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Tikhon Khrennikov

1913 - 2007

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Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (Russian: Тихон Николаевич Хренников; 10 June [O.S. 28 May] 1913 – 14 August 2007) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (1948–1991), who was also known for his political activities. He wrote three symphonies, four piano concertos, two violin concertos, two cello concertos, operas, operettas, ballets, chamber music, incidental music and film music. During the 1930s, Khrennikov was already being hailed as a leading Soviet composer. In 1948, Andrei Zhdanov, the leader of the anti-formalism campaign, nominated Khrennikov as Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tikhon Khrennikov is the 584th most popular composer (up from 604th in 2019), the 734th most popular biography from Russia (up from 816th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Russian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Tikhon Khrennikov ranks 584 out of 1,451. Before him are Guillaume Lekeu, Pavel Haas, Alois Hába, Johann Christoph Pepusch, Amy Beach, and Hervé. After him are Manos Hatzidakis, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Ferdinand Hérold, Morton Feldman, Pasquale Anfossi, and Sebastián Iradier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Tikhon Khrennikov ranks 115. Before him are Pak Song-chol, Masatoshi Nakayama, Willi Hennig, José Sánchez del Río, Mary Kenneth Keller, and Philip Abelson. After him are Wols, Georgy Flyorov, Ken Carpenter, Mickey Cohen, Amrita Sher-Gil, and Abraham Sutzkever. Among people deceased in 2007, Tikhon Khrennikov ranks 122. Before him are Steve Fossett, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Ulrich Mühe, Colin McRae, Maria Gripe, and Lothar-Günther Buchheim. After him are Ivica Račan, Henri Debehogne, Andranik Margaryan, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, George Tabori, and Joe Rantz.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Tikhon Khrennikov ranks 734 out of 3,761. Before him are Ivan Maisky (1884), Catherine of Brandenburg (1604), Praskovia Saltykova (1664), Valeriy Brumel (1942), Ludmilla Tourischeva (1952), and Zinaida Portnova (1926). After him are Andrei Mironov (1941), Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia (1896), Eugen Leviné (1883), Yegor Gaidar (1956), Leonid Krasin (1870), and Yevgenia Ginzburg (1904).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Tikhon Khrennikov ranks 27. Before him are Hans Pfitzner (1869), Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813), Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859), Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931), Rodion Shchedrin (1932), and Vasily Kalinnikov (1866). After him are Aleksandra Pakhmutova (1929), Alexander Gretchaninov (1864), Georgy Sviridov (1915), Sergei Lyapunov (1859), Boris Asafyev (1884), and Galina Ustvolskaya (1919).

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