italian composer
Skaggs, Ricky
Ricky Skaggs
American musician
Arcangelo Corelli
Italian musician
Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Anne-Sophie Mutter
German musician
Hilary Hahn
Hilary Hahn
American musician

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