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Alfrēds Kalniņš

1879 - 1951

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Alfrēds Bruno Jānis Kalniņš (23 August 1879, in Cēsis, Governorate of Livonia – 23 December 1951, in Riga, Latvian SSR) was a Latvian composer, organist, pedagogue, music critic and conductor; the founder of national Latvian opera. Kalniņš is primarily remembered for his national opera Baņuta (1920). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfrēds Kalniņš is the 1,236th most popular composer (up from 1,249th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 166th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Latvian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alfrēds Kalniņš ranks 1,236 out of 1,451. Before him are Oskar Kolberg, Michel Colombier, Craig Armstrong, Sanja Ilić, Tofig Guliyev, and Granville Bantock. After him are Boris Tishchenko, Cecilia Seghizzi, Thomas Campion, Milton Babbitt, Karl-Birger Blomdahl, and Cachao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Alfrēds Kalniņš ranks 212. Before him are Ángel Cabrera, Vivian Woodward, Marie Juchacz, Annie Kenney, Lois Weber, and Alexandros Othonaios. After him are Isidro Ayora, Otto Fickeisen, Rupert Julian, Axel Nordlander, Royal Harwood Frost, and Perikles Kakousis. Among people deceased in 1951, Alfrēds Kalniņš ranks 153. Before him are Adolf Spinnler, Edith Hannam, Pierre Braine, Joaquín Chapaprieta, Polydore Veirman, and Ignaty Krachkovsky. After him are Hasrat Mohani, Walter, Harold Kitson, Ivor Novello, Fanny Brice, and Vsevolod Vishnevsky.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Alfrēds Kalniņš ranks 164 out of 323. Before him are Oswald Schmiedeberg (1838), Vija Celmins (1938), Regīna Ezera (1930), Rutanya Alda (1942), Imants Ziedonis (1933), and Ursula Donath (1931). After him are Dainis Kūla (1959), Juris Alunāns (1832), Valdis Birkavs (1942), Indulis Emsis (1952), Imants Kalniņš (1941), and Anšlavs Eglītis (1906).

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Among COMPOSERS In Latvia

Among composers born in Latvia, Alfrēds Kalniņš ranks 6. Before him are Pēteris Vasks (1946), Raimonds Pauls (1936), Balys Dvarionas (1904), Jāzeps Vītols (1863), and Jānis Ivanovs (1906). After him are Emīls Dārziņš (1875), and Ēriks Ešenvalds (1977).

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