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Johan Halvorsen

1864 - 1935

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Johan Halvorsen (15 March 1864 – 4 December 1935) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Halvorsen is the 322nd most popular composer (down from 239th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Norway (down from 47th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Composer.

Johan Halvorsen is most famous for being the founder of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johan Halvorsen ranks 322 out of 1,451. Before him are Pietro Della Valle, Georges Auric, Johann Georg Pisendel, Moritz Moszkowski, Nikolai Myaskovsky, and Sigismond Thalberg. After him are Alberto Ginastera, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Sylvius Leopold Weiss, Alan Silvestri, André Campra, and Aaron Copland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Johan Halvorsen ranks 41. Before him are Li Yuanhong, Alfred Redl, Leonard Hobhouse, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Soh Jaipil, and Nicholas Marr. After him are Andrej Hlinka, Draga Mašin, Franz Oppenheimer, Reginald Dyer, Séraphine Louis, and Auguste Charlois. Among people deceased in 1935, Johan Halvorsen ranks 40. Before him are Panait Istrati, Magnus Hirschfeld, Anna Ancher, Ali of Hejaz, Paul Bourget, and Rashid Rida. After him are Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Kurt Tucholsky, Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, Gareth Jones, and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Johan Halvorsen ranks 79 out of 1,039. Before him are Christian Michelsen (1857), Sverre of Norway (1145), Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow (1832), Max Manus (1914), Alexander Kielland (1849), and Nordahl Grieg (1902). After him are Halfdan the Black (810), Eric II of Norway (1268), Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812), Johan Christian Dahl (1788), Morten Harket (1959), and Dag Solstad (1941).

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Among COMPOSERS In Norway

Among composers born in Norway, Johan Halvorsen ranks 2. Before him are Edvard Grieg (1843). After him are Johan Svendsen (1840), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Christian Sinding (1856), Knut Nystedt (1915), Harald Sæverud (1897), Halfdan Kjerulf (1815), Fartein Valen (1887), Klaus Egge (1906), Geirr Tveitt (1908), and Thomas Bergersen (1980).

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