Who was born first, Béla Bartók or Dmitri Shostakovich?
Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian: Dmitriy Dmitrievich Shostakovich , ] ; 25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 9 August 1975) was a Russian composer and pianist. He is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century.
Sergei Slonimsky Sergei Mikhailovich Slonimsky (Russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Слони́мский , born August 12, 1932, Leningrad) is a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and musicologist.