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Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga

Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola (27 January 1806 – 17 January 1826) was a Spanish Basque composer. He was nicknamed "the Spanish Mozart" after he died, because, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was both a child prodigy and an accomplished composer who died young. They also shared the same first and second baptismal names; and they shared the same birthday (due to both having be…

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Type
Person
Area
Spain
Born
January 27th, 1806
Died
January 17th, 1826
Labels
Naxos
Harmonia Mundi
Hyperion
Philips
Claves Records
Last updated: February 28th, 2015·MusicBrainz

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