COMPOSER

Nikos Skalkottas

1904 - 1949

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Nikos Skalkottas (Greek: Νίκος Σκαλκώτας; 21 March 1904 – 19 September 1949) was a Greek composer of 20th-century classical music. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical repertoire and the Greek tradition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nikos Skalkottas has received more than 102,291 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Nikos Skalkottas is the 835th most popular composer (down from 789th in 2019), the 562nd most popular biography from Greece (down from 524th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Greek Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nikos Skalkottas ranks 835 out of 1,451. Before him are Selim Palmgren, Simeon ten Holt, Ferenc Farkas, Muslim Magomayev, Princess Amalie of Saxony, and Salvatore Sciarrino. After him are George Crumb, Ramin Djawadi, Simon Sechter, André Caplet, André Cardinal Destouches, and Edward MacDowell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Nikos Skalkottas ranks 159. Before him are Antoun Saadeh, Armando Castellazzi, André Leducq, Walter Heitler, Pinhas Lavon, and József Takács. After him are Bruce Cabot, Ibrahim Moustafa, Ciriaco Errasti, Aleksei Kapler, Abdullah Goran, and Daniel Guérin. Among people deceased in 1949, Nikos Skalkottas ranks 98. Before him are Douglas Hyde, Antoun Saadeh, Ehmetjan Qasim, Damaskinos of Athens, Charles Dullin, and John Haigh. After him are Nándor Dáni, Walter Short, Wallace Beery, Henri Rabaud, Frank Morgan, and Makino Nobuaki.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Nikos Skalkottas ranks 562 out of 1,024. Before him are Erigyius (-400), Sofoklis Venizelos (1894), Nikolaos Michaloliakos (1957), Agasicles (-600), Cleombrotus II (-250), and Gregory III of Constantinople (1450). After him are Andronikos Palaiologos (1400), Adamantios Androutsopoulos (1919), Spyros Markezinis (1909), Theodoros Zagorakis (1971), Areus II (-262), and Archelaus of Sparta (-790).

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Among COMPOSERS In Greece

Among composers born in Greece, Nikos Skalkottas ranks 6. Before him are Vangelis (1943), Mikis Theodorakis (1925), Manos Hatzidakis (1925), Eleni Karaindrou (1941), and Spyridon Samaras (1861). After him are Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795), Thanos Mikroutsikos (1947), and Andreas Makris (1930).

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