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Karl-Birger Blomdahl

1916 - 1968

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Karl-Birger Blomdahl (19 October 1916 – 14 June 1968) was a Swedish composer and conductor born in Växjö. He was educated in biochemistry, but was primarily active in music and by his experimental compositions he became one of the big names in Swedish modernism. His teachers included Hilding Rosenberg. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl-Birger Blomdahl has received more than 45,411 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Karl-Birger Blomdahl is the 1,259th most popular composer (down from 1,192nd in 2019).

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.00

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  • 1.78

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Karl-Birger Blomdahl ranks 1,259 out of 1,451. Before him are Paul Creston, Artur Lemba, Ludomir Różycki, Anthony van Hoboken, Rhys Chatham, and Karel Husa. After him are Vladimir Martynov, Mariano Mores, David Raksin, Samuel Arnold, Junichi Masuda, and Virgil Thomson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Karl-Birger Blomdahl ranks 247. Before him are Damián Iguacén Borau, Toni Branca, Krystyna Feldman, Lidia Wysocka, Kazimierz Brandys, and Ignacio Trelles. After him are Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, Blas de Otero, Margaret Lockwood, Guy Lapébie, I. J. Good, and Iva Toguri D'Aquino. Among people deceased in 1968, Karl-Birger Blomdahl ranks 220. Before him are Ichiya Kumagae, Kay Francis, Armand Blanchonnet, Fedde Schurer, Diógenes Lara, and Sándor Gombos. After him are Oscar Kreuzer, Frankie Lymon, Harold Nicolson, Ilias Tsirimokos, Aleksandr Arbuzov, and Anna Kavan.

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