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Josef Lhévinne

1874 - 1944

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Josef Lhévinne (13 December 1874 – 2 December 1944) was a Russian pianist and piano teacher. Lhévinne wrote a short book in 1924 that is considered a classic: Basic Principles in Pianoforte Playing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Lhévinne is the 1,620th most popular musician (down from 1,371st in 2019), the 2,024th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,833rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular Russian Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Josef Lhévinne ranks 1,620 out of 3,175. Before him are Richard Palmer-James, Arto Tunçboyacıyan, Youth, Ron Geesin, Bill Monroe, and Howard Donald. After him are Blind Willie Johnson, Ronald Brautigam, Janine Jansen, Iryna Bilyk, Lamberto Gardelli, and Nuno Bettencourt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Josef Lhévinne ranks 208. Before him are Abbas Sahhat, Harold Kitson, Janko Jesenský, Aleksander Prystor, Gheorghe Mironescu, and Georges Trombert. After him are Rose O'Neill, Charles R. Knight, Lewis Sheldon, Josep Irla, Guido Balzarini, and Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos. Among people deceased in 1944, Josef Lhévinne ranks 276. Before him are Abdulla Aliş, Siegfried Purner, Ștefania Mărăcineanu, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Georg Dascher, and Margaret Woodrow Wilson. After him are Rose O'Neill, Perry McGillivray, Kang Kyeong-ae, Hermann Hansen, Endre Steiner, and Grigore Antipa.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Josef Lhévinne ranks 2,024 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergey Tereshchenko (1951), Grigory Landsberg (1890), Mikhail Suslin (1894), Lyudmila Kondratyeva (1958), Aleksandr Aksinin (1954), and Raisa Aronova (1920). After him are Nina Fyodorova (1947), Igor Kvasha (1933), Maria Yermolova (1853), Alexei Mordashov (1965), Alexander Yakushev (1947), and Nikolai Lugansky (1972).

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Among MUSICIANS In Russia

Among musicians born in Russia, Josef Lhévinne ranks 35. Before him are Efrem Zimbalist (1889), Zhanna Bichevskaya (1944), Anahit Tsitsikian (1926), Alexander Rosenbaum (1951), Maxim Vengerov (1974), and Vasily Andreyev (1861). After him are Nikolai Lugansky (1972), Pyotr Mamonov (1951), Mikhail Krug (1962), Yegor Letov (1964), Vernon Duke (1903), and Marina Tchebourkina (1965).

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