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label
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description
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occupation
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position held
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date of birth
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date of death
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image
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336
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ws
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)
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composer music educator pianist musician organist violinist
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1756-01-27
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1791-12-05
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309
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ws
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Ludwig van Beethoven
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German composer (1770–1827)
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composer
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1770-12-16
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1827-03-26
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251
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ws
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Franz Liszt
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Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811–1886)
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classical composer pianist conductor music educator virtuoso composer presbyter writer
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1811-10-22
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1886-07-31
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237
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ws
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Franz Schubert
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Austrian composer (1797–1828)
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composer pianist teacher
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1797-01-31
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1828-11-19
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234
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ws
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Johannes Brahms
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German composer (1833–1897)
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composer conductor pianist
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1833-05-07
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1897-04-03
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226
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ws
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Joseph Haydn
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Austrian composer (1732–1809)
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composer conductor musicologist pianist
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chapelmaster
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1732-03-31 1732-04-01
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1809-05-31
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210
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ws ws
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Charles V
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Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain and Duke of Burgundy (1500–1558)
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monarch
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monarch of the Crown of Aragon Monarch of Castile and Leon Holy Roman Emperor Lord of the Netherlands king of Sardinia
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1500-02-24
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1558-09-21
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208
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ws
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Carl Maria von Weber
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German Romantic composer (1786–1826)
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composer conductor pianist guitarist classical guitarist music critic
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1786-11-18 1786-11-19 1786-12-18 1786-11
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1826-06-05
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206
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ws
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Christoph Willibald von Gluck
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opera composer (1714–1787)
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composer conductor
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court chapel master
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1714-07-02
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1787-11-15
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206
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ws
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Jacques Offenbach
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German-born French composer (1819–1880)
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composer cellist conductor theatre entrepreneur
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1819-06-20
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1880-10-05
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205
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ws
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Torquato Tasso
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Italian poet (1544–1595)
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poet writer playwright prose writer
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1544-03-11
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1595-04-25 1595-05-25
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203
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ws
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Carlo Goldoni
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Italian playwright (1707-1793)
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playwright writer librettist screenwriter translator poet lawyer poet director
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1707-02-25
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1793-02-06
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199
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ws
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Gaetano Donizetti
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Italian opera composer (1797–1848)
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composer
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chapelmaster
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1797-11-29
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1848-04-08
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196
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ws
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Alessandro Manzoni
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Italian poet and novelist (1785-1873)
