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Juhan Aavik

1884 - 1982

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Juhan Aavik (29 January 1884 – 26 November 1982) was an Estonian composer. Aavik was born in Holstre, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire. He studied music composition at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He later served as a conductor in Tartu, Governorate of Livonia (1911–1925), a musical conservatory professor and director in Tallinn (1928–1944), and an Estonian song festival conductor in Sweden (1948–1961) (after arriving there in 1944). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Juhan Aavik is the 968th most popular composer (down from 959th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 93rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Estonian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Juhan Aavik ranks 968 out of 1,451. Before him are Luis de Pablo, John Rutter, Tigran Mansurian, Tyagaraja, Francesco Provenzale, and Salomon Jadassohn. After him are Ernst Toch, Ignaz Holzbauer, Tigran Chukhajian, Camargo Guarnieri, Allan Pettersson, and Julius Rietz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Juhan Aavik ranks 131. Before him are Bernhard Goetzke, Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, Ralph Benatzky, Oliver Kirk, Sophie Liebknecht, and Willem Marinus Dudok. After him are Joseph Rock, Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, Forrest Smithson, Molla Mallory, Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, and Harry Langdon. Among people deceased in 1982, Juhan Aavik ranks 151. Before him are Alexandre Alexeieff, Olle Hellbom, Leonid Utyosov, Karol Borsuk, Hubert Lanz, and Johan Wilhelm Rangell. After him are Willy Busch, Adoniran Barbosa, Vladimir Smirnov, Konrad Wolf, Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, and Dominique Dunne.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Juhan Aavik ranks 107 out of 351. Before him are Andres Tarand (1940), Ester Mägi (1922), Ants Antson (1938), Johann Köler (1826), Jüri Järvet (1919), and Ragnar Nurkse (1907). After him are Paavo Järvi (1962), Amandus Adamson (1855), Ants Laikmaa (1866), Miina Härma (1864), Alfred Schmidt (1898), and Kristjan Palusalu (1908).

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Among COMPOSERS In Estonia

Among composers born in Estonia, Juhan Aavik ranks 9. Before him are Veljo Tormis (1930), Eduard Tubin (1905), Heino Eller (1887), Alexei Lvov (1798), Käbi Laretei (1922), and Ester Mägi (1922). After him are Miina Härma (1864), Artur Kapp (1878), Rudolf Tobias (1873), Gustav Ernesaks (1908), Eino Tamberg (1930), and Lepo Sumera (1950).

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