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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 50,454 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 22 in 2019). Ahmet Adnan Saygun is the 991st most popular composer (down from 881st in 2019), the 936th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 832nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Turkish Composer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ahmet Adnan Saygun ranks 991 out of 1,216. Before him are Xian Xinghai, Jeanne Demessieux, Friedrich Gernsheim, Alessandro Grandi, Camargo Guarnieri, and Chiquinha Gonzaga. After him are Emil von Sauer, Paul Taffanel, John Rutter, Henri Pousseur, Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, and Wolfgang Rihm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Ahmet Adnan Saygun ranks 196. Before him are Paul Magloire, Peggy Ashcroft, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, Jean Aerts, Günter Eich, and Camargo Guarnieri. After him are Juan Carlos Corazzo, Ilia Vekua, Jack Albertson, Giuseppe Occhialini, Luigi Beccali, and Zezé Moreira. Among people deceased in 1991, Ahmet Adnan Saygun ranks 131. Before him are Jack Crawford, Franco Maria Malfatti, Sanmao, Vasco Pratolini, Johnny Thunders, and Peggy Ashcroft. After him are Luis Miró, Anton Yugov, Yusuf Idris, György Szűcs, Colleen Dewhurst, and Elisaveta Bagriana.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Ahmet Adnan Saygun ranks 936 out of 1,301. Before him are Doğu Perinçek (1942), Emre Belözoğlu (1980), Ekrem İmamoğlu (1970), Theodore Abu Qurrah (750), Theodore Balsamon (1140), and Arif Mardin (1932). After him are Andronikos Komnenos (1108), Vahram Papazian (1888), George Mouzalon (1220), Şivan Perwer (1955), Eudoxus of Cyzicus (-100), and Musa Anter (1920).

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Among COMPOSERS In Turkey

Among composers born in Turkey, 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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