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Sándor Veress

1907 - 1992

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Sándor Veress (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʃaːndor ˈvɛrɛʃ], (1907-02-01)1 February 1907 – (1992-03-04)4 March 1992) was a Swiss composer of Hungarian origin. He was born in Kolozsvár/Klausenburg, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, nowadays called Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and died in Bern. The first half of his life was spent in Hungary; the second, from 1949 until his death, in Switzerland, of which he became a citizen in the last months of his life. Veress studied and later taught at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sándor Veress is the 950th most popular composer (down from 889th in 2019), the 270th most popular biography from Romania (down from 245th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Romanian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Sándor Veress ranks 950 out of 1,451. Before him are Alexander Mosolov, Tan Dun, Egon Wellesz, Richard Heuberger, Vilém Blodek, and Arnold Bax. After him are Giovanni Battista Bassani, Alexander Goldenweiser, Lev Knipper, Baude Cordier, Chiquinha Gonzaga, and Ralph Benatzky.

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Among people born in 1907, Sándor Veress ranks 200. Before him are George Baird, Roger Vailland, František Junek, Amedeo Nazzari, Benny Carter, and James A. Michener. After him are Giuseppe Occhialini, Georges Speicher, Ragnar Nurkse, Germaine Tillion, Ilia Vekua, and Willy Busch. Among people deceased in 1992, Sándor Veress ranks 149. Before him are Andrew Marton, Gerard K. O'Neill, Richard Yates, Todd Armstrong, Kathleen McKane Godfree, and Viktor Grishin. After him are Hal Roach, Jack Arnold, Anthony Dawson, Irakli Abashidze, Claude Aveline, and Marsha P. Johnson.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Sándor Veress ranks 270 out of 844. Before him are Nicolae Bălcescu (1819), Nicolae Rainea (1933), Răzvan Lucescu (1969), György Klapka (1820), Alexandru Macedonski (1854), and Dimitrie Ghica (1816). After him are Júlia Várady (1941), Emil Racoviță (1868), Elvira Popescu (1894), István Avar (1905), Franz Rohr von Denta (1854), and Victor Ponta (1972).

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Among COMPOSERS In Romania

Among composers born in Romania, Sándor Veress ranks 10. Before him are Iannis Xenakis (1922), Ion Ivanovici (1845), György Kurtág (1926), Vladimir Cosma (1940), Péter Eötvös (1944), and Bálint Bakfark (1507). After him are Sándor Végh (1912).

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