63 Greatest Composers of All Time

63 of music's most celebrated composers — classical masters, film-score legends, and contemporary innovators who shaped how the world sounds. Complete discographies and biographies.

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Frank Zappa

United States

Frank Zappa 1940-1993 released over 60 albums, from rock to orchestral, with The Mothers of Invention and solo. He testified before Congress in 1985 against music censorship and is the only artist inducted into both the Jazz and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame. He died of prostate cancer at age 52 in 1993.

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