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Louis Andriessen

1939 - 2021

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Louis Joseph Andriessen (Dutch: [luˈʋi ˈɑndrisə(n)]; 6 June 1939 – 1 July 2021) was a Dutch composer, pianist and academic teacher. Considered the most influential Dutch composer of his generation, he was a central proponent of The Hague school of composition. Although his music was initially dominated by neoclassicism and serialism, his style gradually shifted to a synthesis of American minimalism, big band jazz and the expressionism of Igor Stravinsky. Born in Utrecht into a musical family, Andriessen studied with his father, the composer Hendrik Andriessen as well as composers Kees van Baaren and Luciano Berio. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Andriessen is the 876th most popular composer (down from 809th in 2019), the 525th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 497th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Dutch Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Louis Andriessen ranks 876 out of 1,451. Before him are Martin Wegelius, Othmar Schoeck, John Tavener, Julius Reubke, Loyset Compère, and Frank Bridge. After him are Giuseppe Martucci, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Selim Palmgren, Keiko Abe, Federico Moreno Torroba, and Daniel Gottlob Türk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Louis Andriessen ranks 243. Before him are Romualdo Arppi Filho, Fred Willard, Zenon Grocholewski, Marek Janowski, Ron Rifkin, and Bulle Ogier. After him are James Mancham, Aleksandër Meksi, Joe Clark, Dean Corll, R. Budd Dwyer, and Sandro Salvadore. Among people deceased in 2021, Louis Andriessen ranks 253. Before him are Ursula Happe, Yitzhak Arad, Leon Spinks, José Freire Falcão, John Miles, and Carlos Correia. After him are Judith Reisman, Freimut Börngen, Hilton Valentine, Clive Sinclair, Branko Mamula, and Justo Tejada.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Louis Andriessen ranks 525 out of 1,646. Before him are Macropedius (1487), Jan Luyken (1649), Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831), Hendrikus Colijn (1869), Nina Foch (1924), and Adri van der Poel (1959). After him are Netti Witziers-Timmer (1923), Teun A. van Dijk (1943), Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801), Kees Kist (1952), Balthasar Bekker (1634), and Dirck Coornhert (1522).

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Among COMPOSERS In Netherlands

Among composers born in Netherlands, Louis Andriessen ranks 9. Before him are Gustav Leonhardt (1928), Willem Mengelberg (1871), Johann Adam Reincken (1643), Antonia Brico (1902), Jacob van Eyck (1590), and Junkie XL (1967). After him are Anthony van Hoboken (1887), Simeon ten Holt (1923), and Michel van der Aa (1970).

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