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  1. <?XML VERSION="1.0" RMD="NONE"?>
  2. <COMPOSER>
  3. <ITEM>
  4. <COMPSR_FIRST>Hector</>
  5. <COMPSR_LAST>Berlioz</>
  6. <COMPSR_BIRTH>1803</>
  7. <COMPSR_DEATH>1869</>
  8. <ORIGIN>France</>
  9. <BIO>Renowned French composer known for <SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">Symphonie Fantastique</SPAN> written in 1830.</>
  10. </>
  11.  
  12.  
  13. <ITEM>
  14. <COMPSR_FIRST>Modest</>
  15. <COMPSR_LAST>Moussorgsky</>
  16. <COMPSR_BIRTH>1839</>
  17. <COMPSR_DEATH>1881</>
  18. <ORIGIN>Russia</>
  19. <BIO>Russian nationalist composer known for such works as <SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">A Night on Bald Mountain</SPAN> and <SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">Pictures at an Exhibition</SPAN></>
  20. </>
  21.  
  22.  
  23. <ITEM>
  24. <COMPSR_FIRST>Franz</>
  25. <COMPSR_LAST>Liszt</>
  26. <COMPSR_BIRTH>1811</>
  27. <COMPSR_DEATH>1886</>
  28. <ORIGIN>France</>
  29. <BIO>Hungarian composer and pianist well known for <SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">Les Preludes</SPAN></>
  30. </>
  31.  
  32.  
  33. <ITEM>
  34. <COMPSR_FIRST>Antonio</>
  35. <COMPSR_LAST>Vivaldi</>
  36. <COMPSR_BIRTH>1678</>
  37. <COMPSR_DEATH>1741</>
  38. <ORIGIN>Italy</>
  39. <BIO>18th century Italian composer best known for <SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic">The Four Seasons</SPAN></>
  40. </>
  41.  
  42.  
  43. <ITEM>
  44. <COMPSR_FIRST>Johann Sebastian</>
  45. <COMPSR_LAST>Bach</>
  46. <COMPSR_BIRTH>1685</>
  47. <COMPSR_DEATH>1750</>
  48. <ORIGIN>Germany</>
  49. <BIO>German composer who brought the contrapuntal idiom to the highest level.</>
  50. </>
  51.  
  52.  
  53. <ITEM>
  54. <COMPSR_FIRST>Ludwig van</>
  55. <COMPSR_LAST>Beethoven</>
  56. <COMPSR_BIRTH>1770</>
  57. <COMPSR_DEATH>1827</>
  58. <ORIGIN>Germany</>
  59. <BIO>German composer who helped usher in the romantic period in classical music.</>
  60. </>
  61.  
  62.  
  63. <ITEM>
  64. <COMPSR_FIRST>Wolfgang Amadeus</>
  65. <COMPSR_LAST>Mozart</>
  66. <COMPSR_BIRTH>1756</>
  67. <COMPSR_DEATH>1791</>
  68. <ORIGIN>Austria</>
  69. <BIO>Austrian composer from the classical period responsible for numerous operas, symphonies, concertos, and pieces for chamber orchestra.</>
  70. </>
  71.  
  72.  
  73. <ITEM>
  74. <COMPSR_FIRST>Joseph</>
  75. <COMPSR_LAST>Haydn</>
  76. <COMPSR_BIRTH>1732</>
  77. <COMPSR_DEATH>1809</>
  78. <ORIGIN>Germany</>
  79. <BIO>Austrian composer given credit for the creation of the string quartet and the classical symphony.</>
  80. </>
  81.  
  82.  
  83. <ITEM>
  84. <COMPSR_FIRST>Claude</>
  85. <COMPSR_LAST>Debussy</>
  86. <COMPSR_BIRTH>1862</>
  87. <COMPSR_DEATH>1918</>
  88. <ORIGIN>France</>
  89. <BIO>French composer of piano music, opera, cantatas, ballets, and orchestral and chamber works.</>
  90. </>
  91.  
  92.  
  93. </>
  94.