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Alexander Borodin

1833 - 1887

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Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (12 November 1833 – 27 February 1887) was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as "The Five", a group dedicated to producing a "uniquely Russian" kind of classical music. Borodin is known best for his symphonies, his two string quartets, the symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central Asia and his opera Prince Igor. A doctor and chemist by profession and training, Borodin made important early contributions to organic chemistry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Borodin is the 71st most popular composer (up from 75th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Russia (up from 90th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Composer.

Alexander Borodin is most famous for his symphonies, including "In the Steppes of Central Asia" and "In the Steppes of Central Asia".

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alexander Borodin ranks 71 out of 1,451. Before him are Henry Purcell, Dieterich Buxtehude, Carl Orff, Vangelis, Astor Piazzolla, and Alessandro Scarlatti. After him are François Couperin, George Gershwin, Johann Christian Bach, Alexander Scriabin, Franz Lehár, and Jules Massenet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Alexander Borodin ranks 5. Before him are Alfred Nobel, Johannes Brahms, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, and Élie Ducommun. After him are Wilhelm Dilthey, Benjamin Harrison, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Alfred von Schlieffen, J. E. B. Stuart, and Jonas Lie. Among people deceased in 1887, Alexander Borodin ranks 2. Before him is Gustav Kirchhoff. After him are Gustav Fechner, Eugène Edine Pottier, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Ivan Kramskoi, Multatuli, Jenny Lind, Johann Jakob Bachofen, Juan, Count of Montizón, Alfred Krupp, and Jules Laforgue.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Borodin ranks 76 out of 3,761. Before him are Rudolf Nureyev (1938), Mikhail Kutuzov (1745), Anna Pavlova (1881), Peter II of Russia (1715), Peter Carl Fabergé (1846), and Anna of Russia (1693). After him are Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861), Paul Karrer (1889), Alexander Scriabin (1871), Dmitry Medvedev (1965), Konstantin Stanislavski (1863), and Stanislav Petrov (1939).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Alexander Borodin ranks 7. Before him are Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840), Igor Stravinsky (1882), Dmitri Shostakovich (1906), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844), and Modest Mussorgsky (1839). After him are Alexander Scriabin (1871), Mikhail Glinka (1804), Mily Balakirev (1837), Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904), and Otto Nicolai (1810).

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