1872 - 1956
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergei Vasilenko has received more than 32,472 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Sergei Vasilenko is the 1,035th most popular composer (down from 928th in 2019), the 1,441st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,209th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Russian Composer.
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Among composers, Sergei Vasilenko ranks 1,035 out of 1,216. Before him are Gustav Lange, Rolf Liebermann, Emil Młynarski, Marcello Abbado, Ignaz Schuppanzigh, and Julius Rietz. After him are Michael Giacchino, Johann Nicolaus Bach, Boris Papandopulo, Otto Jahn, Michael Tippett, and Vilém Blodek.
1830 - 1889
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 1,029
1910 - 1999
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 1,030
1870 - 1935
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 1,031
1926 - 2020
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 1,032
1776 - 1830
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 1,033
1812 - 1877
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 1,034
1872 - 1956
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 1,035
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 1,036
1669 - 1753
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 1,037
1906 - 1991
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 1,038
1813 - 1869
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 1,039
1905 - 1998
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 1,040
1834 - 1874
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 1,041
Among people born in 1872, Sergei Vasilenko ranks 119. Before him are Hafez Ibrahim, George S. Robertson, Théophile de Donder, Siegmund von Hausegger, Selma Rıza, and Nikolai Panin. After him are Teffi, Carl Bonde, Zane Grey, Arthur Blake, Maude Adams, and Gustave Sandras. Among people deceased in 1956, Sergei Vasilenko ranks 132. Before him are Henri Callot, Nikolai Panin, Louis Calhern, Aino Kallas, Emmanouil Tsouderos, and Jacques Moeschal. After him are Norman L. Bowen, César Espinoza, Gerrit Smith Miller, Robert Yerkes, Jan Šrámek, and Albert Kluyver.
1872 - 1932
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 113
1872 - 1967
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 114
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 115
1872 - 1948
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 116
1872 - 1931
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 117
1872 - 1956
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 118
1872 - 1956
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 119
1872 - 1952
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 120
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 121
1872 - 1939
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 122
1872 - 1944
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 123
1872 - 1953
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 124
1872 - 1951
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 125
1875 - 1956
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 126
1872 - 1956
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 127
1895 - 1956
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 128
1878 - 1956
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 129
1882 - 1956
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 130
1900 - 1956
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 131
1872 - 1956
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 132
1887 - 1956
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 133
1900 - 1956
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 134
1869 - 1956
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 135
1876 - 1956
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 136
1870 - 1956
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 137
1888 - 1956
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 138
Among people born in Russia, Sergei Vasilenko ranks 1,441 out of 3,262. Before him are Yrjö Nikkanen (1914), Pyotr Gavrilov (1900), Vladimir Kokkinaki (1904), Boris Eikhenbaum (1886), Yakov Frenkel (1894), and Nadezhda Udaltsova (1885). After him are Gennady Sarafanov (1942), Teffi (1872), Maria Itkina (1932), Aleksandr Abdulov (1953), Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak (1852), and Alexander Gelfond (1906).
1914 - 1985
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 1,435
1900 - 1979
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 1,436
1904 - 1985
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 1,437
1886 - 1959
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 1,438
1894 - 1952
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 1,439
1885 - 1961
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 1,440
1872 - 1956
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 1,441
1942 - 2005
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 1,442
1872 - 1952
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 1,443
1932 - 2020
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 1,444
1953 - 2008
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 1,445
1852 - 1912
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 1,446
1906 - 1968
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 1,447
Among composers born in Russia, Sergei Vasilenko ranks 48. Before him are Ivan Larionov (1830), Alexander Serov (1820), Vissarion Shebalin (1902), Karen Khachaturian (1920), Gavriil Popov (1904), and Aulis Sallinen (1935). After him are Hermann Goetz (1840), Shlomo Mintz (1957), Nicolas Slonimsky (1894), Mikhail Gnessin (1883), Andrey Petrov (1930), and Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (1907).
1830 - 1889
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 42
1820 - 1871
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 43
1902 - 1963
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 44
1920 - 2011
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 45
1904 - 1972
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 46
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 47
1872 - 1956
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 48
1840 - 1876
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 49
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 50
1894 - 1995
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 51
1883 - 1957
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 52
1930 - 2006
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 53
1907 - 1979
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 54