COMPOSER

Arif Malikov

1933 - 2019

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Arif Malikov (also Melikov; Baku, 13 September 1933 – Baku, 9 May 2019) was an Azerbaijani composer. He graduated from the Baku Conservatory as a music composer in 1958. He shot to fame in 1961 when his first major composition "Legend of Love" was staged at the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Leningrad (present day St Petersburg) and received nationwide acclaim. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arif Malikov has received more than 104,055 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Arif Malikov is the 1,074th most popular composer (down from 1,018th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 80th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Azerbaijani Composer.

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  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Arif Malikov ranks 1,074 out of 1,451. Before him are Ture Rangström, Sergei Vasilenko, Peter H. Gilmore, Krešimir Baranović, Edvard Mirzoyan, and Tristan Murail. After him are Emilio Arrieta, Leonard Rosenman, Jean Gilbert, Sylvano Bussotti, Jean Langlais, and Ignaz Schuppanzigh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Arif Malikov ranks 314. Before him are Diane Disney Miller, Hillevi Rombin, Jean Vuarnet, Helmut Senekowitsch, Ayako Wakao, and Otar Chiladze. After him are Abdul Rahman Munif, Lucian Pintilie, Yang Chuan-kwang, Lou Rawls, Yoshishige Yoshida, and Ingrid Jonker. Among people deceased in 2019, Arif Malikov ranks 282. Before him are Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Reinhard Bonnke, Henry E. Holt, Christian Bach, Manfred Burgsmüller, and Ellen Schwiers. After him are Paolo Sardi, Babiker Awadalla, Isacio Calleja, Li Rui, Harold Brown, and Michael J. Pollard.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Arif Malikov ranks 99 out of 232. Before him are Mirza Khazar (1947), Zuleykha Seyidmammadova (1919), Galina Bystrova (1934), Hamida Javanshir (1873), Arsen Avakov (1964), and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (1947). After him are Jafar Jabbarly (1899), Sakina Akhundzadeh (1865), Ganira Pashayeva (1975), Fuad Abdurahmanov (1915), Alim Qasimov (1957), and Avet Terterian (1929).

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Among COMPOSERS In Azerbaijan

Among composers born in Azerbaijan, Arif Malikov ranks 5. Before him are Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885), Gara Garayev (1918), Fikret Amirov (1922), and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (1947). After him are Avet Terterian (1929), Elza Ibrahimova (1938), Tofig Guliyev (1917), and Rauf Hajiyev (1922).

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