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•  Richard Wagner

  Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas", as they were later called). Unlike most other opera composers, Wagner wrote both the music and libretto for every one of his works.

  

  27.8%
  

  44.4%
  

  27.8%
  
•  Richard Strauss

  Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, particularly of operas, Lieder and tone poems. Strauss was also a prominent conductor.

  

  36.4%
  

  36.4%
  

  27.3%
  
•  Felix Mendelssohn

  Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born, and generally known in English-speaking countries, as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. The grandson of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, he was born into a notable Jewish family, although he himself was brought up initially without religion, and later as a Lutheran Christian.

  

  22.2%
  

  55.6%
  

  22.2%
  
•  Paul Hindemith

  Paul Hindemith (16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.

  

  14.3%
  

  57.1%
  

  28.6%
  
•  Franz Danzi

  Franz Ignaz Danzi (June 15, 1763 – April 13, 1826) was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the noted Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi. Born in Schwetzingen, Franz Danzi worked in Mannheim, Munich, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, where he died. Danzi lived at a significant time in the history of European concert music.

  

  41.7%
  

  16.7%
  

  41.7%
  
•  Bruno Walter

  Bruno Walter (September 15, 1876 – February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor and composer. One of the most famous conductors of the 20th century, he was born in Berlin, but moved to several countries between 1933 and 1939, finally settling in the United States in 1939. He was born Bruno Schlesinger, but began using Walter as his surname in 1896, and officially changed his surname to Walter upon becoming naturalised in Austria in 1911.

  

  60.0%
  

  20.0%
  

  20.0%
  
•  Max Bruch

  Max Christian Friedrich Bruch (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920), also known as Max Karl August Bruch, was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including three violin concertos, one of which is a staple of the violin repertoire.

  

  20.0%
  

  40.0%
  

  40.0%
  
•  Otto Klemperer

  Otto Klemperer (14 May 1885, Breslau – 6 July 1973, Zürich) was a German-born conductor and composer. He is widely regarded as one of the leading conductors of the 20th century.

  

  25.0%
  

  0.0%
  

  75.0%
  
•  Carlos Kleiber

  Carlos Kleiber (3 July 1930 – 13 July 2004) was an Austrian conductor.

  

  42.9%
  

  28.6%
  

  28.6%
  
•  Carl Schuricht

  Carl Adolph Schuricht (3 July 1880 – 7 January 1967) was a German conductor. Schuricht was born in Danzig, German Empire; his father's family had been respected organ-builders. His mother, Amanda Wusinowska, a widow soon after her marriage (Carl's father drowned saving a friend three weeks before he was born), brought up her son alone. His childhood was surrounded by music "every Sunday in summer we used to hire three large open carriages and go out into the country.

  

  50.0%
  

  50.0%
  

  0.0%
  

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•  1792

  Year 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).

  

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•  Chalkiades (Larissa), Greece

  

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•  Beneath the Surface (Stargate SG-1)

  

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•  State Route 203 (Alabama)

  

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  40.0%
  

  44.0%
  
•  Beijing No.8 Middle School YiHai branch

  

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