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Bálint Bakfark

1507 - 1576

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Bálint Bakfark (Hungarian: [ˈbaːlint ˈbɒkfɒrk]; in contemporary sources Valentin Bakfark or (from 1565 onward) Valentin Greff alias Bakfark, his name is variously spelled as Bacfarc, Bakfarc, Bakfarkh, Bakffark, Backuart) (c. 1507 – 15 or 22 August 1576) was a Hungarian composer of Transylvanian Saxon origin, and lutenist of the Renaissance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bálint Bakfark has received more than 44,941 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Bálint Bakfark is the 553rd most popular composer (up from 561st in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Romania (up from 139th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Romanian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Bálint Bakfark ranks 553 out of 1,451. Before him are Frederick Delius, Jean-François Le Sueur, Hermann Abendroth, Stephen Sondheim, Johann Crüger, and William Walton. After him are Pierre Henry, Henri Duparc, Stevan Mokranjac, Eleni Karaindrou, Riccardo Drigo, and Helmut Walcha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1507, Bálint Bakfark ranks 9. Before him are Jiajing Emperor, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Altan Khan, Jacques Arcadelt, Inés Suárez, and Johannes Sturm. After him are Ferrante Gonzaga, Alvise I Mocenigo, Marie of Baden-Sponheim, Magdalena of Saxony, Guillaume Rondelet, and Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow. Among people deceased in 1576, Bálint Bakfark ranks 9. Before him are Tahmasp I, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Aloysius Lilius, Hans Sachs, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, and Isabella de' Medici. After him are Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Bartolomé Carranza, John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Nicola Vicentino, Levina Teerlinc, and Volcher Coiter.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Bálint Bakfark ranks 136 out of 844. Before him are Abraham Wald (1902), Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674), Joseph M. Juran (1904), Mihai Antonescu (1904), Victor Brauner (1903), and Manea Mănescu (1916). After him are Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784), Dora d'Istria (1828), Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812), Marthe Bibesco (1886), Sergiu Nicolaescu (1930), and Vazgen I (1908).

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Among COMPOSERS In Romania

Among composers born in Romania, Bálint Bakfark ranks 8. Before him are György Ligeti (1923), George Enescu (1881), Iannis Xenakis (1922), Ion Ivanovici (1845), György Kurtág (1926), and Vladimir Cosma (1940). After him are Péter Eötvös (1944), Sándor Veress (1907), and Sándor Végh (1912).

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