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Leo Ornstein

1895 - 2002

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Leo Ornstein (born Lev Ornshteyn; Russian: Лев Орнштейн; c. December 11, 1895 – February 24, 2002) was an American experimental composer and pianist of the early twentieth century. His performances of works by avant-garde composers and his own innovative and even shocking pieces made him a cause célèbre on both sides of the Atlantic. The bulk of his experimental works were written for piano. Ornstein was the first important composer to make extensive use of the tone cluster. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leo Ornstein is the 1,103rd most popular composer (up from 1,234th in 2019), the 666th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 824th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Ukrainian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Leo Ornstein ranks 1,103 out of 1,451. Before him are Jānis Ivanovs, Karl Klindworth, Peter H. Gilmore, Cyril Scott, Giovanni Maria Nanino, and Karol Kurpiński. After him are Walter Braunfels, Harald Sæverud, Jean Guillou, Boris Papandopulo, Renzo Rossellini, and Gottfried August Homilius.

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Among people born in 1895, Leo Ornstein ranks 209. Before him are Karel Pešek, Paavo Johansson, Nikolay Shchors, Pauline Pfeiffer, Geo Milev, and Virginia Rappe. After him are Charles King, Itō Noe, Julijans Vaivods, Alexander Mikulin, Ernest Labrousse, and Ngaio Marsh. Among people deceased in 2002, Leo Ornstein ranks 199. Before him are Hernán Gaviria, Rudolf Augstein, Zaid ibn Shaker, Vitaly Solomin, Lawrence Tierney, and Arne Selmosson. After him are John Thaw, Raoul Diagne, Jeff Corey, Tita Merello, Abdel Rahman Badawi, and Lou Thesz.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Leo Ornstein ranks 666 out of 1,365. Before him are Petro Grigorenko (1907), Mieczysław Horszowski (1892), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (1979), Lidiya Alfeyeva (1946), Nina Matviienko (1947), and Dimitar Grekov (1847). After him are Mykola Avilov (1948), Julian Fałat (1853), Milena Rudnytska (1892), Stanisław Ostrowski (1892), Alexandre Michon (1858), and Yevgeny Petrov (1902).

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Among COMPOSERS In Ukraine

Among composers born in Ukraine, Leo Ornstein ranks 26. Before him are Alexander Mosolov (1900), Roman Vlad (1919), Igor Krutoy (1954), Heinrich Schenker (1868), Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813), and Yuri Shaporin (1887). After him are Emil Paur (1855), Vasyl Barvinsky (1888), Yevhen Stankovych (1942), Vladimir Shainsky (1925), Isaac Schwartz (1923), and Alla Zahaikevych (1966).

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