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Bálint Bakfark

1507 - 1576

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Bálint Bakfark (Hungarian: [ˈbaːlint ˈbɒkfɒrk]; in contemporary sources Valentin Bakfark or (from 1565 onward) Valentin Greff alias Bakfark, his name is variously spelled as Bacfarc, Bakfarc, Bakfarkh, Bakffark, Backuart) (c. 1507 – 15 or 22 August 1576) was a Hungarian composer of Transylvanian Saxon origin, and lutenist of the Renaissance. He was enormously influential as a lutenist in his time, and renowned as a virtuoso on the instrument. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bálint Bakfark is the 622nd most popular composer (down from 553rd in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Romania (down from 136th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Romanian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Bálint Bakfark ranks 622 out of 1,451. Before him are James Scott, Riccardo Drigo, Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Gershon Kingsley, Carl Zeller, and Luis de Milán. After him are Johann Ludwig Krebs, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Giuseppe Sammartini, Antonio Sacchini, Isabella Leonarda, and Johann Caspar Kerll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1507, Bálint Bakfark ranks 10. Before him are Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Jacques Arcadelt, Altan Khan, Johannes Sturm, Ferrante Gonzaga, and Inés Suárez. After him are Marie of Baden-Sponheim, Alvise I Mocenigo, Guillaume Rondelet, Magdalena of Saxony, and Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow. Among people deceased in 1576, Bálint Bakfark ranks 12. Before him are Hans Sachs, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Isabella de' Medici, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, and Bartolomé Carranza. After him are Nicola Vicentino, Volcher Coiter, Levina Teerlinc, and Juan de Salcedo.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Bálint Bakfark ranks 170 out of 844. Before him are Petru Rareș (1487), Saul Steinberg (1914), János Arany (1817), Serge Moscovici (1925), Nicolae Grigorescu (1838), and Ulpia Severina (300). After him are Crin Antonescu (1959), Lucien Goldmann (1913), Octavian Goga (1881), Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia (null), Ana Blandiana (1942), and Constantin Prezan (1861).

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Among COMPOSERS In Romania

Among composers born in Romania, Bálint Bakfark ranks 9. Before him are George Enescu (1881), Iannis Xenakis (1922), Ion Ivanovici (1845), György Kurtág (1926), Vladimir Cosma (1940), and Péter Eötvös (1944). After him are Sándor Veress (1907), and Sándor Végh (1912).

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