Composers Flashcards
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Henry Purcell
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Composer of church music, operas. Organist at Westminster Abbey
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George Frederic Handel
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German composer of Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks, Messiah
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Gustav Holst
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Composer of The Planets, I vow to thee my country
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Sir Edward Elgar
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Composer of Land of Hope and Glory, played at the Last Night of the Proms
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Composer influenced by traditional English folk music
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Sir William Walton
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Composer for films, opera, marches for coronations
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Benjamin Britten
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Composer of operas and A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
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Gilbert and Sullivan
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Composers of comic operas
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Composer of musicals
