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His influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe.
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George Frideric Handel was a German-born British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos.
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist of the Baroque period.
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He was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. http://www.last.fm/music/Wolfgang+Amadeus+Mozart
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Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He died on 26 March 1827 at the age of 56 during a thunderstorm.
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He is widely considered one of the greatest Romantic composers. He supported himself by selling his compositions and teaching piano. http://www.last.fm/music/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric+Chopin
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Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era.
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Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist.
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Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist. Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, anglicised as Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was a Russian composer whose works included symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, chamber music, and a choral setting of The Russian Orthodox Divine Liturgy.