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Dobri Hristov

1875 - 1941

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Dobri Hristov (Bulgarian: Добри Христов; 14 December 1875 – 23 January 1941) was one of the major Bulgarian composers of the 20th century. He wrote mainly choral music, as well as some church music and music for the orchestra. Hristov was born in Varna, then in the Ottoman Empire. He graduated from the Prague Conservatory in 1903 (under the directorship of the famous Czech composer Antonín Dvořák). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dobri Hristov is the 1,209th most popular composer (up from 1,238th in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 218th in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Dobri Hristov ranks 1,209 out of 1,451. Before him are Dimitri Arakishvili, Leonel Power, Camille Erlanger, William Bolcom, Eino Tamberg, and Michael William Balfe. After him are Johann Nepomuk David, Joonas Kokkonen, Emilio Arrieta, Brad Fiedel, Lepo Sumera, and Elliot Goldenthal.

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Among people born in 1875, Dobri Hristov ranks 159. Before him are Charles Perrin, Wilfred Hudson Osgood, Reginald Punnett, Julius Lenhart, Italo Montemezzi, and Giuseppe Vitali. After him are Sigurður Eggerz, Georgios Papasideris, Konstantin Yuon, Jean-Guy Gautier, Marmaduke Pickthall, and Kazimierz Prószyński. Among people deceased in 1941, Dobri Hristov ranks 171. Before him are Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, Wil van Gogh, Luigi Capello, Eduardo Schaerer, Lucien Mérignac, and Jakob Emanuel Lange. After him are José Leite de Vasconcelos, Dmitry Lavrinenko, DeLisle Stewart, Marcus Hurley, Masha Bruskina, and Victorino Márquez Bustillos.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Dobri Hristov ranks 214 out of 415. Before him are Georgi Kyoseivanov (1884), Stanislav Stratiev (1941), Pencho Zlatev (1883), Zlatko Yankov (1966), Nikola Kotkov (1938), and Yordanka Donkova (1961). After him are Stefan Yanev (1960), Yordan Yovkov (1880), Diana Yorgova (1942), Stoyanka Mutafova (1922), Tsvetanka Khristova (1962), and Boris Gaganelov (1941).

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Among COMPOSERS In Bulgaria

Among composers born in Bulgaria, Dobri Hristov ranks 1. 

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