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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 96,094 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Nikos Skalkottas is the 790th most popular composer (down from 778th in 2019), the 525th most popular biography from Greece and the 6th most popular Greek Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nikos Skalkottas ranks 790 out of 1,216Before him are Johann Schobert, Edward MacDowell, Alexander Tcherepnin, Galina Ustvolskaya, Johann Andreas Stein, and Joseph Jongen. After him are Carlos Chávez, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Emanuele d'Astorga, Sigismondo d'India, Isaak Dunayevsky, and Simon Sechter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Nikos Skalkottas ranks 140Before him are Aparicio Méndez, Robert Montgomery, Walter Heitler, Frederick Ashton, Antoun Saadeh, and Pyotr Koshevoy. After him are Bruce Cabot, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, Chishū Ryū, Fats Waller, Emilio Recoba, and Aleksei Kapler. Among people deceased in 1949, Nikos Skalkottas ranks 91Before him are Ehmetjan Qasim, Joaquín Torres-García, Laura Montoya, Otto Nerz, Jankel Adler, and Antoun Saadeh. After him are Nuri Killigil, Wallace Beery, Erich von Drygalski, Walter Short, Douglas Hyde, and Amadeo Giannini.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Nikos Skalkottas ranks 525 out of 936Before him are Teleclus (null), Faustus Cornelius Sulla (-88), Michael Glykas (1125), Georgios Rallis (1918), Cleombrotus II (-250), and Alcmenes (null). After him are Demetrius of Montferrat (1205), Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark (1904), Andronikos Palaiologos (1400), George Dalaras (1949), Spyridon Marinatos (1901), and Leosthenes (-400).

Among COMPOSERS In Greece

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