Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer, considered by many to be the most influential composer of 20th century music. He was a quintessentially cosmopolitan Russian who was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the century. In addition to the recognition

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John Aloysius Fahey was born in Takoma Park, MD into a musical household--both his parents played the piano. On weekends, the family often attended performances of top country and bluegrass groups of the day, but it was hearing Bill Monroe's version of Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel No. 7" on the radio

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Pioneering industrial band from London, TG was formed in 1975 out of performance art group COUM Transmissions. Their scandalous 1976 "Prostitution" show at the London Institute for Contemporary Art nearly caused a riot and obscenity charges leading Tory MP Nicholas Fairburn to call them "wreckers o

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