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Composers Who Died Young

Based on the clues, name these classical composers who died before the age of 40.
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Age
When/Where
Cause of death
Work
Answer
24
1918
France
Bronchial pneumonia and tuberculosis
Psalms
Lili Boulanger
31
1828
Vienna
Syphilis
Ave Maria
Franz Schubert
33
1835
Paris
Liver failure
I puritani
Vincenzo Bellini
34
1983
Paris
Hate crime; stabbing and suffocation
Zipangu
Claude Vivier
35
1791
Vienna
Unknown; likely tuberculosis
Requiem
Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart
36
1875
Paris
Series of heart attacks
Carmen
Georges Bizet
1695
London
Unknown; likely hypothermia
Dido and Aeneas
Henry Purcell
38
1937
Los Angeles
Brain tumor
Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin
39
1849
Paris
Heart inflammation and tuberculosis
Nocturnes
Frédéric Chopin
1 Comments
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Level 66
Jul 6, 2023
Mendelssohn died age 38 after a series of strokes.

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Was Schubert's cause of death positively determined?