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writer poet politician novelist playwright
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senator of the Kingdom of Sardinia member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Sardinia
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1785-03-07
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1873-05-22
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196
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ws
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Johann Strauss II
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Austrian composer (1825-1899)
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conductor composer
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1825-10-25
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1899-06-03
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194
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ws
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Giacomo Casanova
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Venetian adventurer and writer (1725–1798)
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translator poet librarian banker novelist diplomat Iliad's translator writer adventurer autobiographer
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1725-04-02
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1798-06-04
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193
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ws
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Bedřich Smetana
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Czech composer (1824–1884)
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composer conductor teacher pedagogue pianist music educator musician
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1824-03-02 1824-04-02
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1884-05-12
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186
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ws
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Marie Antoinette
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last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution
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aristocrat consort
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Queen Consort of France
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1755-11-02
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1793-10-16
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181
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ws
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Franz Joseph I of Austria
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Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1830-1916)
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politician monarch
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Emperor of Austria Apostolic King of Hungary King of Bohemia Head of the House of Habsburg Member of the Sejm of the Polish People's Republic
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1830-08-18
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1916-11-21
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178
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ws
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Angelica Kauffmann
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Swiss artist (1741–1807)
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painter printmaker artist visual artist
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1741-10-30
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1807-11-05
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171
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ws
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Pietro Metastasio
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Italian poet and librettist (1698–1782)
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poet librettist playwright Catholic priest writer songwriter presbyter
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1698-01-03
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1782-04-12
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170
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ws
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Anton Bruckner
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Austrian composer (1824-1896)
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composer musicologist music theorist music educator organist university teacher teacher
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1824-09-04
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1896-10-11
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169
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ws ws
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Lorenzo Da Ponte
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Italian opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838)
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librettist translator playwright composer poet writer songwriter
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1749-03-10
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1838-08-17
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166
|
ws
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August von Kotzebue
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German dramatist and writer
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writer playwright poet lawyer historian autobiographer
|
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1761-05-03
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1819-03-23
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161
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ws ws
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Philip II of Spain
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16th-century King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598
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ruler
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Monarch of Castile and Leon Monarch of Portugal monarch of the Crown of Aragon Lord of the Netherlands King of England (jure uxoris) King of Ireland (Iure uxoris) monarch king of Sardinia King of Naples King of Sicily Grand Master of the Order of the Golden Fleece
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1527-05-21
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1598-09-13
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161
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ws
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Ugo Foscolo
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Italian writer and poet (1778-1827)
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poet writer playwright translator literary critic
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1778-02-06
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1827-09-10
|
|
161
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ws
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Maria Theresa of Austria
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ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)
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aristocrat monarch politician
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Prince-Elector King of Bohemia Apostolic King of Hungary
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1717-05-13
