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Witold Lutosławski

1913 - 1994

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Witold Roman Lutosławski (Polish: [ˈvitɔld lutɔˈswafski] ; 25 January 1913 – 7 February 1994) was a Polish composer and conductor. Among the major composers of 20th-century classical music, he is "generally regarded as the most significant Polish composer since Szymanowski, and possibly the greatest Polish composer since Chopin". His compositions—of which he was a notable conductor—include representatives of most traditional genres, aside from opera: symphonies, concertos, orchestral song cycles, other orchestral works, and chamber works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Witold Lutosławski has received more than 489,435 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Witold Lutosławski is the 169th most popular composer (up from 251st in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Poland (up from 188th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Composer.

Witold Lutosławski is most famous for his compositions, which are often considered to be the first Polish serial music.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Witold Lutosławski ranks 169 out of 1,216. Before him are Ferruccio Busoni, John Barry, Nicola Porpora, Scott Joplin, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, and Franz von Suppé. After him are Adrian Willaert, Steve Reich, Eduard Strauss, Johann Ambrosius Bach, Amilcare Ponchielli, and Maurizio Pollini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Witold Lutosławski ranks 33. Before him are Roger Garaudy, Jimmy Hoffa, Werner Mölders, Erich Priebke, Frances Farmer, and Silvio Piola. After him are Leônidas, Carmen Amaya, Stanford Moore, Artur Axmann, Wolfgang Paul, and Roger Wolcott Sperry. Among people deceased in 1994, Witold Lutosławski ranks 33. Before him are Telly Savalas, Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, Robert Doisneau, Vladimir Ivashko, Gian Maria Volonté, and Domenico Modugno. After him are Pierre Boulle, Marija Gimbutas, Raul Julia, Roger Wolcott Sperry, Paul Delvaux, and Juvénal Habyarimana.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Witold Lutosławski ranks 129 out of 1,454. Before him are Władysław Sikorski (1881), Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860), Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), Solomon Asch (1907), Witold Gombrowicz (1904), and Helena Rubinstein (1872). After him are Adolph Menzel (1815), Osip Mandelstam (1891), Jarosław Kaczyński (1949), Alfred Tarski (1901), Géza I of Hungary (1040), and Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767).

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Among COMPOSERS In Poland

Among composers born in Poland, Witold Lutosławski ranks 3. Before him are Frédéric Chopin (1810) and Krzysztof Penderecki (1933). After him are Henryk Górecki (1933), Moritz Moszkowski (1854), Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881), Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687), Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834), Mieczysław Weinberg (1919), Martin Agricola (1486), Józef Elsner (1769), and Maria Szymanowska (1789).

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