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Cemal Reşit Rey

1904 - 1985

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Cemal Reşit Rey (Turkish pronunciation: [dʒeˈmaɫ ɾeˈʃit ɾej]; 25 October 1904 – 7 October 1985) was a Turkish composer, pianist, script writer and conductor. He was well known for a string of successful and popular Turkish-language operettas for which his brother Ekrem Reşit Rey (1900–1959) wrote the librettos. He was born on 25 October 1904 in Jerusalem and died on 7 October 1985 in Istanbul. He was one of the five pioneers of Western classical music in Turkey known as 'The Turkish Five' in the first half of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cemal Reşit Rey is the 1,310th most popular composer (down from 1,298th in 2019). (down from 4,386th in 2019)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Cemal Reşit Rey ranks 1,310 out of 1,451. Before him are Gavin Bryars, Mychael Danna, Horatio Parker, Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi, Elza Ibrahimova, and Walter Susskind. After him are Vladimír Franz, Mariano Mores, David Raksin, Harry Warren, Humphrey Searle, and Thanos Mikroutsikos.

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Among people born in 1904, Cemal Reşit Rey ranks 310. Before him are Marcel Capelle, Francis Tyler, J. H. C. Whitehead, Lino Nessi, George Stibitz, and Arthur F. Burns. After him are Alfredo Sánchez, Thawi Bunyaket, Virgilio Levratto, Sabiha Bengütaş, Clyfford Still, and Léon Rosenfeld. Among people deceased in 1985, Cemal Reşit Rey ranks 245. Before him are Scott Brady, Alfredo Duhalde, Werner Meyer, Isaac Kashdan, Lloyd Nolan, and Leni Schmidt. After him are Archie Stark, Jacques de Lacretelle, Nicholas Colasanto, Luise Ullrich, Yevgeny Maskinskov, and Qaysin Quli.

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