COMPOSER

Ahmet Adnan Saygun

1907 - 1991

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Ahmet Adnan Saygun (Turkish pronunciation: [ahˈmet adˈnan sajˈɡun]; 7 September 1907 – 6 January 1991) was a Turkish composer, musicologist and writer on music. One of a group of composers known as the Turkish Five who pioneered western classical music in Turkey, his works show a mastery of Western musical practice, while also incorporating traditional Turkish folk songs and culture. When alluding to folk elements he tends to spotlight one note of the scale and weave a melody around it, based on a Turkish mode. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmet Adnan Saygun has received more than 55,331 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmet Adnan Saygun is the 1,061st most popular composer (down from 990th in 2019), the 898th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 934th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Turkish Composer.

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  • 55k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ahmet Adnan Saygun ranks 1,061 out of 1,451. Before him are Marcello Abbado, Salomon Jadassohn, Hugo Distler, Frederick Loewe, Sándor Végh, and Halfdan Kjerulf. After him are Philippe Sarde, Félicien David, Frederic Rzewski, Ruperto Chapí, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, and François Sudre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Ahmet Adnan Saygun ranks 228. Before him are Émile Veinante, Ragnar Gustavsson, Lydia Chukovskaya, Seth Neddermeyer, Mascha Kaléko, and Wanda Jakubowska. After him are Đuro Kurepa, Philip Arthur Fisher, James Robertson Justice, Ernst Albrecht, Alexander Knox, and István Bárány. Among people deceased in 1991, Ahmet Adnan Saygun ranks 166. Before him are Gaston Waringhien, Mokhtar Dahari, Július Torma, Tadashi Imai, Steve Marriott, and Ole Beich. After him are György Szűcs, Olga Spessivtseva, Jean Langlais, Pierre Brunet, Ellen Braumüller, and Alfred Eisenbeisser.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Ahmet Adnan Saygun ranks 898 out of 1,347. Before him are Adalet Ağaoğlu (1929), Okan Buruk (1973), Theodore Abu Qurrah (750), Çağatay Ulusoy (1990), Refik Saydam (1881), and Leontia Porphyrogenita (457). After him are Theodore of Tarsus (602), Hamit Kaplan (1934), Uğur Mumcu (1942), Ekrem İmamoğlu (1970), Orhan Kemal (1914), and Simeon the Holy Fool (522).

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Among COMPOSERS In Türkiye

Among composers born in Türkiye, Ahmet Adnan Saygun ranks 4. Before him are Komitas (1869), Aristides Quintilianus (150), and Tigran Chukhajian (1837). After him are Manolis Kalomiris (1883), and Necil Kazım Akses (1908).

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