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Miklós Rózsa

1907 - 1995

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Miklós Rózsa (Hungarian: [ˈmikloːʃ ˈroːʒɒ]; April 18, 1907 – July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer trained in Germany (1925–1931) and active in France (1931–1935), the United Kingdom (1935–1940), and the United States (1940–1995), with extensive sojourns in Italy from 1953 onward. Best known for his nearly one hundred film scores, he nevertheless maintained a steadfast allegiance to absolute concert music throughout what he called his "double life". Rózsa achieved early success in Europe with his orchestral Theme, Variations, and Finale (Op. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miklós Rózsa has received more than 556,859 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Miklós Rózsa is the 293rd most popular composer (up from 307th in 2019), the 131st most popular biography from Hungary (down from 122nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Hungarian Composer.

Miklós Rózsa is most famous for his work on the film scores for Ben-Hur, Spellbound, and Quo Vadis.

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  • 3.36

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Miklós Rózsa ranks 293 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann van Beethoven, Hugo Alfvén, Friedrich Kuhlau, Keith Emerson, Alberto Ginastera, and Jaufre Rudel. After him are Georg Böhm, Eugen d'Albert, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Eduard Hanslick, Joseph Lanner, and Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Miklós Rózsa ranks 62. Before him are Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, H. L. A. Hart, Altiero Spinelli, Ray Milland, Sigvard Bernadotte, and Ernesto Geisel. After him are Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Chūya Nakahara, Lee Miller, Giovanni Ferrari, Emilie Schindler, and Horia Sima. Among people deceased in 1995, Miklós Rózsa ranks 52. Before him are Carlos Monzón, Ștefan Kovács, Siad Barre, Ernest Gellner, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, and Peter Townsend. After him are Don Cherry, César Rodríguez Álvarez, Georges J. F. Köhler, Rose Kennedy, Bob Ross, and Mária Telkes.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Miklós Rózsa ranks 131 out of 1,077. Before him are Gyula Horn (1932), George II Rákóczi (1621), Ladislaus Hunyadi (1431), Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1831), Loránd Eötvös (1848), and Ephraim Kishon (1924). After him are Max Nordau (1849), André Kertész (1894), Peter Delyan (1009), Imi Lichtenfeld (1910), Gusztáv Sebes (1906), and Georg Solti (1912).

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Among COMPOSERS In Hungary

Among composers born in Hungary, Miklós Rózsa ranks 4. Before him are Franz Lehár (1870), Zoltán Kodály (1882), and Emmerich Kálmán (1882). After him are Hans Richter (1843), Ferenc Erkel (1810), Princess Maria Antonia Koháry (1797), Joseph Kosma (1905), Karl Goldmark (1830), Dora Pejačević (1885), Hans Swarowsky (1899), and Joseph Szigeti (1892).

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