COMPOSER

Boris Papandopulo

1906 - 1991

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Boris Papandopulo (February 25, 1906 – October 16, 1991) was a Croatian composer and conductor of Greek and Russian Jewish descent. He was the son of Greek nobleman Konstantin Papandopulo and Croatian opera singer Maja Strozzi-Pečić and one of the most distinctive Croatian musicians of the 20th century. Papandopulo also worked as music writer, journalist, reviewer, pianist and piano accompanist; however, he achieved the peaks of his career in music as a composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Papandopulo has received more than 47,585 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Papandopulo is the 1,119th most popular composer (down from 1,036th in 2019), the 4,437th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,792nd in 2019) and the 167th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Boris Papandopulo ranks 1,119 out of 1,451. Before him are Ludwig Abeille, Nikolaos Mantzaros, Igor Krutoy, Ján Cikker, York Bowen, and Wacław of Szamotuły. After him are William Lawes, Jean Barraqué, Charles Avison, Morton Gould, Einar Englund, and Michael Tippett.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Boris Papandopulo ranks 269. Before him are Lou Costello, Alexander Moyzes, Ludwig Lachmann, Peter Carl Goldmark, Olive Borden, and Eino Penttilä. After him are Erwin Geschonneck, Lee Barnes, Victor Hasselblad, Thelma Todd, Gerardo Romero, and Virginia Hall. Among people deceased in 1991, Boris Papandopulo ranks 174. Before him are Olga Spessivtseva, Jean Langlais, Pierre Brunet, Ellen Braumüller, Alfred Eisenbeisser, and John McIntire. After him are Eva Le Gallienne, Adãozinho, Josef Stroh, George Abecassis, Franz Brunner, and Irwin Allen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Boris Papandopulo ranks 4,437 out of 7,253. Before him are Vladimir Lossky (1903), Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg (1714), Christian Wilhelm Allers (1857), Ludwig Goldbrunner (1908), Markus Grosskopf (1965), and Ilona Slupianek (1956). After him are Heinrich Gerber (1832), Prince William of Baden (1792), Otto Heckmann (1901), Kurt Beck (1949), Ernst Stromer (1871), and Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp (1631).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Boris Papandopulo ranks 167. Before him are Johann Nicolaus Bach (1669), Julius Rietz (1812), Karl Klindworth (1830), Klaus Badelt (1967), Robert Franz (1815), and Ludwig Abeille (1761). After him are Walter Braunfels (1882), Oskar Sala (1910), Melchior Vulpius (1570), Johanna Kinkel (1810), Lukas Foss (1922), and Kurt Thomas (1904).

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