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Gustav Holst was an English composer and became famous for his suite,
The Planets.
It is a series of seven "movements", one for each of the non-Earth planets
known in Holst’s day (i.e., all of the planets but Earth and Pluto).
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Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the world's greatest composers. He lived and
wrote his music in an historical period called The Baroque. He is often
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2006 marks the
250 anniversary of Mozart's birth. Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in
Salzburg Austria. Mozart was one of the most prolific composers that ever lived.
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Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany on December 16, 1770.
His father was a singer and his mother was the daughter of a cook. They
were very poor.
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J.
S. Bach