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German/composer////Johann/Sebastian/////Bach/was/born////////March/21,/1685./He//wrote/many/cantatas/for/churches.//////////
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Some/people/say//////Ludwig/van//////////// Beethoven/is/the//////greatest/composer/to/have/ever/lived./He///wrote/the/Fifth////////Symphony/even////////though/he/had/////////hearing/trouble.///////
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Composer/Johannes//Brahms/was/born/on//May/7,/1833,/in///////Germany./He/wrote///symphonies/and/more/than/200/songs.//////
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Composer/and/////////conductor/Benjamin//Britten/was/born/in///England/on////////////November/22,/1913.///He/conducted/music,// wrote/operas,/and///// played/the/piano./////
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Frederic/Chopin/is//// remembered/not/only/ for/the/beautiful///// concertos/he/wrote,/// but/also/the/amazing/ way/he/played/the//// piano.//////////////////
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Aaron/Copland/was///born/in/Brooklyn,//////New/York/on//////////November/14,/1900.///He/worked/with/many/ different/types/of///music,/including/jazz./
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George/Frideric///////Handel/began/music/lessons/at/age/7/and/started/composing////music/as/a/teenager./He/is/remembered////for/the/beautiful/////oratorio/he/wrote/////called/Messiah.////////
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Franz/Liszt/began////his/career/as/a////////composer/while/he/////was/the/court/music///director/in/Germany./He/created/new/ways/to/play/the/piano/////and/wrote/very////////famous/songs,/////////including/Hungarian//Rhapsodies/No./1-15.//
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Wolfgang/Amadeus// Mozart/was/born/in///Austria/on/////////////January/27,/1756.////He/started/writing////music/when/he/was////only/5/years/old.//He/is/remembered/for////his/many/operas,////// concertos,/sonatas,//// and/serenades.////////
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Franz/Peter/Schubert was/composing/music/ at/the/age/of/13/and writing/songs/when/he was/14./He/was/very//good/at/writing/short/pieces/of/music.///////Most/people/didn’t///realize/how/great/his/music/was//until///////after/he/died./////////
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Russian/composer///// Peter/Ilich///////////// Tchaikovsky/was/born/May/7,/1840./Some///of/the/songs/he//////wrote/were/the/1812//Overture,/the/////////Slavonic/March,/and/ the/music/for/The//// Nutcracker/ballet.////
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German/composer//// Richard/Wagner/was/born/on/May/22,///// 1813./He/is/////////////remembered/for/an/// opera/he/wrote/where he/explores/the//////// characters’/feelings.// He/tried/to/find/new/ ways/to/combine////// music/and/drama./////
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Leonard/Bernstein//// was/the/first////////// American/director/of/ the/New/York///////// Philharmonic/////////// Orchestra./He/wrote// musicals/including///// West/Side/Story/and/ On/the/Town.//////////
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Claude/Debussy/////// worked/with/different tones/used/in/music,//and/the/work/he/did//with/musical/form/////and/harmony/helped//change/the/direction/of/music.///////////////
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The/folk/music/of/the people/of////////////// Czechoslovakia,/where Antonin/Dvorak/was//born,/inspired/his////// choral/works,/operas,/ symphonies,/cantatas, and/dances.///////////
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Austrian/composer////Joseph/Haydn/wrote// more/than/80/string// quartets/and/at/least 104/symphonies,/////// overtures,/concertos,// and/sonatas./One/of/his/famous/oratorios//is/The/Creation.///////
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Sir/Edward/Elgar/was/born/in/Great/////////Britain./His/most//////famous/work,/a/set///of/five/marches/////// called/Pomp/and////// Circumstance,/is/////// often/heard/at//////// graduation///////////// ceremonies.////////////
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Leroy/Anderson/////// earned/the/nickname/ “an/American/original” for/music/he/wrote//// for/the/Boston/Pops// Orchestra/including/// Promenade,/Sleigh//// Ride,/and/The///////// Syncopated/Clock.////
