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08-03-1998
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) _ Alfred Schnittke, one of the former Soviet Union's most prolific composers whose works ranged from symphonies to movie themes, died Monday. He was 63.

Schnittke died at Hamburg's University Hospital, where he had been admitted after suffering a stroke, his wife Irina said.

``A genius composer, and the most outstanding of my friends has died,'' said Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who conducted and played at the premieres of many of Schnittke's pieces.

Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent a telegram Monday to Schnittke's wife in ...

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