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Boris Papandopulo

1906 - 1991

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Boris Papandopulo (February 25, 1906 – October 16, 1991) was a Croatian composer and conductor of Greek and Russian Jewish descent. He was the son of Greek nobleman Konstantin Papandopulo and Croatian opera singer Maja Strozzi-Pečić and one of the most distinctive Croatian musicians of the 20th century. Papandopulo also worked as music writer, journalist, reviewer, pianist and piano accompanist; however, he achieved the peaks of his career in music as a composer. His composing oeuvre is imposing (counting cca 460 works): with great success he created instrumental (orchestral, concertante, chamber and solo), vocal and instrumental (for solo voice and choir), stage music and film music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Papandopulo is the 1,107th most popular composer (up from 1,119th in 2019), the 4,379th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,437th in 2019) and the 160th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Boris Papandopulo ranks 1,107 out of 1,451. Before him are Giovanni Maria Nanino, Karol Kurpiński, Leo Ornstein, Walter Braunfels, Harald Sæverud, and Jean Guillou. After him are Renzo Rossellini, Gottfried August Homilius, Emil Paur, Johanna Kinkel, Koji Kondo, and Einar Englund.

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Among people born in 1906, Boris Papandopulo ranks 268. Before him are Plácido Galindo, Hans Mock, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Maurice Sachs, Käthe Krauss, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. After him are Emília Rotter, Wilfred Jackson, Tony Accardo, Hans Walzhofer, Benedicto de Moraes Menezes, and Vilmos Kohut. Among people deceased in 1991, Boris Papandopulo ranks 162. Before him are Nutan, Reidar Andersen, Lars Hall, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Walter Zeman, and George Abecassis. After him are Adrian Quist, Lea Padovani, Guy Bourdin, Tadashi Imai, Gustav Wetterström, and Hans Schwartz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Boris Papandopulo ranks 4,381 out of 7,253. Before him are Manfred Burgsmüller (1949), Oscar Kreuzer (1887), Sven Väth (1964), Theodor Benfey (1809), Eberhard Diepgen (1941), and Adolph Strecker (1822). After him are Martin Mutschmann (1879), Gottfried August Homilius (1714), Peter Dietrich (1944), Walther Müller (1905), Hans-Jürgen Dörner (1951), and Johanna Kinkel (1810).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Boris Papandopulo ranks 160. Before him are Frederick Loewe (1901), Eduard Künneke (1885), Hugo Distler (1908), Johann Nicolaus Bach (1669), Karl Klindworth (1830), and Walter Braunfels (1882). After him are Gottfried August Homilius (1714), Johanna Kinkel (1810), Adolf Bernhard Marx (1795), Otto Jahn (1813), Oskar Sala (1910), and Julius Benedict (1804).

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