Which Happened First?

György Kurtág

György Kurtág
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György Kurtág is a Hungarian composer of contemporary classical music and pianist. According to Grove Music Online, his style draws on "Bartók, Webern and, to a lesser extent, Stravinsky", and "his work is characterized by compression in scale and forces, and by a particular immediacy of expression".

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. George MartinJanuary 3, 1926 – March 8, 2016
  2. György Kurtág (this page)February 19, 1926 – present
  3. José Alfredo JiménezJanuary 19, 1926 – November 23, 1973
  4. Julie LondonSeptember 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000
  5. Marie-Claire AlainAugust 10, 1926 – February 26, 2013
  6. Randy WestonApril 6, 1926 – September 1, 2018

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