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Mykola Leontovych

1877 - 1921

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Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych (Ukrainian: Микола Дмитрович Леонтович, pronounced [mɪˈkɔlɐ ˈdmɪtrowɪtʃ leonˈtɔwɪtʃ] ; 13 December [O.S. 1 December] 1877 – 23 January 1921) was a Ukrainian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist, and teacher. His music was inspired by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko and the Ukrainian National Music School. Leontovych specialised in a cappella choral music, ranging from original compositions to church music to elaborate arrangements of folk music. Leontovych was born and raised in Monastyrok in the Podolia province of the Russian Empire (now in Vinnytsia Oblast, Western Ukraine). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mykola Leontovych is the 239th most popular composer (down from 234th in 2019). (up from 411th in 2019)

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Among composers, Mykola Leontovych ranks 239 out of 1,451. Before him are Scott Joplin, Ernst von Dohnányi, Carl Reinecke, Angelo Badalamenti, Albert Roussel, and Engelbert Humperdinck. After him are Marcel Dupré, Giacomo Carissimi, Otto Nicolai, Pietro Locatelli, Alessandro Marcello, and Jacques Arcadelt.

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Among people born in 1877, Mykola Leontovych ranks 24. Before him are Kees van Dongen, Kārlis Ulmanis, Jesse Livermore, Maurice Halbwachs, Alfred Cortot, and Ernst von Dohnányi. After him are Aga Khan III, Henry Norris Russell, Enrico De Nicola, Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Karl Abraham, and Emil Abderhalden. Among people deceased in 1921, Mykola Leontovych ranks 22. Before him are John Boyd Dunlop, Antoni Grabowski, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Alexander Blok, and Engelbert Humperdinck. After him are Eugen Dühring, Matthias Erzberger, William II of Württemberg, Ignác Goldziher, Julius Richard Petri, and Hermann Schwarz.

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