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Super similarityJohn Tavener
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Super similarityAlfred Schnittke
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Very high similarityKrzysztof Penderecki
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Very high similarityOlivier Messiaen
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Very high similarityThe Hilliard Ensemble
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Very high similarityMorton Feldman
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Very high similarityGyörgy Ligeti
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Very high similarityPhilip Glass
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Very high similarityDmitri Shostakovich
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Very high similarityMeredith Monk
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Very high similaritySofia Gubaidulina
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Very high similarityZbigniew Preisner
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Very high similarityJohn Cage
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Very high similarityВалентин Васильович Сильвестров
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