COMPOSER

Joseph Szigeti

1892 - 1973

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Joseph Szigeti (Hungarian: Szigeti József, [ˈsiɡɛti ˈjoːʒɛf]; 5 September 1892 – 19 February 1973) was a Hungarian violinist. Born into a musical family, he spent his early childhood in a small town in Transylvania. He quickly proved himself to be a child prodigy on the violin, and moved to Budapest with his father to study with the renowned pedagogue Jenő Hubay. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Szigeti has received more than 171,123 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Joseph Szigeti is the 679th most popular composer (up from 712th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 271st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Hungarian Composer.

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  • 24

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  • 6.86

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  • 2.39

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Joseph Szigeti ranks 679 out of 1,451. Before him are Sergei Lyapunov, Louise Farrenc, Elfrida Andrée, Ferdinand David, Franchinus Gaffurius, and Edmond Audran. After him are Leó Weiner, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Shunsuke Kikuchi, Giovanni Battista Vitali, Eduard Tubin, and Krzysztof Komeda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Joseph Szigeti ranks 127. Before him are William Powell, Ugo Betti, Erich Neumann, Chen Gongbo, Walter Krüger, and Sayed Darwish. After him are Stanisław Maczek, Yi Kwang-su, Hironori Ōtsuka, Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, Robert Watson-Watt, and Henry Darger. Among people deceased in 1973, Joseph Szigeti ranks 114. Before him are Gabriel Voisin, Walter Krüger, Tanzan Ishibashi, Paul van Zeeland, Carlo Emilio Gadda, and Noël Coward. After him are Salchak Toka, Mirra Alfassa, Karel Ančerl, Robert Watson-Watt, Henry Darger, and Johannes Aavik.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Joseph Szigeti ranks 279 out of 1,077. Before him are János Kornai (1928), Géza Maróczy (1870), Thomas Szasz (1920), Ferenc Nagy (1903), Tivadar Soros (1894), and Ferenc Szusza (1923). After him are Béla Imrédy (1891), Leó Weiner (1885), Géza Toldi (1909), Janus Pannonius (1434), Carl Flesch (1873), and György Orth (1901).

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Among COMPOSERS In Hungary

Among composers born in Hungary, Joseph Szigeti ranks 12. Before him are Ferenc Erkel (1810), Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Joseph Kosma (1905), Karl Goldmark (1830), Dora Pejačević (1885), and Hans Swarowsky (1899). After him are Leó Weiner (1885), Ferenc Farkas (1905), István Kertész (1929), Frigyes Hidas (1928), and Sigmund Romberg (1887).

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