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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) (1526–30 – 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 42,522 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Bálint Bakfark is the 561st most popular composer (up from 615th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Romania (up from 145th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Romanian Composer.

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  • 43k

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  • 54.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Bálint Bakfark ranks 561 out of 1,216. Before him are Johann David Heinichen, Jonathan Larson, Arno Babajanian, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Pierre Henry, and Riccardo Drigo. After him are Aloysia Weber, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Pancho Vladigerov, François Devienne, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, and Georg Joseph Vogler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1507, Bálint Bakfark ranks 10. Before him are Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Altan Khan, Jacques Arcadelt, Johannes Sturm, Inés Suárez, and Ferrante Gonzaga. After him are Marie of Baden-Sponheim, Alvise I Mocenigo, Guillaume Rondelet, and Magdalena of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1576, Bálint Bakfark ranks 10. Before him are Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Aloysius Lilius, Hans Sachs, Isabella de' Medici, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, and Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga. After him are John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg, Bartolomé Carranza, Nicola Vicentino, Volcher Coiter, and Juan de Salcedo.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Bálint Bakfark ranks 139 out of 665. Before him are Constantin Sănătescu (1885), Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812), Traian Vuia (1872), László Tőkés (1952), Petre Roman (1946), and Mihail Kogălniceanu (1817). After him are Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864), Lucien Goldmann (1913), Vladislav I of Wallachia (1325), Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674), Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784), and Nicolae Grigorescu (1838).

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Among COMPOSERS In Romania

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

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