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1780-11-29
|
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159
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ws
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Franz Grillparzer
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Austrian dramatist and poet (1791-1872)
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writer poet playwright politician
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Member of the House of Lords (Austria)
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1791-01-15
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1872-01-21
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158
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ws
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Antonio Canova
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Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822)
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sculptor architect painter drawer engraver
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1757-11-01
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1822-10-13
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|
157
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ws
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Friedrich Schlegel
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German poet, critic and scholar, editor
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philosopher translator writer novelist literary critic university teacher poet editor historian literary theorist art theorist art historian
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1772-03-10
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1829-01-12 1829-01-11
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|
153
|
ws
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Johann Joachim Winckelmann
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German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library
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art historian librarian archaeologist historian writer in-home tutor
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|
1717-12-09
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1768-06-08
|
|
150
|
ws
|
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
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Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705), King of Hungary and Croatia and King of Bohemia
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monarch composer
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Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector King of Bohemia Apostolic King of Hungary
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1640-06-09
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1705-05-05
|
|
150
|
ws ws
|
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790
|
military leader monarch
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector King of Bohemia Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1741-03-13
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1790-02-20
|
|
148
|
ws
|
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
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Austrian author
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journalist writer university teacher historian
|
|
1836-01-27 1835-01-27
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1895-03-09
|
|
148
|
ws
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Anton Raphael Mengs
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German-Bohemian painter active in Dresden, Rome and Madrid (1728-1779)
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painter art historian visual artist
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court painter
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1728-03-22 1728-03-12
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1779-06-29
|
|
144
|
ws
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Domenico Cimarosa
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Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school
|
composer
|
|
1749-12-17
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1801-01-11
|
|
143
|
ws
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Adalbert Stifter
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Austrian painter, pacifist and writer (1805-1868)
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writer painter poet teacher preservationist
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Member of the Frankfurt Parliament
|
1805-10-23 1805
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1868-01-28 1868-01-23
|
|
142
|
ws
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Antonio Salieri
|
Italian composer and teacher (1750–1825)
|
composer conductor musicologist music educator
|
court chapel master
|
1750-08-18
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1825-05-07
|
|
139
|
ws
|
Maximilian I
|
Holy Roman Emperor
|
ruler
|
Holy Roman Emperor King of the Romans Duke of Burgundy
|
1459-03-22
|
1519-01-12
|
|
137
|
ws ws
|
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
|
Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary (1837-1898)
|
monarch courtier
|
Grand Mistress of the Order the Starry Cross Consort of Austria Consort of Hungary Consort of Bohemia
|
1837-12-24
|
1898-09-10
|
|
137
|
ws
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Christian Friedrich Hebbel
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German poet and dramatist (1813-1863)
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poet writer playwright poet lawyer
|
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1813-03-18
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1863-12-13
|
|
136
|
ws
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Leopold Mozart
|
German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist (1719-1787)
|
composer musicologist violinist pedagogue music educator music theorist musician
|
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1719-11-14
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1787-05-28
|
|
136
|
ws
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Johann Strauss I
|
Austrian Romantic composer
|
composer conductor
|
|
1804-03-14
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1849-09-25
|
|
135
|
ws ws
|
Rosalba Carriera
|
Rococo portrait painter (1673-1757)
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painter drawer architectural draftsperson artist visual artist
|
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1675-10-07 1673-01-12
|
1757-04-15
|
|
134
|
ws
|
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
|
Austrian composer and pianist
|
composer conductor pianist concertmaster music educator
|
court chapel master
|
1778-11-14
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1837-10-17
|
|
134
|
ws
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Joseph Joachim
|
Hungarian violinist, composer, and teacher
|
composer conductor concertmaster musicologist music educator university teacher violinist violist
|
|
1831-06-28
|
1907-08-15
|
|
134
|
ws
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Klemens von Metternich
|
Austrian diplomat and statesman
|
diplomat politician writer
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Minister-President of Austria ambassador to Saxony ambassador of Austria to France ambassador of the Holy Roman Empire to Prussia
