1934 - 1998
Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in [...] depth and detail." Schnittke's early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich. He developed a polystylistic technique in works such as the epic Symphony No. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Schnittke has received more than 572,036 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Alfred Schnittke is the 224th most popular composer (up from 239th in 2019), the 313th most popular biography from Russia (up from 315th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Composer.
Alfred Schnittke was a Russian composer who is most famous for his work in the avant-garde style of music.
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Among composers, Alfred Schnittke ranks 224 out of 1,216. Before him are Charles-Marie Widor, François-Joseph Gossec, Ambroise Thomas, Jacob Obrecht, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Pietro Locatelli. After him are Anton Reicha, Lili Boulanger, Riccardo Broschi, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, and Pierre Schaeffer.
1844 - 1937
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 218
1734 - 1829
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 219
1811 - 1896
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 220
1457 - 1505
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 221
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 222
1695 - 1764
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 223
1934 - 1998
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 224
1770 - 1836
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 225
1893 - 1918
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 226
1698 - 1756
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 227
1871 - 1942
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 228
1766 - 1803
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 229
1910 - 1995
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 230
Among people born in 1934, Alfred Schnittke ranks 53. Before him are John Surtees, Wole Soyinka, Louise Fletcher, Jonas Savimbi, Jan Švankmajer, and Bengt I. Samuelsson. After him are Stanislav Shushkevich, Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler, Eduard Khil, David J. Thouless, Marshall Rosenberg, and Fujiko Fujio. Among people deceased in 1998, Alfred Schnittke ranks 21. Before him are Raymond Cattell, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Theodore Schultz, Frederick Reines, Otto Kretschmer, and Vasily Arkhipov. After him are Allan MacLeod Cormack, Falco, Bob Kane, George H. Hitchings, Galina Ulanova, and Martha Gellhorn.
1934 - 2017
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 47
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 48
1934 - 2022
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 49
1934 - 2002
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 50
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 51
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 52
1934 - 1998
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 53
1934 - 2022
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 54
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 55
1934 - 2012
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 56
1934 - 2019
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 57
1934 - 2015
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 58
1934 - Present
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 59
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 15
1907 - 1998
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 16
1902 - 1998
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 17
1918 - 1998
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 18
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 19
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 20
1934 - 1998
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 21
1924 - 1998
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 22
1957 - 1998
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 23
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 24
1905 - 1998
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 25
1910 - 1998
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 26
1908 - 1998
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 27
Among people born in Russia, Alfred Schnittke ranks 313 out of 3,262. Before him are Varlam Shalamov (1907), Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz (1843), Sofia Gubaidulina (1931), Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (1784), Aleksey Kuropatkin (1848), and Pavlik Morozov (1918). After him are Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890), Alexej von Jawlensky (1864), Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933), Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin (1855), Georgy Chicherin (1872), and Alexandre Kojève (1902).
1907 - 1982
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 307
1843 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 308
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 309
1784 - 1803
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 310
1848 - 1925
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 311
1918 - 1932
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 312
1934 - 1998
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 313
1890 - 1958
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 314
1864 - 1941
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 315
1933 - 2017
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 316
1855 - 1935
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 317
1872 - 1936
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 318
1902 - 1968
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 319
Among composers born in Russia, Alfred Schnittke ranks 14. Before him are Alexander Borodin (1833), Mikhail Glinka (1804), Mily Balakirev (1837), Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904), Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883), and Sofia Gubaidulina (1931). After him are Otto Nicolai (1810), Anton Arensky (1861), Sergei Taneyev (1856), Rodion Shchedrin (1932), Anatoly Lyadov (1855), and Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813).
1833 - 1887
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 8
1804 - 1857
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 9
1837 - 1910
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 10
1904 - 1986
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 11
1883 - 1946
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 12
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 13
1934 - 1998
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 14
1810 - 1849
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 15
1861 - 1906
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 16
1856 - 1915
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 17
1932 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 18
1855 - 1914
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 19
1813 - 1869
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 20