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Edison Denisov

1929 - 1996

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Edison Vasilievich Denisov (Russian: Эдисо́н Васи́льевич Дени́сов, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called "Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edison Denisov is the 760th most popular composer (down from 707th in 2019), the 982nd most popular biography from Russia (up from 989th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Russian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Edison Denisov ranks 760 out of 1,451Before him are Matthias Weckmann, Isaak Dunayevsky, Franz Lachner, Nicolas Isouard, Dave Grusin, and Galina Ustvolskaya. After him are Charles Tournemire, Goffredo Petrassi, Joseph Weigl, Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Luigi Denza, and Sigismondo d'India.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Edison Denisov ranks 212Before him are Peter Yates, Roger Byrne, Shakuntala Devi, René Laloux, Julinho, and Adrienne Rich. After him are Andrew Bertie, François Cheng, Karl Koller, Christoph von Dohnányi, Link Wray, and Eric Carle. Among people deceased in 1996, Edison Denisov ranks 121Before him are Don Simpson, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Hernán Siles Zuazo, José Donoso, Idries Shah, and Jo Van Fleet. After him are Tamara Toumanova, Tito Okello, Jerry Siegel, Hussein Kamel al-Majid, Gottfried von Einem, and Jack Churchill.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Edison Denisov ranks 982 out of 3,761Before him are Leonid Kuravlyov (1936), Angelina Beloff (1879), Elena Obraztsova (1939), Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (1891), Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov (1906), and Galina Ustvolskaya (1919). After him are Tamara Toumanova (1919), Patriarch Job of Moscow (1525), Pavel Durov (1984), Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia (1891), Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur (1799), and Mikhail Boyarsky (1949).

Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Edison Denisov ranks 34Before him are Aleksandra Pakhmutova (1929), Alexander Gretchaninov (1864), Georgy Sviridov (1915), Sergei Lyapunov (1859), Boris Asafyev (1884), and Galina Ustvolskaya (1919). After him are Alexander Tcherepnin (1899), Matvey Blanter (1903), Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873), Muslim Magomayev (1885), Airat Ichmouratov (1973), and Eduard Artemyev (1937).