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Gara Garayev

1918 - 1982

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Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev (Azerbaijani: Qara Əbülfəz oğlu Qarayev, Russian: Кара́ Абульфа́зович Кара́ев (Kara Abulfazovich Karayev), February 5, 1918 – May 13, 1982), also spelled as Qara Qarayev or Kara Karayev, was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani composer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gara Garayev has received more than 92,586 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Gara Garayev is the 512th most popular composer (down from 506th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 29th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Azerbaijani Composer.

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  • 93k

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  • 55.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gara Garayev ranks 512 out of 1,216Before him are Curt Sachs, John Blow, Max Richter, Johannes Ciconia, Christoph Graupner, and Friedrich Wieck. After him are Théodore Dubois, Karel Svoboda, Hans Krása, Hans Swarowsky, Bronius Kutavičius, and Manuel Ponce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Gara Garayev ranks 94Before him are Huber Matos, Edwin G. Krebs, Anna Mani, Thomas Gordon, Lo Wei, and Shankar Dayal Sharma. After him are Joseph Wiseman, Dora Ratjen, Cicely Saunders, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Kazuo Sakamaki, and Ajahn Chah. Among people deceased in 1982, Gara Garayev ranks 82Before him are Patrick Dewaere, Alma Reville, Werner Naumann, Ville Ritola, Shiro Teshima, and Otto Hofmann. After him are Kristján Eldjárn, Wifredo Lam, Jean Girault, Marcel Camus, Randy Rhoads, and Isa Miranda.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Gara Garayev ranks 34 out of 189Before him are Zarifa Aliyeva (1923), Tofiq Bahramov (1925), Hikmat Mirzayev (null), Ali Asadov (1956), Banine (1905), and Fatali Khan Khoyski (1875). After him are Vladimir Menshov (1939), Zeynab Khanlarova (1936), Mir Jafar Baghirov (1896), Vagit Alekperov (1950), Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906), and Samad Vurgun (1906).

Among COMPOSERS In Azerbaijan

Among composers born in Azerbaijan, Gara Garayev ranks 3Before him are Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885) and Fikret Amirov (1922). After him are Arif Malikov (1933), Avet Terterian (1929), Tofig Guliyev (1917), Elza Ibrahimova (1938), and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (1947).