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Nikos Skalkottas

1904 - 1949

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Nikos Skalkottas (Greek: Νίκος Σκαλκώτας; 21 March 1904 – 19 September 1949) was a Greek composer of 20th-century classical music. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical repertoire and the Greek tradition. He also produced a sizeable amount of tonal music in the last phase of his musical creativity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nikos Skalkottas is the 809th most popular composer (up from 835th in 2019), the 551st most popular biography from Greece (up from 562nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Greek Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nikos Skalkottas ranks 809 out of 1,451. Before him are Muslim Magomayev, Piero Piccioni, Junkie XL, Peter Benoit, Robert Gerhard, and Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens. After him are Korla Awgust Kocor, Christian Cannabich, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, York Bowen, Johann Krieger, and Nobuo Uematsu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Nikos Skalkottas ranks 152. Before him are Antoun Saadeh, Bruce Cabot, Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, Ellen Church, Lauri Virtanen, and Emilio Recoba. After him are Grete Stern, Dmitri Ivanenko, Joseph Schmidt, Pyotr Koshevoy, Ray Bolger, and Lin Huiyin. Among people deceased in 1949, Nikos Skalkottas ranks 98. Before him are Antoun Saadeh, Charles Dullin, Leonor Michaelis, Wallace Beery, Nuri Killigil, and Laura Montoya. After him are James Forrestal, Henri Rabaud, Kanji Ishiwara, Maria Ouspenskaya, René Maire, and Walter Short.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Nikos Skalkottas ranks 551 out of 1,024. Before him are Crates (-350), Gregory VII of Constantinople (1850), Agesipolis I (-410), Wehib Pasha (1877), Agapenor (null), and Spyros Markezinis (1909). After him are Yorgos Lanthimos (1973), Ioannis Frangoudis (1863), Athanasios Diakos (1788), Dimitrios Loundras (1885), Jason of Pherae (-500), and Eurycratides (-600).

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Among COMPOSERS In Greece

Among composers born in Greece, Nikos Skalkottas ranks 6. Before him are Vangelis (1943), Mikis Theodorakis (1925), Eleni Karaindrou (1941), Manos Hatzidakis (1925), and Spyridon Samaras (1861). After him are Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795), Thanos Mikroutsikos (1947), and Andreas Makris (1930).

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