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Balys Dvarionas

1904 - 1972

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Balys Dvarionas (19 June [O.S. 6 June] 1904 – 23 August 1972) was a Soviet and Lithuanian composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. Dvarionas first became known as a composer after World War II. His works are in a romantic vein, with roots in folk song. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Balys Dvarionas is the 994th most popular composer (up from 1,011th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 109th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Latvian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Balys Dvarionas ranks 994 out of 1,451. Before him are José Vianna da Motta, Ivan Galamian, Johann Joseph Abert, Ary Barroso, Andreas Hammerschmidt, and Nikolai Zaremba. After him are Friedrich Silcher, Arthur Benjamin, Attilio Ariosti, Harrison Birtwistle, Zacharia Paliashvili, and Matthew Locke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Balys Dvarionas ranks 192. Before him are Ibrahim Moustafa, Helen Kane, József Takács, Lili Damita, Nancy Mitford, and Mykola Bazhan. After him are Hans Furler, Chishū Ryū, Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Anton Yugov, François Marty, and Subhadra Kumari Chauhan. Among people deceased in 1972, Balys Dvarionas ranks 150. Before him are Alfons Gorbach, Martim Mércio da Silveira, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Marianne Moore, Alfred Schmidt, and Max Fleischer. After him are Robert Andersson, Markos Vamvakaris, Romas Kalanta, Roger Courtois, Roberto Clemente, and Jinichi Kusaka.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Balys Dvarionas ranks 108 out of 323. Before him are Jānis Krūmiņš (1930), Vija Artmane (1929), Arkady Raikin (1911), Jacob W. Davis (1831), Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics (1887), and Arvīds Pelše (1899). After him are Zenta Mauriņa (1897), Lya Mara (1897), Ernst von Bergmann (1836), Andris Bērziņš (1951), Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg (1802), and Heinz Christian Pander (1794).

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Among COMPOSERS In Latvia

Among composers born in Latvia, Balys Dvarionas ranks 3. Before him are Pēteris Vasks (1946), and Raimonds Pauls (1936). After him are Jāzeps Vītols (1863), Jānis Ivanovs (1906), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), Emīls Dārziņš (1875), and Ēriks Ešenvalds (1977).

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