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Witold Lutosławski

1913 - 1994

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Witold Roman Lutosławski (Polish: [ˈvitɔld lutɔˈswafski] ; 25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and conductor. Among the major composers of 20th-century classical music, he is "generally regarded as the most significant Polish composer since Szymanowski, and possibly the greatest Polish composer since Chopin". His compositions—of which he was a notable conductor—include representatives of most traditional genres, aside from opera: symphonies, concertos, orchestral song cycles, other orchestral works, and chamber works. Among his best known works are his four symphonies, the Variations on a Theme by Paganini (1941), the Concerto for Orchestra (1954), and his cello concerto (1970). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Witold Lutosławski is the 201st most popular composer (down from 192nd in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Poland (down from 164th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Composer.

Witold Lutosławski is most famous for his compositions, which are often considered to be the first Polish serial music.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Witold Lutosławski ranks 201 out of 1,451. Before him are Michael Praetorius, Niccolò Piccinni, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Luigi Nono, Charles-Marie Widor, and Johann Stamitz. After him are Johann Ambrosius Bach, Henry Mancini, Jordi Savall, Anna Maria Mozart, Gilles Binchois, and Johann Joachim Quantz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Witold Lutosławski ranks 40. Before him are Wolfgang Paul, Trevor Howard, Jacobo Árbenz, Jimmy Hoffa, Frances Farmer, and Werner Mölders. After him are René Clément, Artur Axmann, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Leônidas, Yasuo Suzuki, and Motoo Tatsuhara. Among people deceased in 1994, Witold Lutosławski ranks 41. Before him are Guy Debord, Bassel al-Assad, Marija Gimbutas, Andrés Escobar, Pierre Boulle, and Vladimir Ivashko. After him are Henry Mancini, Gian Maria Volonté, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Paul Delvaux, Roger Wolcott Sperry, and Julian Schwinger.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Witold Lutosławski ranks 165 out of 1,694. Before him are Bolesław III Wrymouth (1086), Mieszko I of Poland (940), Reinhard Selten (1930), Ferdinand Cohn (1828), Clara Immerwahr (1870), and Rochus Misch (1917). After him are Jarosław Kaczyński (1949), Andrzej Duda (1972), Maria Feodorovna (1759), Jan Potocki (1761), Maxim Litvinov (1876), and Solomon Asch (1907).

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Among COMPOSERS In Poland

Among composers born in Poland, Witold Lutosławski ranks 3. Before him are Frédéric Chopin (1810), and Krzysztof Penderecki (1933). After him are Henryk Górecki (1933), Martin Agricola (1486), Moritz Moszkowski (1854), Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881), Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687), Maria Szymanowska (1789), Mieczysław Weinberg (1919), Grażyna Bacewicz (1909), and Viktor Ullmann (1898).

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