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János Bihari

1764 - 1827

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János Bihari (21 October 1764 – 26 April 1827) was an influential Hungarian Romani violinist. He is one of the founders of Romani academic music and the musical genre verbunkos. By the middle of the nineteenth century, "Gypsy music" was elevated to high fashion, the first great was that of János Bihari, the pianist Franz Liszt described: "The tones sung by his magic violin flow on our enchanted ears like the tears...". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. János Bihari is the 1,115th most popular musician (down from 1,064th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 141st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Slovak Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, János Bihari ranks 1,115 out of 3,175. Before him are Anthony Phillips, Gerald Moore, Eric Ericson, DJ Kool Herc, Phil Manzanera, and Adam Levine. After him are Robert Levin, Ivan Lins, Twiggy Ramirez, Gábor Szabó, Charlie Mariano, and Roger Norrington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1764, János Bihari ranks 25. Before him are Dorothea von Schlegel, Charles Percier, Gustav Hugo, Jens Baggesen, Marie-Joseph Chénier, and Valentino Fioravanti. After him are Sidney Smith, Henriette Herz, Josef Abel, Edward Livingston, John Mawe, and Carl Fredrik Fallén. Among people deceased in 1827, János Bihari ranks 30. Before him are Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen, Charlotte von Stein, Countess Friederike von Schlieben, Pōmare III, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, and Hugh Clapperton. After him are François Fournier-Sarlovèze, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Henry Salt, Charles Willson Peale, and Rufus King.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, János Bihari ranks 144 out of 418. Before him are Eugen Suchoň (1908), Roland Jacobi (1893), Ignatz Kolisch (1837), Ján Kozák (1954), Ladislav Petráš (1946), and Hana Hegerová (1931). After him are Janko Matúška (1821), József Csermák (1932), Samo Chalupka (1812), Alexander Moyzes (1906), János Hadik (1863), and Ján Švehlík (1950).

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Among MUSICIANS In Slovakia

Among musicians born in Slovakia, János Bihari ranks 3. Before him are Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806), and Peter Machajdík (1961). After him are Twiins (1986).

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