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Lou Harrison
American composer
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Joonas Kokkonen
Finnish composer
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Aaron Copland
American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor
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Arnold Schoenberg
Austrian-American composer (1874-1951)
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Joseph Schwantner
American composer
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George Tsontakis
American conductor
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Alan Shulman
American composer and cellist
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Mark O'Connor
American fiddle player
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Lennie Niehaus
American saxophonist and composer (1929-2020)
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Hans Werner Henze
German composer
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Peter Gordon
American composer and musician
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Tina Brooks
American musician
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Bill Smith
jazz musician and composer from the United States
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Susie Ibarra
American musician
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Ferde Grofé
American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist
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Darius Milhaud
French composer, conductor and teacher (1892-1974)
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John Corigliano
American composer
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Juan Tizol
Puerto Rican trombonist and composer
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John Cooper
English composer, viol player and lutenist
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Alban Berg
Austrian composer
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Dave Douglas
American jazz trumpeter
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Louise Talma
American composer
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John Adams
American composer
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Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
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Chowdiah
Indian composer and musician
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Alan Hovhaness
Armenian-American composer
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Ingvar Lidholm
Swedish composer
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Herman David Koppel
Danish musician
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Fred Hersch
American musician
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John Cage
American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)
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Jason Kao Hwang
American musician
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Lalo Schifrin
Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor (born 1932)
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Wu Fei
Chinese singer
