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Category List: Composers

1.	French composer of Sympnie Fantastique, Hector Berlioz. Click here to read about Hector Berlioz
2.	One of the greatest American composers ever - George Gershwin. Click here to read about George Gershwin
3.	Edvard Grieg, the most famous Norwegian composer, whose best-known work is the Peer Gynt suite, written to accompany a Henrik Ibsen play of the same name. Grieg famously said he only wanted to write music in which a man could feel at home. Click here to read about Edvard Grieg
4.	Scott Joplin's 'rag time' piano playing set the world alight during his lifetime, and then again when it was used in the soundtrack for the movie "The Sting". But, as is so often the case, there was more to this man than their famous persona. Click here to read about Scott Joplin
5.	Read some interesting stuff about Austrian-born composer, Amadeus Mozart, who was prolific in the extreme. Click here to read about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6.	Composer of operas, Giacomo Puccini, who became famous for works such as La Bohème. Click here to read about Giacomo Puccini
7.	Composer of the ubiquitous Four Seasons amongst others, Antonio Vivaldi. Click here to read about Antonio Vivaldi
8.	A man who entertained America for sixty years, with his Jazz bands and musical compositions, Fred Waring. Click here to read about Fred Waring
9.	Burt Green Wilder, who was a respected surgeon, zoologist and composter, and was first professor of Zoology at Cornell University. Click here to read about Burt Green Wilder