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Johan Svendsen
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Sigismond Thalberg
8,674 listeners
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Ethel Smyth
5,485 listeners
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Amy Beach
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Adolf von Henselt
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Cécile Chaminade
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Fanny Mendelssohn
75,131 listeners
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Louise Farrenc
34,084 listeners
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Harald Sæverud
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