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Karol Szymanowski

1882 - 1937

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Karol Maciej Szymanowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkarɔl ˈmat͡ɕɛj ʂɨmaˈnɔfskʲi]; 3 October 1882 – 29 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century. Szymanowski's early works show the influence of the late Romantic German school as well as the early works of Alexander Scriabin, as exemplified by his Étude Op. 4 No. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karol Szymanowski is the 167th most popular composer (up from 189th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 104th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ukrainian Composer.

Karol Szymanowski was a Polish composer who is most famous for his orchestral works.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Karol Szymanowski ranks 167 out of 1,451. Before him are Iannis Xenakis, Eduard Strauss, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Kurt Weill, Adrian Willaert, and William Byrd. After him are Hugo Wolf, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Gian Carlo Menotti, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, and Michel Legrand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Karol Szymanowski ranks 41. Before him are Arthur Eddington, Princess Margaret of Connaught, René Coty, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Charles Ponzi, and Robert H. Goddard. After him are Jacques Maritain, Hugh Dowding, A. A. Milne, Moritz Schlick, Nicolai Hartmann, and Lluís Companys. Among people deceased in 1937, Karol Szymanowski ranks 23. Before him are Yevgeny Zamyatin, J. M. Barrie, Gerda Taro, Austen Chamberlain, Gaston Doumergue, and Andrew Mellon. After him are Jean Harlow, Charles-Marie Widor, Wallace Carothers, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Rudolf Otto, and Keke Geladze.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Karol Szymanowski ranks 85 out of 1,365. Before him are Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1886), Larisa Latynina (1934), Andrey Vyshinsky (1883), Anton Makarenko (1888), Nestor the Chronicler (1056), and Irène Némirovsky (1903). After him are Bruno Schulz (1892), Ze'ev Jabotinsky (1880), Andrzej Żuławski (1940), Oleg Blokhin (1952), Lev Shestov (1866), and Anacharsis (-700).

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Among COMPOSERS In Ukraine

Among composers born in Ukraine, Karol Szymanowski ranks 3. Before him are Sergei Prokofiev (1891), and Stefania Turkewich (1898). After him are Reinhold Glière (1874), Dmitry Bortniansky (1751), Valentyn Sylvestrov (1937), Dimitri Tiomkin (1894), Wojciech Kilar (1932), Mykola Lysenko (1842), Boris Lyatoshinsky (1894), Igor Markevitch (1912), and Franz Doppler (1821).

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