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Alberto Ginastera

1916 - 1983

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Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (Catalan pronunciation: [alˈβeɾto eβaˈɾisto dʒinaˈsteɾa]; April 11, 1916 – June 25, 1983) was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Ginastera is the 323rd most popular composer (down from 291st in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 61st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Argentinean Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alberto Ginastera ranks 323 out of 1,451. Before him are Georges Auric, Johann Georg Pisendel, Moritz Moszkowski, Nikolai Myaskovsky, Sigismond Thalberg, and Johan Halvorsen. After him are Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Alan Silvestri, André Campra, Aaron Copland, and Heinrich Isaac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Alberto Ginastera ranks 54. Before him are Raf Vallone, P. W. Botha, Dino Risi, Ephraim Katzir, Carl Johan Bernadotte, and Dương Văn Minh. After him are Consuelo Velázquez, Kristján Eldjárn, Jacque Fresco, Glenn Ford, Lilian, Princess of Réthy, and Rafael Caldera. Among people deceased in 1983, Alberto Ginastera ranks 45. Before him are Maurice Ronet, Muddy Waters, Rodolfo Gucci, Georges Auric, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, and Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado. After him are Robert Aldrich, Horst Schumann, Germaine Tailleferre, Dolores del Río, Georges Bidault, and Karen Carpenter.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Alberto Ginastera ranks 65 out of 1,154. Before him are Ernesto Laclau (1935), Chris de Burgh (1948), Ángel Di María (1988), Manuel Belgrano (1770), Bartolomé Mitre (1821), and Lalo Schifrin (1932). After him are Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914), Eduardo Duhalde (1941), Jorge Sampaoli (1960), César Milstein (1927), Isabel Sarli (1929), and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811).

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Among COMPOSERS In Argentina

Among composers born in Argentina, Alberto Ginastera ranks 2. Before him are Astor Piazzolla (1921). After him are Mauricio Kagel (1931), Ariel Ramírez (1921), Luis Bacalov (1933), Carlos Guastavino (1912), Mariano Mores (1918), and Osvaldo Golijov (1960).

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