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Vasily Agapkin

1884 - 1964

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Vasily Ivanovich Agapkin (Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Ага́пкин; 3 February 1884 – 29 October 1964) was a Russian and Soviet military orchestra conductor, composer, and author of the well-known march "Farewell of Slavianka" (composed in 1912). Agapkin was born in Ryazan Governorate in 1884. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Agapkin has received more than 64,702 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Agapkin is the 63rd most popular conductor, the 1,140th most popular biography from Russia and the 5th most popular Russian Conductor.

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, Vasily Agapkin ranks 63 out of 97Before him are Karl Muck, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Iván Fischer, Ferdinand Leitner, Stanisław Skrowaczewski, and Joseph Keilberth. After him are Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Jean Martinon, Jiří Bělohlávek, Kent Nagano, Michael Gielen, and Armas Järnefelt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Vasily Agapkin ranks 101Before him are Félix Éboué, Pedro Pablo Ramírez, George David Birkhoff, Harry Langdon, Enrico Dante, and Constantin Constantinescu-Claps. After him are Ralph Benatzky, Ludowika Jakobsson, Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, A. Merritt, Harrison Ford, and Dénes Kőnig. Among people deceased in 1964, Vasily Agapkin ranks 98Before him are Charilaos Vasilakos, Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg, Heinrich von Brentano, Maksym Rylsky, Cedric Hardwicke, and Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange. After him are Pietro Serantoni, Eugen Sänger, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Aleksander Zawadzki, Eugen Varga, and Ernst Toch.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Agapkin ranks 1,140 out of 3,262Before him are Grigory Romanov (1923), Mikhail Khorobrit (1229), Vera Krepkina (1933), Catherine Breshkovsky (1844), Maria Ouspenskaya (1876), and Alexander Sumarokov (1717). After him are Kaj Franck (1911), Vasily Rozanov (1856), Eino Rahja (1885), Igor M. Diakonoff (1914), Galina Kulakova (1942), and Nilus of Sora (1433).

Among CONDUCTORS In Russia

Among conductors born in Russia, Vasily Agapkin ranks 5Before him are Serge Koussevitzky (1874), Semyon Bychkov (1952), Yuri Temirkanov (1938), and Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928). After him are Armas Järnefelt (1869), Leo Borchard (1899), Georg Schnéevoigt (1872), Nikolai Golovanov (1891), Kirill Petrenko (1972), Albert Coates (1882), and Tugan Sokhiev (1977).