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Lifetime
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Nationality
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Two Main Compositions
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Composers
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1770-1827
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German
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Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathétique" Piano Sonata No. 23 "Appassionata"
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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1756-1791
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Austrian
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The Marriage of Figaro Overture Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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1685-1750
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German
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The Brandenburg Concertos The Well-Tempered Clavier
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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1813-1883
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German
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The Ring Of The Nibelung Die Walküre
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Richard Wagner
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1732-1809
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Austrian
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Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major The Creation
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Joseph Haydn
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1833-1897
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German
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Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1
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Johannes Brahms
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1797-1828
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Austrian
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Ständchen, D. 889 "Serenade" Erlkönig
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Franz Schubert
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1840-1893
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Russian
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The Seasons: June Swan Lake: Spanish Dance
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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1685-1759
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German-British
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Water Music Music for the Royal Fireworks
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George Frideric Handel
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1882-1971
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Russian
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The Rite of Spring Oedipus Rex
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Igor Stravinsky
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1810-1856
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German
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Kinderszenen Fantasie in C
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Robert Schumann
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1810-1849
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Polish
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Marche Funèbre, Op. 72 No. 2 Étude Op. 25 No. 1 "Aeolian Harp"
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Frédéric Chopin
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1809-1847
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German
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Elijah, Op. 70
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Felix Mendelssohn
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1862-1918
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French
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La cathédrale engloutie Arabesque No. 1
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Claude Debussy
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1811-1886
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Hungarian
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Mephisto Waltz No. 1 Liebestraum No. 3
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Franz Liszt
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1841-1904
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Czech
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Humoresque No. 7 Slavonic Dances
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Antonín Dvořák
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1813-1901
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Italian
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La Traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici Rigoletto: La donna è mobile
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Giuseppe Verdi
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1860-1911
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Bohemian
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Das Lied Von Der Erde Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
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Gustav Mahler
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1678-1741
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Italian
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Gloria, RV589 L’Estro Armónico
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Antonio Vivaldi
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1864-1949
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German
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Also Sprach Zarathustra Salome, Op. 54
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Richard Strauss
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1891-1953
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Russian
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Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
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Sergei Prokofiev
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1906-1975
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Russian-Soviet
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The Gadfly Suite Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Op. 29
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Dmitri Shostakovich
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1881-1945
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Hungarian
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Duke Bluebeard's Castle The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19
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Béla Bartók
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1803-1869
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French
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Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts) Les nuits d'été, Op. 7
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Hector Berlioz
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1824-1896
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Austrian
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Symphony No. 8 in C minor Masses Nos. 1-3
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Anton Bruckner
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1525-1594
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Italian
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Missa Papae Marcelli Ave Regina Caelorum
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
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1567-1643
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Italian
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L'Orfeo, SV 318 Vespero della Beata Vergine, SV 206
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Claudio Monteverdi
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1865-1957
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Finnish
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Finlandia, Op. 26 The Maiden in the Tower, JS 101
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Jean Sibelius
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1875-1937
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French
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Pavane pour une infante défunte Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55
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Maurice Ravel
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1872-1958
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British
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The Pilgrim's Progress The Wasps
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
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1839-1881
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Russian
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Boris Godunov Great Gate of Kyiv
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Modest Mussorgsky
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1858-1924
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Italian
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Tosca: Vissi d'arte Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì, vedremo
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Giacomo Puccini
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1659-1695
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English
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Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 The Fairy-Queen, Z. 629
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Henry Purcell
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1792-1868
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Italian
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L'italiana in Algeri Guglielmo Tell
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Giacomo Rossini
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1857-1934
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British
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Salut d'Amour, Op. 12 Enigma Variations, Op. 36
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Edward Elgar
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1873-1943
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Russian-Soviet
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14 Romaces, Op. 34 Six moments musicaux, D. 780
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
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1835-1921
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French
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Le Carnaval des animaux: Le cygne Samson and Delilah, Op. 47
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Camille Saint-Saëns
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c.1440-1521
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French/Franco-Flemish
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Missa de Beata Virgine Missa Pange Lingua
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Josquin Des Prez
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1844-1908
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Russian
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Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 Scheherazade, Op. 35
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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1786-1826
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German
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Der Freischütz Euryanthe, J. 291
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Carl Maria von Weber
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1683-1764
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French
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Platée La princesse de Navarre
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
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1632-1687
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Italian-French
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Armide, LWV. 71 Benedictus Dominus, LWV. 64/2
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Jean-Baptiste Lully
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1845-1924
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French
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Après un rêve, Op. 7 No.1 Sicilienne, Op. 78
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Gabriel Fauré
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1843-1907
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Norwegian
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Peer Gynt: Morning Mood Peer Gynt: Solveig's Song
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Edvard Grieg
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1714-1787
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Bohemian
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Orfeo ed Euridice Iphigénie en Tauride
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
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1874-1951
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Austrian-American
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Moses und Aron Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
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Arnold Schoenberg
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1874-1954
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American
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The Unanswered Question Three Places in New England
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Charles Ives
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1895-1963
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German
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Symphony: Mathis der Maler Ludus Tonalis
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Paul Hindemith
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1908-1992
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French
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Quatuor pour la fin du temps Des Canyons aux étoiles
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Olivier Messiaen
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1900-1990
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American
