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Reinhold Glière

1874 - 1956

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Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (11 January 1875 [O.S. 30 December 1874] – 23 June 1956), born Reinhold Ernest Glier, was a Russian and Soviet composer of German and Polish descent. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of RSFSR (1935) and People's Artist of USSR (1938). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reinhold Glière is the 186th most popular composer (down from 166th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 99th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ukrainian Composer.

Reinhold Glière is most famous for his orchestral works. He was a Russian composer who wrote in a variety of genres including symphonies, operas, ballets, and piano concertos.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Reinhold Glière ranks 186 out of 1,451. Before him are Gustav Holst, Philip Glass, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Michael Haydn, Baldassare Galuppi, and Vincenzo Galilei. After him are Louis Spohr, Ferruccio Busoni, Amilcare Ponchielli, Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Bononcini, and Dmitry Kabalevsky.

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Among people born in 1874, Reinhold Glière ranks 35. Before him are Konstantin Päts, Antanas Smetona, Nicholas Roerich, Abbas II of Egypt, Karl Kraus, and Gustav Holst. After him are Josef Suk, Inessa Armand, Luigi Einaudi, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Henri Guisan, and Reynaldo Hahn. Among people deceased in 1956, Reinhold Glière ranks 22. Before him are Lucien Febvre, Risto Ryti, Konstantin Päts, A. A. Milne, Alfred Kinsey, and Bolesław Bierut. After him are Alexander Rodchenko, Émile Borel, Ernest King, Josef Hoffmann, Kenji Mizoguchi, and H. L. Mencken.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Reinhold Glière ranks 97 out of 1,365. Before him are Anacharsis (-700), Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1884), Karl Radek (1885), Daniel of Galicia (1201), Clarice Lispector (1920), and Andriy Shevchenko (1976). After him are Valeriy Lobanovskyi (1939), John Demjanjuk (1920), Alexander Archipenko (1887), Andrey Yeryomenko (1892), Vladimir Ivashko (1932), and Roman Shukhevych (1907).

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Among COMPOSERS In Ukraine

Among composers born in Ukraine, Reinhold Glière ranks 4. Before him are Sergei Prokofiev (1891), Stefania Turkewich (1898), and Karol Szymanowski (1882). After him are Dmitry Bortniansky (1751), Valentyn Sylvestrov (1937), Dimitri Tiomkin (1894), Wojciech Kilar (1932), Mykola Lysenko (1842), Boris Lyatoshinsky (1894), Igor Markevitch (1912), and Franz Doppler (1821).

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