a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer

a Danish realist writer whose novels and short stories were informed with a desire for social progress but despairing, later in his life, of its realization

an English novelist and a pioneer of Gothic fiction

a Polish playwright, painter and poet, as well as interior and furniture designer. He created a series of national dramas within the artistic philosophy of the Young Poland Movement.

a German composer. Sometimes described as the greatest German symphonist of the 20th century, he is now largely overlooked, particularly in English-speaking countries.

an Italian composer and pianist, best known today for his opera Risurrezione (1904) and for having completed Puccini's opera Turandot in 1926