COMPOSER

Juhan Aavik

1884 - 1982

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Juhan Aavik (29 January 1884, in Holstre, Kreis Fellin, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire – 26 November 1982, in Stockholm, Sweden) was an Estonian composer. Aavik studied music composition at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He later served as a conductor in Tartu, Governorate of Livonia (1911–1925), a musical conservatory professor and director in Tallinn (1928–1944), and an Estonian song festival conductor in Sweden (1948–1961) (after arriving there in 1944). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Juhan Aavik has received more than 48,277 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Juhan Aavik is the 959th most popular composer (down from 920th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Estonia (down from 84th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Estonian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Juhan Aavik ranks 959 out of 1,451. Before him are Guy Ropartz, Josip Runjanin, R. Murray Schafer, Felix Draeseke, Johann Adolf Scheibe, and Adolf Bernhard Marx. After him are Alexei Lvov, Joseph Marx, Nicola Vicentino, Henri Sauguet, Daniel Alomía Robles, and Harry Gregson-Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Juhan Aavik ranks 128. Before him are David Bergelson, Roy Chapman Andrews, Jack Greenwell, Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, Dénes Kőnig, and Margit Slachta. After him are Ants Piip, Oliver Kirk, Ludowika Jakobsson, Adriaan van Maanen, Jean Decoux, and A. Merritt. Among people deceased in 1982, Juhan Aavik ranks 144. Before him are Carlos Vidal, Bernhard Rogge, Douglas Bader, Konrad Wolf, Karol Borsuk, and Firaq Gorakhpuri. After him are Gábor Szabó, Gunnar Eriksson, Paolo Monti, Federico Moreno Torroba, Lauri Virtanen, and Karl Hein.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Juhan Aavik ranks 93 out of 351. Before him are August Sabbe (1909), Friedrich Akel (1871), Amandus Adamson (1855), Jaan Teemant (1872), Mart Laar (1960), and Tiit Vähi (1947). After him are Erhard Schmidt (1876), Otto Strandman (1875), Alexei Lvov (1798), Jaan Poska (1866), Ants Antson (1938), and Ants Piip (1884).

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Among COMPOSERS In Estonia

Among composers born in Estonia, Juhan Aavik ranks 7. Before him are Arvo Pärt (1935), Evald Aav (1900), Veljo Tormis (1930), Eduard Tubin (1905), Heino Eller (1887), and Käbi Laretei (1922). After him are Alexei Lvov (1798), Artur Kapp (1878), Rudolf Tobias (1873), Ester Mägi (1922), Knudåge Riisager (1897), and Gustav Ernesaks (1908).

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