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Tikhon Khrennikov

1913 - 2007

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Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (Russian: Тихон Николаевич Хренников; 10 June [O.S. 28 May] 1913 – 14 August 2007) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (1948–1991), who was also known for his political activities. He wrote three symphonies, four piano concertos, two violin concertos, two cello concertos, operas, operettas, ballets, chamber music, incidental music and film music.During the 1930s, Khrennikov was already being hailed as a leading Soviet composer. In 1948, Andrei Zhdanov, the leader of the anti-formalism campaign, nominated Khrennikov as Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tikhon Khrennikov has received more than 102,919 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Tikhon Khrennikov is the 608th most popular composer (up from 644th in 2019), the 818th most popular biography from Russia (down from 806th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Russian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Tikhon Khrennikov ranks 608 out of 1,216Before him are Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, Spyridon Samaras, Hermann Scherchen, Manos Hatzidakis, Jean Absil, and Kurt Atterberg. After him are Alois Hába, Antoine François Marmontel, Basil Poledouris, Andreas Werckmeister, Johann Kirnberger, and Franz Abt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Tikhon Khrennikov ranks 117Before him are Trevor Howard, Lucien Goldmann, Elisaveta Bykova, Georgy Flyorov, Véra Clouzot, and Nikolai Amosov. After him are Bill Hewlett, Waldemar de Brito, Mouloud Feraoun, William Tolbert, Eiji Toyoda, and Charles Berlitz. Among people deceased in 2007, Tikhon Khrennikov ranks 116Before him are Ulrich Mühe, Aden Adde, June Almeida, Raymond Barre, Edward Yang, and Delbert Mann. After him are Aaron Russo, Viliam Schrojf, Wolfgang Iser, Benjamin Libet, Dashrath Manjhi, and Antonio Aguilar.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Tikhon Khrennikov ranks 818 out of 3,262Before him are Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev (1843), Lyudmila Chernykh (1935), Elvīra Ozoliņa (1939), Ulugh Muhammad (1405), Aleksey Batalov (1928), and Eudoxia Streshneva (1608). After him are Viktor Gorbatko (1934), Vladimir Ilyushin (1927), Duke Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg (1868), Nikolai Severtzov (1827), Andrei Voznesensky (1933), and Andrey Myagkov (1938).

Among COMPOSERS In Russia

Among composers born in Russia, Tikhon Khrennikov ranks 29Before him are Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859), Hans Pfitzner (1869), Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931), Georgy Sviridov (1915), Sergei Lyapunov (1859), and Alexander Gretchaninov (1864). After him are Edison Denisov (1929), Boris Asafyev (1884), Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873), Aleksandra Pakhmutova (1929), Muslim Magomayev (1885), and Matvey Blanter (1903).