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José Vianna da Motta

1868 - 1948

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José Vianna da Motta (modern spelling as 'Viana da Mota') (22 April 1868 – 1 June 1948) was a Portuguese pianist, teacher, and composer. He was one of the last pupils of Franz Liszt. The José Vianna da Motta Music Competition was founded in 1957 in his honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Vianna da Motta is the 988th most popular composer (up from 1,153rd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from São Tomé and Príncipe (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Composer.

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Among composers, José Vianna da Motta ranks 988 out of 1,451. Before him are August Enna, Carlo Rustichelli, Alessandro Rolla, Princess Amalie of Saxony, Ivan Larionov, and Nicola Piovani. After him are Ivan Galamian, Johann Joseph Abert, Ary Barroso, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Nikolai Zaremba, and Balys Dvarionas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, José Vianna da Motta ranks 145. Before him are Juventino Rosas, Meri Mangakāhia, Zhang Binglin, Patriarch Miron of Romania, René de Saussure, and Richard Teichmann. After him are Max von Schillings, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Jonas Staugaitis, Wallace Clement Sabine, Panagis Tsaldaris, and Mihailo Petrović. Among people deceased in 1948, José Vianna da Motta ranks 130. Before him are Leo White, Sylvanus Morley, František Svoboda, Henri Hazebrouck, Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, and Gerardo Matos Rodríguez. After him are Nikolai Podvoisky, Sigrid Hjertén, Eugen Slutsky, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Marcel Brillouin, and Jāzeps Vītols.

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In São Tomé and Príncipe

Among people born in São Tomé and Príncipe, José Vianna da Motta ranks 6 out of 17. Before him are Evaristo Carvalho (1942), Manuel Pinto da Costa (1937), Fradique de Menezes (1942), Nuno Espírito Santo (1974), and Carlos Vila Nova (1959). After him are Miguel Trovoada (1937), Leonel Mário d'Alva (1935), Gabriel Costa (1954), Maria do Carmo Silveira (1961), Carlos Graça (1931), and Maria das Neves (1958).

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Among COMPOSERS In São Tomé and Príncipe

Among composers born in São Tomé and Príncipe, José Vianna da Motta ranks 1. 

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