1904 - 1972
Balys Dvarionas (19 June [O.S. 6 June] 1904 in Liepāja — 23 August 1972 in Vilnius), was a Soviet and Lithuanian composer, pianist, conductor and educator. Dvarionas first became known as a composer after World War II. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Balys Dvarionas has received more than 32,582 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Balys Dvarionas is the 972nd most popular composer (up from 1,021st in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 117th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Latvian Composer.
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Among composers, Balys Dvarionas ranks 972 out of 1,216. Before him are Alexander Goldenweiser, Jāzeps Vītols, Ruperto Chapí, Federico Moreno Torroba, Leevi Madetoja, and Kārlis Baumanis. After him are August Wilhelm Ambros, Lorenzo Perosi, Carlos Guastavino, Erkki Aaltonen, Henri Sauguet, and Egon Wellesz.
1875 - 1961
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 966
1863 - 1948
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 967
1851 - 1909
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 968
1891 - 1982
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 969
1887 - 1947
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 970
1835 - 1905
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 971
1904 - 1972
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 972
1816 - 1876
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 973
1872 - 1956
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 974
1912 - 2000
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 975
1910 - 1990
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 976
1901 - 1989
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 977
1885 - 1974
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 978
Among people born in 1904, Balys Dvarionas ranks 186. Before him are Ibrahim Moustafa, Clarence Nash, Antonin Magne, Salomėja Nėris, Dmitri Ivanenko, and Josef Pieper. After him are Georges Miez, Semyon Ignatyev, Gavriil Popov, Alger Hiss, Attila Petschauer, and Dick Powell. Among people deceased in 1972, Balys Dvarionas ranks 133. Before him are Roger Courtois, Jinichi Kusaka, Deniz Gezmiş, Arthur Russell, Solomon Lefschetz, and Abraham Joshua Heschel. After him are Antal Szabó, Markos Vamvakaris, Gavriil Popov, Günter Eich, Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Gottfried Fuchs.
1904 - 1968
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 180
1904 - 1985
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 181
1904 - 1983
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 182
1904 - 1945
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 183
1904 - 1994
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 184
1904 - 1997
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 185
1904 - 1972
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 186
1904 - 1999
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 187
1904 - 1983
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 188
1904 - 1972
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 189
1904 - 1996
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 190
1904 - 1943
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 191
1904 - 1963
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 192
1912 - 1972
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 127
1888 - 1972
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 128
1947 - 1972
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 129
1886 - 1972
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 130
1884 - 1972
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 131
1907 - 1972
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 132
1904 - 1972
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 133
1910 - 1972
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 134
1905 - 1972
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 135
1904 - 1972
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 136
1907 - 1972
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 137
1906 - 1972
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 138
1889 - 1972
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 139
Among people born in Latvia, Balys Dvarionas ranks 105 out of 284. Before him are Alexander Kovalevsky (1840), Zenta Mauriņa (1897), Rosa von Praunheim (1942), Garlieb Merkel (1769), Morris Halle (1923), and Jāzeps Vītols (1863). After him are Anatoly Solovyev (1948), Vija Artmane (1929), Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter (1809), Arvīds Pelše (1899), Alfrēds Rubiks (1935), and Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863).
1840 - 1901
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 99
1897 - 1978
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 100
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 101
1769 - 1850
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 102
1923 - 2018
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 103
1863 - 1948
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 104
1904 - 1972
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 105
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 106
1929 - 2008
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 107
1809 - 1889
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 108
1899 - 1983
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 109
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 110
1863 - 1908
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 111
Among composers born in Latvia, Balys Dvarionas ranks 4. Before him are Pēteris Vasks (1946), Raimonds Pauls (1936), and Jāzeps Vītols (1863). After him are Jānis Ivanovs (1906), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), and Ēriks Ešenvalds (1977).
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 1
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 2
1863 - 1948
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 3
1904 - 1972
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 4
1906 - 1983
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 5
1879 - 1951
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 6
1977 - Present
HPI: 34.68
Rank: 7