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Keiko Abe

1937 - Today

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Keiko Abe (安倍 圭子, Abe Keiko; born April 18, 1937) is a Japanese composer and marimba player. She has been a primary figure in the development of the marimba, in terms of expanding both technique and repertoire, and through her collaboration with the Yamaha Corporation, developed the modern five-octave concert marimba. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Keiko Abe is the 880th most popular composer (down from 817th in 2019), the 969th most popular biography from Japan (down from 899th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Japanese Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Keiko Abe ranks 880 out of 1,451. Before her are Loyset Compère, Frank Bridge, Louis Andriessen, Giuseppe Martucci, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, and Selim Palmgren. After her are Federico Moreno Torroba, Daniel Gottlob Türk, Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, Joseph Canteloube, Käbi Laretei, and Jeanne Demessieux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Keiko Abe ranks 237. Before her are Alfredo M. Bonanno, Valentin Rasputin, Ivo Daneu, Brian G. Marsden, Garth Hudson, and Luciana Paluzzi. After her are Gyula Zsivótzky, Lorraine Gary, Marcian Hoff, Geki, Otto Pfister, and Toribio Ticona Porco.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Keiko Abe ranks 969 out of 6,245. Before her are Akio Toyoda (1956), Noriaki Kasai (1972), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Takeshi Urata (1947), Giant Baba (1938), and Genichi Taguchi (1924). After her are Takashi Umezawa (1972), Ogyū Sorai (1666), Tsutomu Miyazaki (1962), Akashi Motojiro (1864), Harukichi Hyakutake (1888), and Kanji Ishiwara (1889).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Keiko Abe ranks 9. Before her are Toru Takemitsu (1930), Miki Matsubara (1959), Toshi Ichiyanagi (1933), Nobuo Uematsu (1959), Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), and Koichi Sugiyama (1931). After her are Kenji Kawai (1957), Akira Ifukube (1914), Koji Kondo (1961), Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Fumio Hayasaka (1914), and Shirō Sagisu (1957).

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