|
1773-05-15
|
1859-06-11
|
|
133
|
ws
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Cesare Beccaria
|
jurist, philosopher and politician from Italy (1738-1794)
|
philosopher jurist criminologist economist
|
|
1738-03-15
|
1794-11-20
|
|
133
|
ws
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Louis Spohr
|
German composer, violinist and conductor
|
composer conductor musicologist music educator violinist musician
|
court chapel master
|
1784-04-05
|
1859-10-22
|
|
131
|
ws
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Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Holy Roman Emperor of the Habsburg dynasty and king of Bohemia, Croatia and Hungary (1503–1564)
|
aristocrat monarch politician
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector King of Bohemia Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1503-03-10
|
1564-07-25
|
|
129
|
ws ws
|
Carl Czerny
|
Austrian composer and pianist (1791-1857)
|
pianist composer musicologist music theorist music educator
|
|
1791-02-21
|
1857-07-15
|
|
129
|
ws ws ws
|
Sándor Petőfi
|
Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary
|
poet translator actor writer
|
|
1823-01-01 1822-12-31
|
1849-07-31
|
|
128
|
ws
|
Carlo Gozzi
|
Italian playwright (1720-1806)
|
playwright writer poet memoirist
|
|
1720-12-13
|
1806-04-04
|
|
128
|
ws
|
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
|
Austrian writer
|
writer playwright prose writer novelist
|
|
1830-09-13
|
1916-03-12
|
|
127
|
ws ws
|
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
|
18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor
|
monarch art collector
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector Apostolic King of Hungary King of Bohemia monarch of the Crown of Aragon King of Sardinia and Corsica Archduke of Austria
|
1685-10-01
|
1740-10-20
|
|
127
|
ws
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Bernardo Bellotto
|
Italian artist
|
painter printmaker drawer engraver
|
court painter
|
1722-05-20
|
1780-11-17
|
|
127
|
ws
|
Johann Nestroy
|
Austrian playwright, actor and singer
|
writer playwright poet lawyer stage actor opera singer satirist poet actor
|
|
1801-12-07
|
1862-05-25
|
|
126
|
ws
|
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Holy Roman Emperor from 1619 to 1637
|
aristocrat
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector King of Bohemia Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1578-07-09
|
1637-02-15
|
|
125
|
ws
|
Ruđer Josip Bošković
|
Croat physicist
|
physicist astronomer mathematician philosopher diplomat poet theologian polymath historian geographer university teacher Catholic vocation
|
professor
|
1711-05-18
|
1787-02-13
|
|
125
|
ws
|
Franz von Suppé
|
Austrian composer and conductor (1819-1895)
|
composer conductor
|
|
1819-04-18
|
1895-05-21
|
|
125
|
ws
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Alessandro Volta
|
Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)
|
physicist inventor academic chemist
|
senator
|
1745-02-18
|
1827-03-05
|
|
123
|
ws
|
Mór Jókai
|
Hungarian writer (1825–1904)
|
writer playwright politician journalist
|
Member of the House of Magnates member of the National Assembly of Hungary
|
1825-02-18
|
1904-05-05
|
|
123
|
ws
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Pietro Longhi
|
Italian painter (1701-1785)
|
painter drawer visual artist
|
|
1701-11-05
|
1785-05-08
|
|
122
|
ws
|
Eduard Hanslick
|
Austrian musician and musicologist
|
musicologist writer music critic professor composer aesthetician critic opinion journalist
|
|
1825-09-11
|
1904-08-06
|
|
122
|
ws ws
|
Emperor Rudolf II
|
Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria (1552-1612)
|
politician art collector monarch
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector King of Bohemia Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1552-07-18
|
1612-01-20
|
|
121
|
ws
|
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1608-1657)
|
composer monarch
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector Apostolic King of Hungary
|
1608-07-13
|
1657-04-02
|
|
121
|
ws
|
Antonio Rosmini-Serbati
|
Italian philosopher and priest (1797–1855)
|
philosopher priest writer
|
|
1797-03-24
|
1855-07-01
|
|
120
|
ws
|
Francesco Guardi
|
Italian painter (1712-1793)
|
painter graphic artist
|
|
1712-10-05
|
1793-01-01 1792
|
|
119
|
ws
|
Joris Hoefnagel
|
Flemish painter, printmaker, miniaturist and draftsman
|
painter illuminator cartographer scientific illustrator engraver drawer
|
|
1542
|
1600-09-09 1601 1600 1601-07-24
|
|
119
|
ws
|
Maximilian I of Mexico
|
emperor of Mexico (1832-1867)
|
politician botanist
|
Emperor of Mexico Member of the House of Lords (Austria)
|
1832-07-06
|
1867-06-19
|
|
118
|
ws
|
Bernard Bolzano
|
Bohemian mathematician and priest (1781–1848)
|
mathematician logician philosopher of science theologian Catholic priest historian epistemologist philosopher professor aesthetician teacher priest
|
|
1781-10-05
|
1848-12-18
|
|
118
|
ws ws ws
|
Gregory XVI
|
pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846
|
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
|
pope cardinal abbot
|
1765-09-18
|
1846-06-01
|
|
118
|
ws
|
Božena Němcová
|
Czech writer (1820-1862)
|
writer poet children's writer collector of fairy tales editor national revival activist opinion journalist novelist
|
|
1820-02-04
|
1862-01-21
|
|
118
|
ws
|
Giuseppe Tartini
|
Italian composer and violinist (1692-1770)
|
composer musicologist music theorist violinist music educator
|
|
1692-04-08
|
1770-02-26
|
|
117
|
ws
|
Theodor Körner
|
German poet
|
poet writer
|
|
1791-09-23
|
1813-08-26
|
|
115
|
ws ws
|
Jan Ladislav Dussek
|
Czech composer and pianist (1760–1812)
|
composer pianist organist
|
|
1760-02-12 1761-02-09
|
1812-03-20
|
|
115
|
ws ws
|
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
|
Holy Roman emperor (1747-1792)
|
politician
|
Holy Roman Emperor Prince-Elector King of Bohemia Apostolic King of Hungary Duke of Luxemburg
|
1747-05-05
|
1792-03-01
|
|
115
|
ws
|
Ignaz Moscheles
|
Bohemian conductor, music educator, composer and pianist (1794-1870)
|
pianist conductor composer pedagogue musicologist music educator diarist university teacher violinist
|
|
1794-05-23 1794-05-30
|
1870-03-10
|
|
114
|
ws
|
Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma
|
Empress Consort of France (1810–1814) and Monarch of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla (1814-1847)
|
ruler consort politician
|
|
1791-12-12
|
1847-12-17
|
|
114
|
ws
|
Lazzaro Spallanzani
|
Italian priest, biologist and physiologist (1729-1799)
|
physicist naturalist university teacher entomologist botanist
|
museum director
|
1729-01-12
|
1799-02-11 1799-02-12
|
|
113
|
ws ws
|
Eugene of Savoy
|
prince of the house of Savoy, then commander in chief of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire (1663-1736)
|
military officer military leader army officer
|
ambassador of Austria to France Governor of Milan
|
1663-10-18
|
1736-04-21
|
|
112
|
ws
|
Antonio Caldara
|
Italian composer (c.1670–1736)
|
composer cellist singer chapelmaster
|
chapelmaster
|
1671
|
1736-12-28
|
|
112
|
ws ws
|
Philip IV of Spain
|
King of Spain and Portugal (1605-1665)
|
monarch ruler politician art collector
|
Monarch of Castile and Leon Monarch of Portugal monarch of the Crown of Aragon monarch king of Sardinia
|
1605-04-08
|
1665-09-17
|
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