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Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Austrian conductor (1929–2016).
Born December 6th, 1929 in Berlin. [ref]
Died March 5th, 2016 at 86 years old in Sankt Georgen im Attergau. [ref]
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon