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Sergei Vasilenko

1872 - 1956

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Sergei Nikiforovich Vasilenko (Russian: Серге́й Никифорович Василенко, Sergej Nikiforovič Vasilenko; 30 March 1872 [O.S. 18 March] – 11 March 1956) was a Russian and Soviet composer, conductor and music teacher whose compositions showed a strong tendency towards mysticism.Vasilenko was born in Moscow and originally studied law at Moscow State University, but then changed direction and studied at the Moscow Conservatory from 1896 to 1901 as a pupil of Sergei Taneyev and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. From 1903 to 1904 he was the conductor of a private opera house in Moscow. For several years he was the organiser and conductor of the Historic Concerts of the Russian Musical Society. He then became a Professor at the Moscow Conservatory, where his students included Aram Khachaturian, Nikolai Roslavets, Nikolai Rakov and Aarre Merikanto.Vasilenko was awarded two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour as well as the title People's Artist of the RSFSR. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergei Vasilenko has received more than 32,152 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Sergei Vasilenko is the 1,069th most popular composer (down from 1,033rd in 2019), the 1,599th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,437th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Russian Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 32k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Sergei Vasilenko has had the most page views in the with 5,724 views, followed by English (3,381), and Chinese (1,210). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Norwegian (Nynorsk) (46.72%), Egyptian Arabic (46.27%), and Macedonian (30.59%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Sergei Vasilenko ranks 1,069 out of 1,451. Before him are Félicien David, Frederic Rzewski, Ruperto Chapí, Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, François Sudre, and Ture Rangström. After him are Peter H. Gilmore, Krešimir Baranović, Edvard Mirzoyan, Tristan Murail, Arif Malikov, and Emilio Arrieta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Sergei Vasilenko ranks 133. Before him are Léon Delagrange, Barbu Știrbey, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, Walter Wild, and Iwan Bloch. After him are Walther Reinhardt, Friedrich, Prince of Wied, Augusts Kirhenšteins, Kote Marjanishvili, Mehdi Frashëri, and Sarala Devi Chaudhurani. Among people deceased in 1956, Sergei Vasilenko ranks 139. Before him are Lars Sonck, Walther Kossel, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, Touria Chaoui, George Bancroft, and Teresa Feoderovna Ries. After him are Jan Šrámek, E. T. Whittaker, Benjamin Glazer, Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, David Seymour, and Albert Kluyver.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Sergei Vasilenko ranks 1,599 out of 3,761. Before him are Reinhard Bonnke (1940), Yury Trifonov (1925), Feodor Gladkov (1883), Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (1875), Lev Atamanov (1905), and Nikolay Bauman (1873). After him are Veikko Huhtanen (1919), Leonid Filatov (1946), Roman Vishniac (1897), Maria Itkina (1932), Viktor Tsaryov (1931), and Wilhelm Küchelbecker (1797).

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Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Sergei Vasilenko ranks 50. Before him are Vissarion Shebalin (1902), Ivan Larionov (1830), Nikolai Roslavets (1881), Aulis Sallinen (1935), Karen Khachaturian (1920), and Alexander Serov (1820). After him are Nicolas Slonimsky (1894), Valeri Brainin (1948), Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936), Andrey Petrov (1930), Mikhail Gnessin (1883), and Shlomo Mintz (1957).

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