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Sergei/Sergeyevich//// Prokofiev/is/best//////known/for/his////////// symphonic/fairy/tale/ Peter/and/the/Wolf./ He/also/wrote/ballets/ including/Romeo/and/ Juliet/and/Cinderella./
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Italian/composer////// Gioachino/Antonio//// Rossini/is/best/known/ for/a/comic/opera/he wrote/called/The////// Barber/of/Seville./He/also/wrote/a/serious//opera/called/William/Tell./////////////////////
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American/composer/// Scott/Joplin/grew/up/in/Texas./He/is///////// remembered/for/the// music/he/wrote/in/the/ ragtime/style./His///// most/famous/song//// was/called/the/Maple Leaf/Rag./////////////
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Austrian/composer//// Johann/Strauss,/Jr.,/is remembered/as/the/// “waltz/king.”/The/waltz was/a/very/popular/// dance/with/a////////// three-step/pattern.///He/also/wrote/music//for/polka/and/////////quadrille/dances.//////
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French/composer////// Georges/Bizet/was////born/on/October/25,/ 1835./He/loved/to////play/the/piano/and/// compose/operas./His// best-known/opera/is// called/Carmen.////////
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German/composer////Robert/Schumann///// wrote/over/100/songs/ in/just/one/year!/He// enjoyed/writing//////// various/kinds/of/////// music,/and/he/had/a//great/deal/of/////////influence/on/other//// composers./////////////
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Clara/Schumann/was/ the/wife/of/composer Robert/Schumann./////She/was/a/brilliant//// concert/pianist/and/// wrote/songs/and////// music/to/be/played///on/the/piano.//////////
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George/Gershwin/////wrote/the/most//////// popular/opera/ever/// written/by/an////////// American/composer.// He/also/wrote/musical comedies,/symphonies, and/music/that/has///been/used/in/motion// pictures.////////////////
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Edvard/Grieg/was/a// famous/composer///// from/Norway/who///// wrote/many/songs/for the/piano./Two/of/his/ most/famous/pieces// are/Albun-Leaf/and// To/Spring.//////////////
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You/have/probably/// heard/music/by/John/ Williams/in/movies//// because/he/has/////// written/music/for////// more/than/90///////// different/films//////// including/Jaws/and/// Star/Wars./He/also/// has/written/music/for/the/Olympic/Games.//
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Composer/Igor//////// Stravinsky/was/born///in/Russia/and/became a/United/States///////citizen/in/1945./He///wrote/many/famous///ballets,/including/The/Firebird,/The/Rite/of//Spring,/and////////////Petrouchka.////////////
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Italian/composer////// Antonio/Vivaldi/wrote concertos/for/almost/ every/instrument/that was/known/in/Europe/ during/his/lifetime,//// but/loved/writing////// music/for/the////////// instrument/he/was/an/ expert/with-the/violin./
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Zoltan/Kodaly///////// believed/that/the///// human/voice/was/one/ of/the/best//////////// instruments/to/use/to/ express/meaning./He/also/believed/that/////choral/singing/is/one//of/the/best/ways/for/people/to/learn///////about/music.///////////
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Gustav/Mahler/was/// born/in/a/place///////called/Bohemia/that//is/now/part/of/the////Czech/Republic./He///wrote/many/religious//songs/and/conducted/orchestras./////////////
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Russian/composer///// Modest/Mussorgsky// enjoyed/writing/songs based/on/things/he/// saw/in/everyday/life./ His/best-known////////opera/is/called/Boris// Godunov.//////////////
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German/composer//// Carl/Orff/enjoyed/// putting/old/words/to// new/music./He/often// set/the/text/of//////// medieval/works/to///// music,/and/also/wrote/ music/for/words/////// written/by/ancient//// Greek/writers./////////
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John/Philip/Sousa///// became/the/leader/of the/U.S./Marine/Band in/1880/and/is/best/// known/for/the/more//than/100/marches/he/ wrote,/such/as/Semper Fidelis,/El/Capitan,////and/The/Stars/and////Stripes/Forever.///////
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