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Vasily Kalinnikov

1866 - 1900

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Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (Russian: Васи́лий Серге́евич Кали́нников; 13 January 1866 [O.S. 1 January 1866] – 11 January 1901 [O.S. 29 December 1900]) was a Russian composer. His body of work consists of two symphonies, several additional orchestral works, and numerous songs, all of them imbued with characteristics of folksong. His symphonies, particularly the First, were frequently performed in the early 20th century. Kalinnikov's musical style was inspired by composers like Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, and is notable for its expressive melodies and lush orchestration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Kalinnikov is the 537th most popular composer (down from 502nd in 2019), the 682nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 667th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Russian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Vasily Kalinnikov ranks 537 out of 1,451. Before him are Remo Giazotto, Franz Xaver Richter, Erwin Schulhoff, Terry Riley, Albert Ketèlbey, and Michael Kamen. After him are Gara Garayev, Henri Duparc, R. D. Burman, Johann Adam Hiller, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, and Hans Swarowsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Vasily Kalinnikov ranks 51. Before him are Hubert Van Innis, Ramon Casas, Emile Vandervelde, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, La Goulue, and Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta. After him are Joel Hastings Metcalf, Johann Strauss III, Kazys Grinius, Elizabeth von Arnim, Gustav Cassel, and Kazimierz Twardowski. Among people deceased in 1900, Vasily Kalinnikov ranks 35. Before him are Samori Ture, Kuroda Kiyotaka, Mihály Munkácsy, Stephen Crane, Eugenio Beltrami, and Pyotr Lavrov. After him are Birsa Munda, Henry Sidgwick, Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Peter Waage, and Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Kalinnikov ranks 682 out of 3,761. Before him are Valeri Kharlamov (1948), Irina Rodnina (1949), Alexander Lebed (1950), Bella Akhmadulina (1937), Fedor Tokarev (1871), and Nikolai Krylenko (1885). After him are Andor Lilienthal (1911), Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894), Valery Chkalov (1904), Sergey Naryshkin (1954), Alexei Savrasov (1830), and Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (1861).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Vasily Kalinnikov ranks 26. Before him are Nikolai Medtner (1879), Hans Pfitzner (1869), Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813), Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859), Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931), and Rodion Shchedrin (1932). After him are Tikhon Khrennikov (1913), Aleksandra Pakhmutova (1929), Alexander Gretchaninov (1864), Georgy Sviridov (1915), Sergei Lyapunov (1859), and Boris Asafyev (1884).

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