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Vagn Holmboe

1909 - 1996

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Vagn Gylding Holmboe (Danish pronunciation: [ˈvɑwˀn ˈhʌlmˌpoˀ]; 20 December 1909 – 1 September 1996) was a Danish composer and teacher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vagn Holmboe is the 1,011th most popular composer (up from 1,131st in 2019), the 398th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 466th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Danish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Vagn Holmboe ranks 1,011 out of 1,451. Before him are Vasily Safonov, Mykhailo Verbytskyi, Artur Kapp, Jón Leifs, Hermann Goetz, and Francesco Araja. After him are Erkki Aaltonen, Mikael Tariverdiev, Knut Nystedt, Jean Mouton, Jāzeps Vītols, and Friedrich Kiel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Vagn Holmboe ranks 223. Before him are Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Nikola Vaptsarov, Riccardo Freda, Wang Zhen, David Miller, and Eva Justin. After him are Aruna Asaf Ali, Ferenc Fejtő, Martha Norelius, Olivér Halassy, Piotr Jaroszewicz, and Adolf Šimperský. Among people deceased in 1996, Vagn Holmboe ranks 174. Before him are Dorothy Lamour, Andrey Lukanov, Seymour Cray, Ferdinand Leitner, Paul Rand, and San Yu. After him are Mikael Tariverdiev, Aruna Asaf Ali, Arthur Rudolph, Arleigh Burke, Inger Jacobsen, and Yahya Ayyash.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Vagn Holmboe ranks 398 out of 1,032. Before him are Trine Dyrholm (1972), Jacob Riis (1849), August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1612), Robert Jacobsen (1912), Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1864), and Ada Adler (1878). After him are Japetus Steenstrup (1813), Urban Gad (1879), Johannes Jørgensen (1866), Johan Jensen (1859), Hans Ørberg (1920), and Johnny Hansen (1943).

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Among COMPOSERS In Denmark

Among composers born in Denmark, Vagn Holmboe ranks 7. Before him are Carl Nielsen (1865), Niels Gade (1817), Per Nørgård (1932), Hans Christian Lumbye (1810), Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805), and Rued Langgaard (1893). After him are Peter Arnold Heise (1830), Emil Hartmann (1836), Poul Ruders (1949), Hans Abrahamsen (1952), Jesper Kyd (1972), and Frederik Magle (1977).

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