COMPOSER

György Ligeti

1923 - 2006

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György Sándor Ligeti (; Hungarian: [ˈliɡɛti ˈɟørɟ ˈʃaːndor]; 28 May 1923 – 12 June 2006) was a Hungarian-Austrian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" and "one of the most innovative and influential among progressive figures of his time". Born in Romania, he lived in the Hungarian People's Republic before emigrating to Austria in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of György Ligeti has received more than 1,217,066 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. György Ligeti is the 116th most popular composer (up from 122nd in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Romania (down from 25th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Composer.

György Ligeti is most famous for his avant-garde compositions.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, György Ligeti ranks 116 out of 1,451. Before him are Giulio Caccini, Joaquín Rodrigo, Mily Balakirev, Arthur Honegger, Gregorio Allegri, and Francisco Tárrega. After him are Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Fanny Mendelssohn, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Muzio Clementi, Krzysztof Penderecki, and Josef Strauss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, György Ligeti ranks 18. Before him are Wojciech Jaruzelski, Peter II of Yugoslavia, Irma Grese, Marcel Marceau, Nadine Gordimer, and Mas Oyama. After him are Val Logsdon Fitch, Roy Lichtenstein, Carroll Shelby, Franco Zeffirelli, Jack Kilby, and Richard Attenborough. Among people deceased in 2006, György Ligeti ranks 17. Before him are Syd Barrett, Oriana Fallaci, Alfredo Stroessner, Saparmurat Niyazov, Owen Chamberlain, and Heinrich Harrer. After him are Mako, Anna Politkovskaya, Ibrahim Rugova, Giacinto Facchetti, Paul Mauriat, and Johannes Rau.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, György Ligeti ranks 26 out of 844. Before him are Paul Celan (1920), Mircea Lucescu (1945), Constantin Brâncuși (1876), Herta Müller (1953), Ion Iliescu (1930), and Vlad II Dracul (1395). After him are Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), Klaus Iohannis (1959), Nadia Comăneci (1961), Gheorghe Hagi (1965), Elie Wiesel (1928), and Michael the Brave (1558).

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Among COMPOSERS In Romania

Among composers born in Romania, György Ligeti ranks 2. Before him are Béla Bartók (1881). After him are George Enescu (1881), Iannis Xenakis (1922), Ion Ivanovici (1845), György Kurtág (1926), Vladimir Cosma (1940), Bálint Bakfark (1507), Péter Eötvös (1944), Sándor Veress (1907), and Sándor Végh (1912).

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