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Boris Lyatoshinsky

1894 - 1968

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Borys Mykolaiovych Lyatoshynsky, also known as Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshinsky, (3 January 1895 [O.S. 22 December 1894] – 15 April 1968) was a Ukrainian composer, conductor, and teacher. A leading member of the new generation of 20th century Ukrainian composers, he was awarded a number of accolades, including the honorary title of People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR and two Stalin Prizes. He received his primary education at home, where Polish literature and history was held in high esteem. After completing school in 1913, he entered the Faculty of Law at Kyiv University, and as a graduate was employed to teach music at the Kyiv Conservatory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Lyatoshinsky is the 417th most popular composer (up from 528th in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 284th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Ukrainian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Boris Lyatoshinsky ranks 417 out of 1,451. Before him are Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Paul Abraham, Nicolaus Bruhns, Alexander Arutiunian, Maurice Duruflé, and Ignaz Moscheles. After him are Georges Delerue, Mélanie Bonis, Ferdinand Hiller, Georg Muffat, Wolfgang Wagner, and Hermann Abendroth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Boris Lyatoshinsky ranks 62. Before him are Ernst Lindemann, Aino Aalto, Américo Tomás, Walter Warlimont, Hans Kramers, and Lothar von Richthofen. After him are Frank Borzage, V. V. Giri, Francisco Craveiro Lopes, King Vidor, Wilhelm Schepmann, and André Kertész. Among people deceased in 1968, Boris Lyatoshinsky ranks 53. Before him are Leopold Infeld, George Hackenschmidt, Hitoshi Imamura, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Tsuguharu Foujita, and Fritz Bauer. After him are John Heartfield, Franz Pfeffer von Salomon, Jean Hyppolite, István Dobi, Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, and Husband E. Kimmel.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Boris Lyatoshinsky ranks 224 out of 1,365. Before him are Marina Mniszech (1588), Robert Maxwell (1923), Efim Geller (1925), Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1880), Petro Doroshenko (1627), and Pavel Batitsky (1910). After him are Olena Zelenska (1978), Stanisław Sosabowski (1892), Ruslana (1973), Ivan Bohun (1618), Olga Khokhlova (1891), and Yaropolk I of Kiev (955).

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Among COMPOSERS In Ukraine

Among composers born in Ukraine, Boris Lyatoshinsky ranks 10. Before him are Reinhold Glière (1874), Dmitry Bortniansky (1751), Valentyn Sylvestrov (1937), Dimitri Tiomkin (1894), Wojciech Kilar (1932), and Mykola Lysenko (1842). After him are Igor Markevitch (1912), Franz Doppler (1821), Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877), Myroslav Skoryk (1938), Maxim Berezovsky (1745), and Isaak Dunayevsky (1900).

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