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Dimitri Arakishvili

1873 - 1953

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Dimitri Arakishvili (Georgian: დიმიტრი არაყიშვილი) (11 February 1873 – 13 August 1953) was a Soviet and Georgian composer and ethnomusicologist who is considered one of the founding fathers of modern Georgian music. He was also known by his Russified name Dimitry Ignatyevich Arakchiev (Russian: Димитрий Игнатьевич Аракчиев). Born in Vladikavkaz, Terek Oblast, Russian Empire (now North Ossetia, Russia), he graduated, in 1901, from the School of Music and Drama operated by Moscow Philharmonic Society where he was tutored by Alexander Gretchaninov and Willem Kes. In addition he graduated from the Moscow Archaeological Institute in 1917. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dimitri Arakishvili is the 1,203rd most popular composer (up from 1,250th in 2019), the 1,852nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,067th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Russian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Dimitri Arakishvili ranks 1,203 out of 1,451. Before him are Fartein Valen, Alan Hovhaness, Shlomo Mintz, Italo Montemezzi, Thomas Linley the younger, and Francisco Asenjo Barbieri. After him are Leonel Power, Camille Erlanger, William Bolcom, Eino Tamberg, Michael William Balfe, and Dobri Hristov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Dimitri Arakishvili ranks 166. Before him are Jānis Endzelīns, Jaap Eden, Charles P. Dixon, E. T. Whittaker, Eduardo Schaerer, and Julieta Lanteri. After him are Lucien Mérignac, A. K. Fazlul Huq, Dimitrios Maximos, Harry Spanjer, Oskari Tokoi, and Betty Nansen. Among people deceased in 1953, Dimitri Arakishvili ranks 148. Before him are Norman Ross, Kaarlo Koskelo, Karel Domin, Edmund Dulac, Walter Wild, and Sven Gustaf Wingqvist. After him are Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, Ekvtime Takaishvili, Oliver Campbell, Annie Kenney, Emil Filla, and August Emil Fieldorf.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Dimitri Arakishvili ranks 1,852 out of 3,761. Before him are Matvey Kazakov (1738), Ivan Polzunov (1728), Viktor Sidyak (1943), Nina Andreyeva (1938), Sergey Melikov (1965), and Aleksandr Belyavsky (1932). After him are Mikhail Matyushin (1861), Valentin Ivanov (1961), Lev Durov (1931), Rostislav Plyatt (1908), Gennady Voronov (1910), and Ivan Osterman (1725).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Dimitri Arakishvili ranks 57. Before him are Karen Khachaturian (1920), Alexander Serov (1820), Nikolai Roslavets (1881), Valeri Brainin (1948), Aulis Sallinen (1935), and Shlomo Mintz (1957). After him are Andrei Eshpai (1925), Boris Tishchenko (1939), Sergei Slonimsky (1932), Vladimir Martynov (1946), Mikhail Gnessin (1883), and Andrey Petrov (1930).

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