We celebrate some of the best and wackiest hairstyles of some of our music greats - which is your favourite 'hair do'?
7 magnificent manes
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Hair-raising harpsichordist Jean Rondeau
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Mezzo Blanche Thebom takes the long view
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Berlioz’s hair is simply fantastique
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Pianist Paderewski, plus bird’s nest
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Waltz composer Joseph Lanner goes for three beats in a barnet
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Spohr sports a prog rock look
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Varèse defies you to laugh…
Hair, there and everywhere
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Paul Tortelier’s is as tempestuous as his musicianship
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‘Leave it just on the ears’, violinist-composer Pablo de Sarasate tells his barber
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Epic chops from composer Johann Strauss
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Italian pianist Federico Curli Colli
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Teddy boy tenor Nicolai Gedda
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A young Simon Rattle enjoys his fame without a brush