COMPOSER

Ivan Zajc

1832 - 1914

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Ivan von Zajc (also Croatian: Ivan plemeniti Zajc, Italian: Giovanni de Zaytz; pronounced [ǐʋan zâjts]; August 3, 1832 – December 16, 1914), was a Croatian composer, conductor, director, and teacher who dominated Croatia's musical culture for over forty years. Through his artistic and institutional reform efforts, he is credited with its revitalization and refinement, paving the way for new and significant Croatian musical achievements in the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Zajc has received more than 54,553 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Zajc is the 530th most popular composer (up from 629th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 115th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Croatian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ivan Zajc ranks 530 out of 1,451. Before him are Jean-Féry Rebel, Hans Swarowsky, Johann Christoph Bach, Hervé, Boris Lyatoshinsky, and Michael Kamen. After him are François-Joseph Fétis, Edgard Varèse, Luigi Rossi, Paul Bowles, Louis Couperin, and George Antheil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Ivan Zajc ranks 33. Before him are Henry Steel Olcott, Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, Hudson Taylor, William Le Baron Jenney, Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow, and Khurshidbanu Natavan. After him are Louis Paul Cailletet, Đura Jakšić, Rudolf Lipschitz, Miguel Miramón, Emilio Castelar, and Pavel Tretyakov. Among people deceased in 1914, Ivan Zajc ranks 42. Before him are Theodor Lipps, Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, Giuseppe Mercalli, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Julio Argentino Roca, and Angelo Moriondo. After him are John Henry Poynting, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Stevan Mokranjac, Charles Martin Hall, Ödön Lechner, and John Muir.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Ivan Zajc ranks 100 out of 700. Before him are Ivo Sanader (1953), Franz von Bayros (1866), Janko Bobetko (1919), Andrej Plenković (1970), Tuone Udaina (1821), and Julian of Antioch (231). After him are Roberto Ferruzzi (1853), Mario Mandžukić (1986), Branimir of Croatia (850), Goran Hadžić (1958), Mile Budak (1889), and Stjepan Filipović (1916).

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Among COMPOSERS In Croatia

Among composers born in Croatia, Ivan Zajc ranks 4. Before him are Franz von Suppé (1819), Jakov Gotovac (1895), and Luigi Dallapiccola (1904). After him are Vatroslav Lisinski (1819), Josip Runjanin (1821), and Krešimir Baranović (1894).

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