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Vasyl Barvinsky

1888 - 1963

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Vasyl Oleksandrovych Barvinsky (Ukrainian: Василь Олександрович Барвінський) (20 February 1888 – 9 June 1963) was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor, teacher, musicologist, and music related social figure. Barvinsky was one of the first Ukrainian composers to gain worldwide recognition. His pieces were published not only in the Soviet Union, but also in Vienna, Leipzig, New York (Universal Edition), and Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasyl Barvinsky has received more than 35,178 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Vasyl Barvinsky is the 1,142nd most popular composer, the 735th most popular biography from Ukraine and the 28th most popular Ukrainian Composer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.76

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Vasyl Barvinsky ranks 1,142 out of 1,451Before him are Oskar Sala, Percy Grainger, Ester Mägi, Fumio Hayasaka, Ernest Reyer, and Nicolas Slonimsky. After him are Karol Kurpiński, Philippe Verdelot, Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Betsy Jolas, Ernest Gold, and Manolis Kalomiris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Vasyl Barvinsky ranks 195Before him are Charles Winslow, Harry Beaumont, Alfred Landé, Marie Rambert, Gerhard Ritter, and Henri Bosco. After him are Kārlis Zāle, Hans von Rosen, Eduardo Santos, Dora Gabe, Beulah Louise Henry, and Paul Peter Ewald. Among people deceased in 1963, Vasyl Barvinsky ranks 157Before him are August Jakobson, Mohammad Ali Bogra, Carl Skottsberg, Henri Masson, Joseph Sweeney, and Learco Guerra. After him are Medgar Evers, Frans Blom, István Somodi, Hugh O'Flaherty, Al St. John, and Ernst Wetter.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vasyl Barvinsky ranks 735 out of 1,365Before him are Zellig Harris (1909), Yuri Malenchenko (1961), Pyotr Todorovsky (1925), Zinaida Turchyna (1946), Konstantin Lopushansky (1947), and Natalya Meklin (1922). After him are Mikhail Kheraskov (1733), Stanisław Zaremba (1863), Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (1891), Dmitry Polyansky (1917), Yuriy Fedkovych (1834), and Klara Luchko (1925).

Among COMPOSERS In Ukraine

Among composers born in Ukraine, Vasyl Barvinsky ranks 28Before him are Yuri Shaporin (1887), Roman Vlad (1919), Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813), Heinrich Schenker (1868), Yevhen Stankovych (1942), and Igor Krutoy (1954). After him are Vladimir Shainsky (1925), Leo Ornstein (1895), Isaac Schwartz (1923), Edvin Marton (1974), and Alla Zahaikevych (1966).