Puccini
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) — Italian opera composer whose emotionally devastating works remain the most popular in the repertoire.
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Nessun dorma from Turandot became a worldwide hit when Pavarotti sang it at the 1990 FIFA World Cup opening ceremony — suddenly, an obscure opera aria was on the pop charts.
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Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) was a Czech composer who blended folk music traditions with Classical forms to create a distinctive national voice.
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) was an American composer, conductor, and educator whose works bridged classical music and Broadway, most famously in West Side Story.
Claude Debussy (1862–1918) — French composer who pioneered musical Impressionism, creating a new language of colour and atmosphere.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) — Austrian composer of extraordinary natural genius, prolific across every genre of his era.
Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881) was a Russian composer whose raw, innovative style in works like Pictures at an Exhibition and Boris Godunov profoundly influenced modern music.
Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, and music educator whose pedagogical method revolutionized music education worldwide.
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) — German composer who upheld Classical forms within the Romantic era, creating music of profound depth and craftsmanship.