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Yasushi Akutagawa

1925 - 1989

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Yasushi Akutagawa (芥川 也寸志, Akutagawa Yasushi; July 12, 1925 – January 31, 1989) was a Japanese composer and conductor. His father was Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yasushi Akutagawa is the 1,116th most popular composer (down from 1,033rd in 2019), the 1,242nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,099th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Japanese Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Yasushi Akutagawa ranks 1,116 out of 1,451. Before him are Emil Paur, Johanna Kinkel, Koji Kondo, Einar Englund, Jacopo da Bologna, and Aulis Sallinen. After him are Harry Partch, Girolamo Diruta, Marcello Abbado, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Ture Rangström, and Adolf Bernhard Marx.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Yasushi Akutagawa ranks 311. Before him are Michal Vičan, Axel Schandorff, Shirley Strickland, Luis Alberto Monge, James Salter, and Mary F. Lyon. After him are Amparo Rivelles, Gizella Farkas, Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Theodore Levitt, Attilâ İlhan, and Duane Hanson. Among people deceased in 1989, Yasushi Akutagawa ranks 197. Before him are Robert Körner, Richard Quine, George C. Homans, Antonio Janigro, Alvin Ailey, and Chico Landi. After him are Luiz Luz, Ronald Syme, Edgar Sanabria, Helga Haase, Sirarpie Der Nersessian, and Mary McCarthy.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yasushi Akutagawa ranks 1,242 out of 6,245. Before him are Koji Kondo (1961), Sadakazu Tanigaki (1945), Peter Takeo Okada (1941), Naoto Ohshima (1964), Shirase Nobu (1861), and Shinji Kagawa (1989). After him are Kazuo Ozaki (1960), Yumi Matsutoya (1954), Nobuyuki Kato (1920), Yutaka Ikeuchi (1961), Noriko Ishibashi (1970), and Yoshiko Kuga (1931).

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Among COMPOSERS In Japan

Among composers born in Japan, Yasushi Akutagawa ranks 13. Before him are Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), Koichi Sugiyama (1931), Keiko Abe (1937), Kenji Kawai (1957), Akira Ifukube (1914), and Koji Kondo (1961). After him are Fumio Hayasaka (1914), Shirō Sagisu (1957), Akira Yamaoka (1968), Masaaki Suzuki (1954), Toshio Hosokawa (1955), and Hiroyuki Sawano (1980).

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