The Resume

(April 23, 1891-March 5, 1953)
Russian Composer
Composed the operas 'The Gambler (1915-6) and 'The Love For Three Oranges (1919); Piano Concerti #1 (1911) and #2 (1913); the ballets 'The Prodigal Son (1928)' and 'Romeo and Juliet (1935-36)' and the suites 'The Love Of Three Oranges (1924),'
Also wrote numerous film scores, including Eisenstein's 'Alexander Nevsky' and 'Ivan The Terrible'

Why he might be annoying:

He dumped his first wife to take up with a poet.
He dropped dead leaving a number of unfinished works.
He was posthumously awarded the Lenin Prize for his Symphony No. 7 (1957).

Why he might not be annoying:

He was left handed.
He was very open about his nationalism and patriotism.
He visited 1930s Hollywood, learnt about film scoring and went back home to Russia.
He composed 'Peter And The Wolf,' one of the most accessible classical pieces for children (1936).

Credit: Fantom

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 3159)
• Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire'
• Carnegie Hall Concerts
• Classical Top 100 (Ranked: 90)
• Classical Top 100 (Ranked: 68)
• Fantom's Profiles
• Google Modified Its Logo For My Birthday (Google Doodles)
• Historical Figures in Fox's Anastasia [1997]
• I am Left Handed - Male [H-P]
• I Died in 1953 (Ranked: 61)
• I'm Buried at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow
• Profiles 3251-3500 (Ranked: 3462)
• Sixty-Nine
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19530305)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 73 Votes: 49.32% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 72 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 29 Votes: 89.66% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 32 Votes: 53.12% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 62 Votes: 59.68% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 234 Votes: 41.45% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 223 Votes: 43.50% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 243 Votes: 46.91% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 551 Votes: 45.74% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1494 Votes: 49.33% Annoying