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Andrzej Panufnik
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Nikos Skalkottas
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Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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Charles Koechlin
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Witold Lutosławski
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György Kurtág
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Per Nørgård
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Einojuhani Rautavaara
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Jennifer Higdon
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