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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 162,913 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Szigeti is the 713th most popular composer (up from 800th in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Hungary (up from 295th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Hungarian Composer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Joseph Szigeti ranks 713 out of 1,216. Before him are Amy Beach, Oskar Merikanto, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa, Michel Corrette, Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, and Juan Bautista Cabanilles. After him are Carl Millöcker, Jean-François Dandrieu, Johann Caspar Kerll, Leo Fall, Aristides Quintilianus, and Giovanni Artusi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Joseph Szigeti ranks 134. Before him are John Alcock, Yi Kwang-su, Charles Nungesser, Robert Watson-Watt, Sayed Darwish, and Alberto Bayo. After him are Bessie Coleman, Maximilian Fretter-Pico, Peljidiin Genden, Victor de Sabata, Eugen Meindl, and Stepan Petrichenko. Among people deceased in 1973, Joseph Szigeti ranks 112. Before him are Robert Watson-Watt, Mirra Alfassa, Laurens Hammond, Alexander Mosolov, Dean Corll, and Alexander Vandegrift. After him are Karel Ančerl, Salchak Toka, Fuad Chehab, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Johannes Aavik, and Carlo Emilio Gadda.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Joseph Szigeti ranks 271 out of 866. Before him are Miklós Kállay (1887), Anton Bernolák (1762), George Tabori (1914), Ladislao Vajda (1906), Imre Schlosser (1889), and Ervin László (1932). After him are László Krasznahorkai (1954), László Bárdossy (1890), László Mednyánszky (1852), Rosika Schwimmer (1877), Mátyás Szűrös (1933), and Ferenc Szusza (1923).

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Among COMPOSERS In Hungary

Among composers born in Hungary, Joseph Szigeti ranks 11. Before him are Joseph Kosma (1905), Karl Goldmark (1830), Hans Swarowsky (1899), Ferenc Erkel (1810), Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), and Dora Pejačević (1885). After him are Leó Weiner (1885), Ferenc Farkas (1905), István Kertész (1929), and Sigmund Romberg (1887).

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