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Dmitry Kabalevsky

1904 - 1986

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Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (Russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский ; 30 December [O.S. 17 December] 1904 – 14 February 1987) was a Soviet composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue of Russian gentry descent. He helped set up the Union of Soviet Composers in Moscow and remained one of its leading figures during his lifetime. He was a prolific composer of piano music and chamber music; many of his piano works were performed by Vladimir Horowitz. He is best known in Western Europe for his Second Symphony; the "Comedians' Galop" from The Comedians Suite, Op. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dmitry Kabalevsky is the 192nd most popular composer (down from 175th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 237th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Russian Composer.

Dmitry Kabalevsky is most famous for composing pieces of music.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Dmitry Kabalevsky ranks 192 out of 1,451Before him are Reinhold Glière, Louis Spohr, Ferruccio Busoni, Amilcare Ponchielli, Johann Adolph Hasse, and Giovanni Bononcini. After him are Stanisław Moniuszko, Samuel Barber, Michael Praetorius, Niccolò Piccinni, Jan Dismas Zelenka, and Luigi Nono.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Dmitry Kabalevsky ranks 35Before him are Werner Forssmann, Alejo Carpentier, Gerhard Herzberg, Hans Morgenthau, Witold Gombrowicz, and Glenn Miller. After him are Luis Carrero Blanco, Antonín Novotný, Lucile Randon, Gregory Bateson, Nikolai Ostrovsky, and George F. Kennan. Among people deceased in 1986, Dmitry Kabalevsky ranks 34Before him are Harold Macmillan, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Chiune Sugihara, Erich Koch, Benny Goodman, and Stanley Rous. After him are Samora Machel, Roy Cohn, L. Ron Hubbard, Nikolay Semyonov, James Cagney, and Ray Milland.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Dmitry Kabalevsky ranks 243 out of 3,761Before him are Mykola Azarov (1947), Michel Fokine (1880), Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883), Aleksandr Dugin (1962), Daniel of Moscow (1261), and Vladimir Vernadsky (1863). After him are Bruno Taut (1880), Léon Theremin (1896), Alexander Rodchenko (1891), Yermak Timofeyevich (1532), Vasily Stalin (1921), and Ilia II of Georgia (1933).

Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Dmitry Kabalevsky ranks 12Before him are Modest Mussorgsky (1839), Alexander Borodin (1833), Alexander Scriabin (1871), Mikhail Glinka (1804), Mily Balakirev (1837), and Sofia Gubaidulina (1931). After him are Otto Nicolai (1810), Alfred Schnittke (1934), Anton Arensky (1861), Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883), Irving Berlin (1888), and Sergei Taneyev (1856).