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Appalachian Spring Fanfare for the Common Man
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Aaron Copland
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1668-1733
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French
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Leçons de ténèbres Pièces de Clavecin
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Francois Couperin
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1539-1623
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English
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Mass for Five Voices: Agnus Dei The Battell, T. 441
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William Byrd
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1866-1925
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French
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Trois Gnossiennes Trois morceaux en forme de poire
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Erik Satie
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1913-1976
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British
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War Requiem, Op. 66 The Prince of the Pagodas
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Benjamin Britten
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1824-1884
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Czech
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Má vlast, JB. 1:112 Prodaná nevěsta, JB. 1:100
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Bedrick Smetana
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1822-1890
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French
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Sonata in A major Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 7
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César Franck
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1872-1915
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Russian
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The Poem of Ecstasy Piano Concerto in F-sharp Minor
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Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin
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1838-1875
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French
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L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2: Farandole Carmen: Votre Toast
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Georges Bizet
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1685-1757
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Italian
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Keyboard Sonatas, K.1-555 Stabat Mater
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Domenico Scarlatti
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1681-1767
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German
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Tafelmusik Trumpet Concerto, TWV. 51:D7
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Georg Philipp Telemann
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1883-1945
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Austrian
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Passacaglia, Op. 1 Concerto for Nine Instruments
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Anton Webern
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1532-1594
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Franco-Flemish
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Psalmi Davidis Poenitentiales Lagrime di San Pietro
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Roland de Lassus
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1898-1937
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American
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Rhapsody in Blue I Got Rhythm
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George Gershwin
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1797-1848
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Italian
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L'elisir d'amore Don Pasquale
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Gaetano Donizetti
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1714-1788
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German
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Solfeggietto, H. 220 Sonata for Solo Flute in A minor
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
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1653-1713
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Italian
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12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 Christmas Concerto, Op. 6 No. 8
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Archangelo Corelli
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1505-1585
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English
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Spem in alium Lamentations of Jeremiah
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Thomas Tallis
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1825-1899
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Austrian
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Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410 Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
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Johann Strauss II
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1854-1928
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Czech
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The Cunning Little Vixen Káťa Kabanová
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Leos Janácek
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1300-1377
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French
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Messe de Nostre Dame "Ma fin est mon commencement"
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Guillaume de Machaut
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1885-1935
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Austrian
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Wozzeck Kammerkonzert
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Alban Berg
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1833-1887
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Russian
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Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances In the Steppes of Central Asia
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Alexander Borodin
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1801-1835
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Italian
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Norma: Casta Diva Il pirata
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Vincenzo Bellini
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1818-1893
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French
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Faust Messe brève No. 7
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Charles Gounod
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1842-1912
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French
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Thaïs: Méditation Manon
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Jules Massenet
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1899-1963
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French
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Trois mouvements perpétuels Dialogues des Carmélites, FP. 159
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Francis Poulenc
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1554/1557-1612
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Italian
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Sonata pian' e forte, Ch. 175 Canzon per sonar primi toni à 8
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Giovanni Gabrieli
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1100s-1200s
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(French)
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Sederunt Viderunt Omnes
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Pérotin
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1585-1672
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German
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Psalmen Davids, SWV 22–47 Cantiones sacræ, Op. 4
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Heinrich Schütz
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1912-1992
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American
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4'33'' In a Landscape
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John Cage
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1710-1736
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Italian
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La serva padrona Marian Vespers
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
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1563-1626
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English
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Lachrimæ, or Seaven Teares The Frog Galliard
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John Dowland
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1874-1934
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British
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The Planets, Op. 32: Mars The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50
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Gustav Holst
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1637-1707
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Danish
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Jesu, meines Lebens Leben Membra Jesu Nostri
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Dietrich Buxtehude
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1879-1936
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Italian
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Pini di Roma, P. 141 Feste romane
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Ottorino Respighi
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1400-1474
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French
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Nuper rosarum flores Missa L'homme armé
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Guillaume Dufay
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1860-1903
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Austrian
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Italian Serenade Mörike-Lieder: Im Frühling
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Hugo Wolf
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1865-1931
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Danish
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Symphony No. 4, Op.27 FS. 60 Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57
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Carl Nielsen
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1902-1983
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British
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Belshazzar's Feast Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
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William Walton
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1892-1974
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French
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La Création du monde, Op. 81a Le Bœuf sur le toit, Op. 58
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Darius Milhaud
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1583-1625
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English
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Hosanna to the Son of David The Silver Swan
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Orlando Gibbons
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1791-1864
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German
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Les Huguenots Robert le diable
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
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1910-1981
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American
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Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 Violin Concerto, Op. 14
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Samuel Barber
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1549-1611
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Spanish
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O magnum mysterium Officium Defunctorum
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
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(1135)-1201
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(French)
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Magnus Liber Messe du Jour dë Noel
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Léonin
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1876-1946
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Spanish
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Noches en los jardines de España El amor brujo
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Manuel de Falla
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1098-1179
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German
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Ordo Virtutum Symphonia
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Hildegard von Bingen
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1804-1857
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Russian
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Ruslan and Lyudmila A Life for the Tsar
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Mikhail Glinka
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1865-1936
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Russian
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Symphony No. 5 "Heroic" Symphony No. 3 "Slavyanskaya"
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Alexander Glazunov
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1566-1613
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Italian
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Madrigals, Book 6 Tenebrae Responsoria
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Don Carlo Gesualdo
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