COMPOSER

Dobri Hristov

1875 - 1941

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Dobri Hristov (Bulgarian: Добри Христов; 14 December 1875 – 23 January 1941) was one of the major Bulgarian composers of the 20th century. He wrote mainly choral music, as well as some church music and music for the orchestra. Hristov was born in Varna, then in the Ottoman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dobri Hristov has received more than 29,749 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Dobri Hristov is the 1,238th most popular composer (down from 1,209th in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from Bulgaria (down from 212th in 2019) and the most popular Bulgarian Composer.

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  • 46.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Dobri Hristov ranks 1,238 out of 1,451. Before him are Thomas Linley the younger, Frigyes Hidas, Leo Ornstein, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Enoch Sontonga, and Bronius Kutavičius. After him are Rachel Portman, Masaaki Suzuki, Emīls Dārziņš, Wenzel Müller, Afrasiyab Badalbeyli, and David Diamond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Dobri Hristov ranks 157. Before him are Eugene Meyer, Gunnar Höjer, John Bray, Vasily Kachalov, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, and Alexandros Diomidis. After him are Emīls Dārziņš, Maurice Hemelsoet, Kazimierz Prószyński, George Larner, Johan Edman, and José Santos Chocano. Among people deceased in 1941, Dobri Hristov ranks 172. Before him are Eduardo Schaerer, Luigi Capello, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, Miina Härma, Ludwig Stubbendorf, and Hermann Wilker. After him are Cecilio Báez, František Křižík, Simon Guggenheim, Victorino Márquez Bustillos, Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith, and Wilhelm Leichum.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Dobri Hristov ranks 218 out of 415. Before him are Georgi Slavkov (1958), Lyuben Berov (1925), Borislav Mikhailov (1963), Stoyanka Mutafova (1922), Stefan Yanev (1960), and Dimitrana Ivanova (1881). After him are Ivan Vutsov (1939), Nasko Sirakov (1962), Anton Donchev (1930), Yordanka Donkova (1961), Petar Gabrovski (1898), and Dimitar Dimov (1909).

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Among COMPOSERS In Bulgaria

Among composers born in Bulgaria, Dobri Hristov ranks 1. 

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