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Spyridon Samaras

1861 - 1917

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Spyridon-Filiskos Samaras (Greek: Σπυρίδων Σαμάρας) (29 November 1861 - 7 April 1917) was a Greek composer particularly admired for his operas. His compositions were praised worldwide during his lifetime and he is arguably the most important composer of the Ionian School. Among his best-known works are the operas Flora mirabilis (1886) and Mademoiselle de Belle-Isle (1905). He also composed the music for the Olympic Hymn. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Spyridon Samaras is the 652nd most popular composer (down from 610th in 2019), the 481st most popular biography from Greece (down from 441st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Greek Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Spyridon Samaras ranks 652 out of 1,451. Before him are Oskar Nedbal, Ludwig Thuille, Ernesto Lecuona, Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev, Karol Lipiński, and Basil Poledouris. After him are Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Herms Niel, François Sudre, Heinz Holliger, Ildebrando Pizzetti, and Boris Blacher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Spyridon Samaras ranks 61. Before him are William Renshaw, Konstantin Korovin, Thomas Heath, Robert T. A. Innes, Constantin Prezan, and Ludwig Thuille. After him are Meir Dizengoff, Henri Mathias Berthelot, Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Richard Sears, Hermann Muthesius, and Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke. Among people deceased in 1917, Spyridon Samaras ranks 53. Before him are Eduardo di Capua, Bérenger Saunière, Liu Yongfu, Georges Guynemer, Otto Finsch, and Enric Prat de la Riba. After him are Eric Campbell, Duke Philipp of Württemberg, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Émile Boirac, Marian Smoluchowski, and Joseph B. Foraker.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Spyridon Samaras ranks 481 out of 1,024. Before him are Theagenes of Thasos (-500), Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (1950), Archidamus IV (-400), Axiothea of Phlius (-400), Tommy Lee (1962), and Achilles Painter (-470). After him are Alexandros Koryzis (1885), Silanion (-400), Krste Misirkov (1874), Kresilas (-480), Dorieus (-600), and Aristarchus of Thessalonica (5).

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Among COMPOSERS In Greece

Among composers born in Greece, Spyridon Samaras ranks 5. Before him are Vangelis (1943), Mikis Theodorakis (1925), Eleni Karaindrou (1941), and Manos Hatzidakis (1925). After him are Nikos Skalkottas (1904), Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795), Thanos Mikroutsikos (1947), and Andreas Makris (1930).

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