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ON THIS DAY: Composer Manos Loizos dies at 44 (1982)

On 17 September 1982, Greece lost one of its most beloved and influential composers, Manos Loizos, who died in Moscow at the age of...

ON THIS DAY: Stravinsky was born (1882)

On 17 June 1882, in a town near Saint Petersburg, Igor Stravinsky was born — a composer who would go on to redefine the...

ON THIS DAY: Celebrating Brahms (1833) and Tchaikovsky (1840)

On 7 May 1833, Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany, into a modest family. From an early age, his musical talent was evident,...

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