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Manos Hatzidakis

1925 - 1994

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Manos Hatzidakis (also spelled Hadjidakis; Greek: Μάνος Χατζιδάκις; 23 October 1925 – 15 June 1994) was a Greek composer and theorist of Greek music, widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek composers of all time. He was one of the main proponents of the "Éntekhno" form of music, along with Mikis Theodorakis, and he is credited as the founder of the Orchestra of Colours, an ensemble performing lesser-known works and the music of Greek composers, and influenced a broad swathe of Greek culture through his writings and radio broadcasts. With his theoretical and compositional work, he is considered to be the first to connect post-war the worded music with traditional music. In 1960, Hatzidakis won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Never on Sunday" from the film Never on Sunday, but he refused the award because he felt that Athens was misrepresented in the film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manos Hatzidakis is the 585th most popular composer (down from 522nd in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from Greece (down from 396th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Greek Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Manos Hatzidakis ranks 585 out of 1,451. Before him are Pavel Haas, Alois Hába, Johann Christoph Pepusch, Amy Beach, Hervé, and Tikhon Khrennikov. After him are Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Ferdinand Hérold, Morton Feldman, Pasquale Anfossi, Sebastián Iradier, and Evald Aav.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Manos Hatzidakis ranks 144. Before him are Prosper Grech, Shigeko Higashikuni, Lino Lacedelli, Arnaldo Forlani, Aldo Ciccolini, and Max Morlock. After him are Luciano Leggio, John Guillermin, Brian Aldiss, Louis Nirenberg, René Moawad, and Ana María Matute. Among people deceased in 1994, Manos Hatzidakis ranks 104. Before him are Paisios of Mount Athos, Álvaro del Portillo, Jack Unterweger, Jérôme Lejeune, Sarah Kofman, and Max Morlock. After him are Moana Pozzi, Christian-Jaque, Roberto Burle Marx, Massimo Troisi, Walter Lantz, and Marcel Bich.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Manos Hatzidakis ranks 424 out of 1,024. Before him are Diagoras of Rhodes (-500), Faustus Cornelius Sulla (-88), Dinarchus (-361), Giannis Antetokounmpo (1994), Isaac Carasso (1874), and Dionysios Solomos (1798). After him are Michail Stasinopoulos (1903), Anyte of Tegea (-290), Eupalinos (-600), Manolis Glezos (1922), Callimachus (-500), and Augustinos Kapodistrias (1778).

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Among COMPOSERS In Greece

Among composers born in Greece, Manos Hatzidakis ranks 4. Before him are Vangelis (1943), Mikis Theodorakis (1925), and Eleni Karaindrou (1941). After him are Spyridon Samaras (1861), Nikos Skalkottas (1904), Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795), Thanos Mikroutsikos (1947), and Andreas Makris (1930).

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