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Mikhail Gnessin

1883 - 1957

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Mikhail Fabianovich Gnessin (Russian: Михаил Фабианович Гнесин; sometimes transcribed Gnesin; 2 February [O.S. 21 January] 1883 – 5 May 1957) was a Russian Jewish composer and teacher. Gnessin's works The Maccabeans and The Youth of Abraham earned him the nickname the "Jewish Glinka". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Gnessin is the 1,277th most popular composer (down from 1,190th in 2019), the 2,141st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,890th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Russian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Mikhail Gnessin ranks 1,277 out of 1,451. Before him are Vincent Youmans, Klaus Egge, Pauline Oliveros, Federico Chueca, Alexandre Levy, and Conlon Nancarrow. After him are Erkki-Sven Tüür, Toshio Hosokawa, Maurice Greene, Władysław Żeleński, Jonathan Larson, and Andrey Petrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Mikhail Gnessin ranks 241. Before him are Jules Berry, Arthur L. Newton, Albert Oldman, Mary Alden, Lothrop Stoddard, and Louis Bach. After him are Charles Sheeler, Ole Lilloe-Olsen, Ernie Parker, Marguerite Clark, Erik Norberg, and Nathaniel Cartmell. Among people deceased in 1957, Mikhail Gnessin ranks 202. Before him are Karl Patterson Schmidt, Demetrio Neyra, Alfredo Gollini, Devdas Gandhi, Lőrinc Szabó, and Julio Lozano Díaz. After him are Jimmy Dorsey, Ezio Pinza, Colin Carruthers, Roger Vercel, Edith Abbott, and Bernard Knubel.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mikhail Gnessin ranks 2,141 out of 3,761. Before him are Denis Cheryshev (1990), Fyodor Volkov (1729), Zyzz (1989), Sylvi Saimo (1914), Aleksandr Tkachyov (1957), and Pavel Shternberg (1865). After him are Yuri Semin (1947), Mark Rakita (1938), Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky (1900), Yury Osipov (1936), Maria Andreyeva (1868), and Yuriy Lituyev (1925).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Mikhail Gnessin ranks 62. Before him are Shlomo Mintz (1957), Dimitri Arakishvili (1873), Andrei Eshpai (1925), Boris Tishchenko (1939), Sergei Slonimsky (1932), and Vladimir Martynov (1946). After him are Andrey Petrov (1930), Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (1907), Vladimir Jurowski (1972), Lera Auerbach (1973), and Igor Khoroshev (1965).

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