COMPOSER

Ivan Zajc

1832 - 1914

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Ivan von Zajc (also Croatian: Ivan plemeniti Zajc, Italian: Giovanni de Zaytz; pronounced [ǐʋan zâjts]; August 3, 1832 – December 16, 1914), was a Croatian composer, conductor, director, and teacher who dominated Croatia's musical culture for over forty years. Through his artistic and institutional reform efforts, he is credited with its revitalization and refinement, paving the way for new and significant Croatian musical achievements in the 20th century. He is often called the Croatian Verdi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Zajc is the 596th most popular composer (down from 530th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 100th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Croatian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ivan Zajc ranks 596 out of 1,451. Before him are Sebastián Iradier, Evald Aav, Tommaso Traetta, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Claude Goudimel, and Antonia Brico. After him are François Devienne, Johann Schobert, John Bull, Johann Andreas Stein, Helmut Lachenmann, and Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Ivan Zajc ranks 37. Before him are Henry Steel Olcott, Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, Hudson Taylor, Miguel Miramón, Adalbert Krueger, and John Brown Gordon. After him are Rudolf Lipschitz, Pavel Tretyakov, Charles Lecocq, Đura Jakšić, Khurshidbanu Natavan, and Count Gustav Kálnoky. Among people deceased in 1914, Ivan Zajc ranks 50. Before him are Ayub Khan, Giuseppe Mercalli, Kitty Lange Kielland, Ödön Lechner, Paul Héroult, and Theodore Gill. After him are John Henry Poynting, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, John Muir, Theodor Lipps, Delmira Agustini, and Amélie Lundahl.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Ivan Zajc ranks 117 out of 700. Before him are Neda Ukraden (1950), Mario Mandžukić (1986), Tin Ujević (1891), Ivan Perišić (1989), Fausto Veranzio (1551), and Vladimir Nazor (1876). After him are Mile Budak (1889), Vatroslav Jagić (1838), Demetrius of Pharos (-300), Trpimir I of Croatia (850), Goran Ivanišević (1971), and Lovro von Matačić (1899).

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Among COMPOSERS In Croatia

Among composers born in Croatia, Ivan Zajc ranks 3. Before him are Franz von Suppé (1819), and Luigi Dallapiccola (1904). After him are Jakov Gotovac (1895), Josip Runjanin (1821), Vatroslav Lisinski (1819), and Krešimir Baranović (1894).

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