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Alfred Einstein

1880 - 1952

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Alfred Einstein (December 30, 1880 – February 13, 1952) was a German-American musicologist and music editor. He was born in Munich, and fled Nazi Germany after Hitler's Machtergreifung, arriving in the United States by 1939. He is best known for being the editor of the first major revision of the Köchel catalogue, which was published in 1936. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Einstein has received more than 246,582 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Einstein is the 402nd most popular composer (down from 338th in 2019), the 1,631st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,298th in 2019) and the 60th most popular German Composer.

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  • 1.96

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alfred Einstein ranks 402 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Baptist Wanhal, Nicolaus Bruhns, Anatoly Lyadov, Ariel Ramírez, Jakov Gotovac, and Carl Loewe. After him are Yo-Yo Ma, Adriano Banchieri, Mauricio Kagel, Maria Szymanowska, Franz Schreker, and Jacques-Martin Hotteterre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Alfred Einstein ranks 45. Before him are Sarah Knauss, María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, Otto Meissner, John Boyd Orr, Adam Czerniaków, and Ugo Cavallero. After him are Martiros Saryan, Charles Huntziger, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Ernest Bloch, Mikhail Tomsky, and Marie-Louise Meilleur. Among people deceased in 1952, Alfred Einstein ranks 40. Before him are Bedřich Hrozný, Clark L. Hull, René Grousset, Kurt Schumacher, Hans Kramers, and Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. After him are Pedro Lascuráin, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Carlo Sforza, Michael Rostovtzeff, Emilie Louise Flöge, and Viktor Chernov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alfred Einstein ranks 1,631 out of 7,253. Before him are Andreas Karlstadt (1486), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1783), Mike Nichols (1931), Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1814), Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), and Carl Loewe (1796). After him are William I, Duke of Bavaria (1330), Hannah Pick-Goslar (1928), Andreas Köpke (1962), Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen (1925), Liudolf, Duke of Swabia (930), and Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Alfred Einstein ranks 60. Before him are Samuel Scheidt (1587), Wolfgang Wagner (1919), Carl Heinrich Graun (1704), Johann Georg Pisendel (1687), Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), and Carl Loewe (1796). After him are Ferdinand Ries (1784), Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716), Hans Werner Henze (1926), Heinrich Marschner (1795), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), and Ferdinand Hiller (1811).

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