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Artur Kapp

1878 - 1952

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Artur Kapp (28 February 1878 – 14 January 1952) was an Estonian composer. Born in Suure-Jaani, Estonia, then part of the Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire, he was the son of Joosep Kapp, who was also a classically trained musician. Kapp began his musical career studying organ at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory as a student of both Louis Homilius and composition with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1891. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Artur Kapp has received more than 36,416 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Artur Kapp is the 1,023rd most popular composer (down from 955th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 108th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Estonian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Artur Kapp ranks 1,023 out of 1,216Before him are Martin Wegelius, Harry Partch, Arif Malikov, Adolf Bernhard Marx, Napoléon Henri Reber, and Siegmund von Hausegger. After him are Philippe Verdelot, Petr Eben, Cyril Scott, Edvard Mirzoyan, Jean Langlais, and Gustav Lange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Artur Kapp ranks 144Before him are Ladislav Klíma, Peyo Yavorov, Leonhard Kaupisch, René Maire, Richard Sheldon, and Wander Johannes de Haas. After him are Giuseppe Adami, Anton Heida, Aino Kallas, Harry Carey, Demetrios Petrokokkinos, and Leopold Staff. Among people deceased in 1952, Artur Kapp ranks 110Before him are Gino Fano, Fletcher Henderson, Sergey Merkurov, Vladimir Albitsky, Solomon Lozovsky, and Yitzhak Sadeh. After him are Itzik Feffer, Jack Conway, Yakov Frenkel, Teffi, Jonas Staugaitis, and Curly Howard.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Artur Kapp ranks 107 out of 310Before him are Paavo Järvi (1962), Jaan Teemant (1872), Ants Piip (1884), Juhan Kukk (1885), Erhard Schmidt (1876), and Valeri Karpin (1969). After him are Jaak Uudmäe (1954), Arnold Meri (1919), Tiit Vähi (1947), Andres Tarand (1940), Jaan Kikkas (1892), and Juhan Liiv (1864).

Among COMPOSERS In Estonia

Among composers born in Estonia, Artur Kapp ranks 10Before him are Eduard Tubin (1905), Heino Eller (1887), Käbi Laretei (1922), Alexei Lvov (1798), Juhan Aavik (1884), and Ester Mägi (1922). After him are Rudolf Tobias (1873), Artur Lemba (1885), Eino Tamberg (1930), Knudåge Riisager (1897), Lepo Sumera (1950), and Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959).