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Florence Beatrice Price
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Louise Farrenc
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Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges
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William Grant Still
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Paul Dukas
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Amy Beach
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Nadia Boulanger
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William Walton
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Dobrinka Tabakova
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